Graphics Card HELP Please !!!!


  1. Posts : 180
    Windows 7 7600 SP1 64 Bit dual boot Windows 8 CP
       #1

    Graphics Card HELP Please !!!!


    I recently changed my GTX 295 from PCIE x8 to PCIE x 16. When I rebooted the drivers for my card were not working so windows installed the standard WDM 1.1 drivers. No problem I thought so I proceeded to re-install the 258.96 drivers I have .. and this is the error I got. I used drive sweeper to get rid of all the nvidia components and rebooted .. windows again wanted to install the WDM drivers so I let it then tried re-installing 258.96 drivers again .. same error message. I shifter the card back to the PCIE x8 slot but same problem ... I had a back up of windows so I reimaged .. again the driver was not asble to be used and windows installed its own and yes you guessed it when I tried to install the 258.96 drivers the error message returned. Am I missing something? I would not think changing from one PCIE slot to another would cause any grief. I hope someone can shed light on this problem for me without me having to re-install windows. Help please !!!!!!
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  2. Posts : 7,466
    Windows 10 Home Premium 64bit sp1
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    did you change the slot x configuration might not be the proper setting in the slot your useing check in the bios
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  3. Posts : 6,305
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Hi,

    This may sound like a silly question but are the drivers Windows 7 compliant or Vista compliant? You may need to run the setup with compatability for Vista.

    Just a thought


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  4. Posts : 6,292
    Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
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    When You changed the slots the first time, did you uninstall (remove from Device Manager) the video card and shut down before making the switch?
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  5. Posts : 180
    Windows 7 7600 SP1 64 Bit dual boot Windows 8 CP
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Hi TVeblen

    No I didn't and that might have been my problem .. I have ended up re-installing windows and the card has installed fine using the latest drivers and in the PCIE x16 slot .. ty everyone for your suggestions
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  6. Posts : 6,292
    Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
       #6

    Glad you got it fixed.
    Remember that you cannot just move or replace most parts in a PC without uninstalling them from Windows first!
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  7. Posts : 180
    Windows 7 7600 SP1 64 Bit dual boot Windows 8 CP
    Thread Starter
       #7

    lol you would think after all my experience building systems I would have remembered that ... guess I was too impatient in moving the card .. just hope that moving from PCIE x8 to PCIE x16 makes some difference at least
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  8. Posts : 6,292
    Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
       #8

    We all do it!
    Familiarity breeds contempt.
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