board2death986
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So a quick reference to the problem here;
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/353013-33-display-startup
Basically my friend was vacuuming out his computer (I know I know) and he hit something and the system no longer displays anything past the windows splash screen. I've tried everything including a fresh install but once I load the graphics drivers, the monitor loses signal at the login screen and blacks out. I confirmed the system is still running in the background fine.
I can get the card to output if I go into safe mode, or if I uninstall the drivers and restart I get in ok, but once it reinstalls the driver the same thing happens. I've tried older drivers and I even took the card home to test in my PC and it ran fine (benchmarked with 3dmark 11 to stress test it).
At this point I'm down to it being a power issue (more likely) or perhaps a motherboard issue. . .anyone have any insight? I'm thinking I'll help him pick out a PSU to try out and if it solves the problem great, if not . .back to the drawing board.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/353013-33-display-startup
Basically my friend was vacuuming out his computer (I know I know) and he hit something and the system no longer displays anything past the windows splash screen. I've tried everything including a fresh install but once I load the graphics drivers, the monitor loses signal at the login screen and blacks out. I confirmed the system is still running in the background fine.
I can get the card to output if I go into safe mode, or if I uninstall the drivers and restart I get in ok, but once it reinstalls the driver the same thing happens. I've tried older drivers and I even took the card home to test in my PC and it ran fine (benchmarked with 3dmark 11 to stress test it).
At this point I'm down to it being a power issue (more likely) or perhaps a motherboard issue. . .anyone have any insight? I'm thinking I'll help him pick out a PSU to try out and if it solves the problem great, if not . .back to the drawing board.