9800GT Black screen only with Win7/Vista x65 drivers

[Kocken]

I got a Asus P5Q-E Mobo, 8gb ram
Having Win7 7077 x64 installed for one week and before the upgrade nearly 2 months with build 7000.
I bought a new gpu, and replaces my old 8500GTS with a new 9800GT,
Problem is, Windows find the gpu, installs standard driver. all fine.

Second, Install new Win beta 7 Drivers (was trying new vista x64 drivers too), and i got black screen and lockup half time in install progress and when doing a hard restart right before Loginscreen also.
Restart, and windows is doing reset, and old drivers back.

Trying to install several times. no luck with any settings or admin settings to install, same problem, black restart black reset, black restart black reset, black restart black reset.... etc etc.
Putting back the old gpu, install same drivers, power of, putt new gpu in, and its getting black...

What is the problem? I cant find any info in systemlogg either, but the gpu works with standard drivers from windows

I hope i havent missed anything

Best regards /T


Edit: My psu is Corsair 650w, i got 10 HDs, and it uses max 220-260w what i have tested, a bit more while playing (old gpu)

I will get a Vertex SSD this week, maybe the problems solves when installing a fresh Win7 on it? Otherwise i hope someone knows the issue.

Edit2:
Updated Bios on Mobo, Adaptec 2405 and Rocketraid 2320, Still same issue.

I have noticed that the HD led blinks all the time with that gpu, and its gets very hot...
I plugged out the power of my 2x5hds hotswapmodule, so only one hd was active and same error accured, The problems dissapears when i but pack the old gpu.

 

[hydra02]

I don't know if this will help or not but i had a similar problem with my XFX 9800GT on my current motherboard which is Asus P5QL PRO. Windows Vista default VGA drivers works fine but for some strange reason i can't install any drivers from NVIDIA regardless of what version from 17x.x, 18x.x even the latest 19x.x.

Upon installation of drivers and restarting, windows vista loading bar finishes loading, the screen goes to a black screen. I can't even enter windows unless i remove the drivers in safe mode and go with the default VGA drivers.

The only work around i had was to trade my graphic card with another friend which was using a MSI 9800GT and it suddenly able to load into windows with the latest drivers.

The only similarity i could find between yours and mine is that our motherboard is from ASUS. I suspect there might be a conflict. I also read on other forums some other users using ASUS motherboard can't update to the latest drivers and stuck and 182.50. Well i can only speculate . Hope my situation gives you some ideas on how to solve this problem.

 

[alexunlv]

I have the same problem. Can't install the 9800GT drivers on Win 7 64 Bit OS. I migrated from Win XP Pro 32 Bit OS. However, I have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard.

 

[alexunlv]

I finally managed to install the latest Nvidia drivers -- by updating motherboard drivers -- however I still get the black screen of death.

 

[zigzag3143]

I finally managed to install the latest Nvidia drivers -- by updating motherboard drivers -- however I still get the black screen of death.

alex

You are posting to a thread that is from april. Its usually better to sttart your own thread.

Now first thing try to boot in safe mode by hitting F8 repeatedly when booting.

Let us know the result

Ken

 

[alexunlv]

Thanks for the prompt response Anthony. However, I gave up and took an 8800GT card from another computer on XP and exchanged it with the 9800GT.

Anyhow, for other readers that have experienced similar problems. These are some of the steps I took to attempt to resolve this problem.

1. Booted into Safe Mode.

2. Used Driver Sweeper.

3. Selected Device, under devices, and "uninstalled."

4. Went to Control Panel and removed any sign of Nvidia from Programs/software.

5. Rebooted.

6. Booted into Safe Mode.

7. Installed latest Nvidia drivers.

8. System recognized the drivers, played around with resolution without a problem.

9. Rebooted = Black Screen of Death.

10. Booted into safe mode, with high resolution and the driver still looking good.

11. While computer was on, I switched the connectors from one to the other, but no go.

10. Turned off computer, and switched connectors. No go.

11. Attempted to Boot system by selected option to "boot with low? resolution 630?x???" - No go.

Note -- I tried this card on two different systems, sitting adjacent to each other and it is the same issue. However, the card works perfectly fine when I was running XP. Both have adeqequate PSUs, with good enough Motherboards.

---Note: Apparently some of the older Vista 64 Bit drivers work, such as 182.50. Atleast that may get you up and running until a fix is released.