Current specs:
CPU: Core i5-3570 3.4GHz
Motherboard: GA-H61MA-D3V Micro ATX LGA1155
RAM: 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333
SSD: SSDSC2BW240A401 240GB 2.5"
Monitor: L1975NW (was using a VGA to DVI dongle)
OS: Windows 7
PSU: Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified
Video card (replacing): AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB RAM
Video card (trying to get to work): PNY - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Video Card
(or look here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hTLLtJ)
I'll start with the whole story, but feel free to skip to today (sorry if this is too much detail)
About a month ago my monitor would, at random times, display a solid color and the computer would stop responding, forcing me to restart. Sometimes odd graphical glitches would occur. It happened more and more often until it would crash right after loading the desktop.
I did some research and tested some thing out and came to the conclusion that my video card (the Radeon) had gone bad. My computer worked fine in safe mode, and when I figured out how, it also worked with the integrated graphics - the monitor was still hooked into the video card, though. If I tried starting it hooked into the motherboard, no signal would display (this may have been because I didn't set all the proper BIOS settings)
Today I got my new video card and a VGA to Displayport dongle. I thought I had the old video card drivers uninstalled (while I was writing this I found that the catalyst control center was still there, Im not sure how closely tied this is with the drivers. I had uninstalled the drivers via device manager)
I took out the old card, put in the new. Connected the new to the monitor via the dongle. I started it up, went to the BIOS, changed the graphics setting from integrated to auto, and saved and exited the BIOS. It got stuck on the BIOS splash screen. It would not respond to any keyboard commands, so I could not change any settings. It would beep every 20 or 30 seconds. This was especially scary to me, because I do not want to be put into a position to need to reset my BIOS. My CPU will only work in this motherboard with a BIOS update. If I reset my BIOS, I'd have to figure out how to update it again before I could do anything, and that was a huge pain before.
I took out the new card and put back the old one. This time I used my new VGA to Displayport dongle to test it and make sure it wasn't the problem. It got past the BIOS screen, and crashed at the desktop, just as it had been doing.
So I rebooted, changed the BIOS setting back to integrated, and it booted fine. As an experiment, I turned off the computer and tried using the monitor plugged into the motherboard's VGA slot, and it worked the same.
I *think* I have the old card's drivers completely gone now. Before I try the new card again, I ask if the remains of the old drivers could have caused the computer to get stuck on the BIOS splash screen? Should I do anything else before attempting it again? Or does it sound more like my new card is bad?
Edit: I ran Display Driver Uninstaller because I saw it recommended here in another thread. Device Manager currently displays "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter".
CPU: Core i5-3570 3.4GHz
Motherboard: GA-H61MA-D3V Micro ATX LGA1155
RAM: 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333
SSD: SSDSC2BW240A401 240GB 2.5"
Monitor: L1975NW (was using a VGA to DVI dongle)
OS: Windows 7
PSU: Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified
Video card (replacing): AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB RAM
Video card (trying to get to work): PNY - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Video Card
(or look here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hTLLtJ)
I'll start with the whole story, but feel free to skip to today (sorry if this is too much detail)
About a month ago my monitor would, at random times, display a solid color and the computer would stop responding, forcing me to restart. Sometimes odd graphical glitches would occur. It happened more and more often until it would crash right after loading the desktop.
I did some research and tested some thing out and came to the conclusion that my video card (the Radeon) had gone bad. My computer worked fine in safe mode, and when I figured out how, it also worked with the integrated graphics - the monitor was still hooked into the video card, though. If I tried starting it hooked into the motherboard, no signal would display (this may have been because I didn't set all the proper BIOS settings)
Today I got my new video card and a VGA to Displayport dongle. I thought I had the old video card drivers uninstalled (while I was writing this I found that the catalyst control center was still there, Im not sure how closely tied this is with the drivers. I had uninstalled the drivers via device manager)
I took out the old card, put in the new. Connected the new to the monitor via the dongle. I started it up, went to the BIOS, changed the graphics setting from integrated to auto, and saved and exited the BIOS. It got stuck on the BIOS splash screen. It would not respond to any keyboard commands, so I could not change any settings. It would beep every 20 or 30 seconds. This was especially scary to me, because I do not want to be put into a position to need to reset my BIOS. My CPU will only work in this motherboard with a BIOS update. If I reset my BIOS, I'd have to figure out how to update it again before I could do anything, and that was a huge pain before.
I took out the new card and put back the old one. This time I used my new VGA to Displayport dongle to test it and make sure it wasn't the problem. It got past the BIOS screen, and crashed at the desktop, just as it had been doing.
So I rebooted, changed the BIOS setting back to integrated, and it booted fine. As an experiment, I turned off the computer and tried using the monitor plugged into the motherboard's VGA slot, and it worked the same.
I *think* I have the old card's drivers completely gone now. Before I try the new card again, I ask if the remains of the old drivers could have caused the computer to get stuck on the BIOS splash screen? Should I do anything else before attempting it again? Or does it sound more like my new card is bad?
Edit: I ran Display Driver Uninstaller because I saw it recommended here in another thread. Device Manager currently displays "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter".
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