08-30-201306:49 PM - last edited on 03-06-202407:52 PM by ROGBot
I just bought a new mobo, 16 GB ram and i7 CPU but kept my 9800 GTX cards that I had SLI in my old board. Runs fine (not SLI obviously) on generic VGA driver but when I installed the latest driver and the ver 295 driver (read that might be the best driver for an older card) I get the BIOS screen, then the first Windows 7 screen then the power save message comes on my monitor but I see the HD still running etc. I can get it back by restoring to before the driver installation. Any thoughts on what is happening?
Sometimes Windows can be a tit and pick the wrong output by default. You can try hitting Win+P 2-3 times and see if you get image on your screen then. Or you can try your monitor on the diff outputs on your cards. It's also worth trying to install the latest release driver directly from geforce.com and make sure you tick the clean installation box, even if it's installing over the default driver.
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Sounds like a driver issue since everything was working before you installed the NVIDIA drivers. Have you tried installing only the display driver instead of installing the whole package?
Looks like I am headed towards a new card. I was never super convinced my SLI cards made a huge difference, but not sure. Thoughts on what card I should go to with this mobo/cpu? Money is not a huge issue, but I don't need to spend top dollar to get the very latest. I would be good with a really solid graphics card (or two?). I liked the idea of the 690 but welcome ideas.
Latest MOBO bios (went to manufacturer's website for that) and I am using the same HDs I was before, so no change to my softward (Windows 7 - up to date).