New GPU not recognized, cannot install drivers..

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ThomasDalton

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Oh boy... were do I even start...
I bought a GTX 1060 (G1 from gigabyte) After properly setting it in the pci-e and plugging the PSU cables, my screen was dark. LEDs are ON and fans gave a spin on startup then stopped (gpu was cold I guess) Then I used my mobo's vga to get signal on monitor, worked, then to install the driver, that is when it all started... Nvidia could't find hardware, and also not compatible with windows.
Device manager does not show the new gpu (it did show my previous gpu GTX 670 FTW) I have updated my BIOS, still nothing, I have tried a previous version of the driver, nothing, updated windows (w7), nothing, I am really at a loss here... I've looked everywhere for a fix, and none of them work... Should I contact the manufacturer already?

Specs:
MOBO: MSI B85M-P33
Intel I5 LGA 1150 (3.5Ghz)
G1 GTX 1060 3G (new)
EVGA GTX 670 FTW (old)
16GB RAM Corsair Vengence
PSU: Corsair CX750M
HD: 1TB

Any help is more then appreciated :)
 
Solution
James Mason
First go into the BIOS and make sure the "prefered graphics" setting is on like auto, or just not set to integrated.

2nd, use the following to do a "install new GPU" option. (Take out new one, run program, choose remove and shutdown (to install new gpu) put GPU in after it shutsdown, and then try starting the computer using the GPU, maybe try powering it on twice, or waiting a min if it doesn't right away.


If you have graphics or driver issues, one of the most common fixes is a clean uninstall and removal of your graphics drivers.

To uninstall your drivers, first download and run Display Driver Uninstaller, and follow it's recommendations of booting into safe mode and ect.
(This is a direct download link so you don't grab the wrong...
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First go into the BIOS and make sure the "prefered graphics" setting is on like auto, or just not set to integrated.

2nd, use the following to do a "install new GPU" option. (Take out new one, run program, choose remove and shutdown (to install new gpu) put GPU in after it shutsdown, and then try starting the computer using the GPU, maybe try powering it on twice, or waiting a min if it doesn't right away.


If you have graphics or driver issues, one of the most common fixes is a clean uninstall and removal of your graphics drivers.

To uninstall your drivers, first download and run Display Driver Uninstaller, and follow it's recommendations of booting into safe mode and ect.
(This is a direct download link so you don't grab the wrong version)
http://www.guru3d.com/files-get/display-driver-uninstaller-download,20.html

You'll download a compressed file called "[Guru3D.com]-DDU.zip"
Right click and choose extract.
Go into the folder and run the DDU v##.##.exe
This will extract more files to this folder.
Run Display Driver Uninstaller.exe
Choose Yes when it asks you to boot into SafeMode.
After you've rebooted into safe mode.
When DDU comes up, if it hasn't selected your GPU manufacturer (Nvidia/AMD/Intel) then choose it from the drop down list
Press the Clean and Restart option
If a window comes up asking to disable the Windows automatic installation of display drivers click yes.

After (or before removing the old drivers, just put the new ones on the desktop or somewhere handy) rebooting back into Windows, manually download the latest drivers from Nvidia or AMD, don't use auto detect, choose you GPU model and OS from the drop down lists.
Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
AMD: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
Intel: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/detect.html
 
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ThomasDalton

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So... I upgraded to windows 10... And all of a sudden. Poof! GPU recognized and drivers installed... Very odd but if works...
Thanks for your response anyway James, much appreciated
 
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