New GPU Drivers Cause Screen To Turn Off

[Milker]

I put my new 560 GTX into my case, booted up, installed the appropriate drivers, rebooted, and then my screen "enters power save mode" while loading Windows 7 OS.

I can boot into safe mode, uninstall the drivers, and then reboot into normal mode without them. So it seems to be a driver issue.

How can I successfully boot Windows 7 and enjoy my new card?

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Hard Drive: 984 GB
Video Card: PNY 560 GTX 1GB
PSU: 600w Corsair

 

[Maguscreed]

Yeah the card seems to be cutting out as soon as the driver tries to call on it's higher functions during the windows loading process.
The first two things to look at would be the power supply and the card itself.
It might not hurt to try a second monitor just in case you have access to one too.

When you are booting without the driver loading it's just a generic vga display.
The driver actually allows access to the higher functions.
Basically it seems to cave under strain.
Based on what you've told me I can't say whether it's the card or the psu.
Corsair makes some decent psu's and 600watt should be adequate.
Something is obviously not happening though.

How geek are you?
You could try stressing the card under linux.

 

[Milker]

Yeah the card seems to be cutting out as soon as the driver tries to call on it's higher functions during the windows loading process.
The first two things to look at would be the power supply and the card itself.
It might not hurt to try a second monitor just in case you have access to one too.

Both PSU and GPU are no more than a day old.

It is 100% something to do with the drivers, and I know many people have had this issue.

I've read somewhere that maybe my refresh rate is too high and that is why it's powering off so quickly. How can I change the hertz when I can't even boot?

 

[Maguscreed]

If it's a dell monitor
It's probably the monitor.
You can always just try older drivers if you are just convinced nvidia is out to get you.

Here's the whql from back in november.
NVIDIA DRIVERS 285.62 WHQL

 

[Milker]

If it's a dell monitor
It's probably the monitor.
You can always just try older drivers if you are just convinced nvidia is out to get you.

Here's the whql from back in november.
NVIDIA DRIVERS 285.62 WHQL

Seems like it is only the monitor, quite upsetting cause I only have two monitors in my household and both are Dell.

Everything continues to run when this happens by the way. It's not like my whole system goes dark and shuts off. My monitor just falls asleep

Downloaded that driver, was able to log in but was greeted with BSOD...booted in safe mode and uninstalled and now we're back to square 1.

 

[Milker]

Reinstalled OS and same thing, monitor enters power save mode...

 

[Britton30]

since Safe Mode works, go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options and disable all power saving option for the monitor.

 

[Milker]

since Safe Mode works, go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options and disable all power saving option for the monitor.

I will try this now and report back with results.

Also on the live chat with Nvidia but that isn't doing much.

 

[alt572]

have you set the display to shut off after 1 minute?

 

[Milker]

have you set the display to shut off after 1 minute?

Installing drivers, set the display to turn off "never" going to reboot, hoping for the best.

 

[Milker]

Installed an older version of the driver, rebooted, screen stayed on buy got distorted, GPU fan was going really loud.

 

[Milker]

After setting "turn monitor off: never" the screen just stays at "Starting Windows"

What's going on?

 

[Wishmaster]

Do you have another graphics card laying around?
its possible that the card itself is faulty, although not common ... possible.

If you un-install all the Nvidia drivers, shut down and put in a known good card and all is OK, Id see about RMAing the graphics card.

The only other thing I can think of is the cable itself. Are you using DVI or HDMI?
If HDMI, try a DVI ... or a diffrent cable all together if you have an extra somewhere.

You may also want to try a in-place upgrade to the latest driver.
Choose Custom Install, then Check the Box for "Clean installation"
Also, uncheck (do not install) the 3D vision drivers. theres 2 boxs for 3D youll need to uncheck. See if that helps you.

 

[Milker]

Do you have another graphics card laying around?
its possible that the card itself is faulty, although not common ... possible.

If you un-install all the Nvidia drivers, shut down and put in a known good card and all is OK, Id see about RMAing the graphics card.

The only other thing I can think of is the cable itself. Are you using DVI or HDMI?
If HDMI, try a DVI ... or a diffrent cable all together if you have an extra somewhere.

You may also want to try a in-place upgrade to the latest driver.
Choose Custom Install, then Check the Box for "Clean installation"
Also, uncheck (do not install) the 3D vision drivers. theres 2 boxs for 3D youll need to uncheck. See if that helps you.

My old graphics card does work fine. I tried this with a 440 GT and a 560 GTX and no avail.

I will try to disable the 3d.

 

[Britton30]

How about trying a different PCIe slot for the GPU card if you have one.

 

[Milker]

Got a new ASUS mobo, and getting a new processor tomorrow. If it is still failing then something must be wrong with the card itself (although it is unlikely)

Installing new CPU tomorrow and will return with results.

Old mobo was X231R 0X231R DP55M01 | Dell Studio Xps 8000 Motherboard X231R