GTX 560 Ti doesn't work.

[Do not redeem ser]

So, I just bought this card from ebay. I've connected it to PCI and now I'm trying to update my video drivers.. When I ask to windows 7 update it automatically, it updates to "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter", when I try to update it manually on NVIDIA Graphics Update it says NVIDIA Installer cannot continue. How to make it working? :|

[upcoast]

At this point I'd uninstall whatever you've installed.

I'd download the driver directly from NVidia but not install it yet.

I'd search for driversweeper and download it and install it

I'd boot into safe mode F8, run driversweeper get rid of all NVidia display drivers remnants.

Reboot and install the vid drivers you downloaded from NVidia.

Ps, double check power plugins are in correctly to the 560.

[_I_]

do not use windows auto update drivers features

download the drivers from nvidia
http://www.geforce.com/drivers

[Do not redeem ser]

That guy whom I bought that GTX 560 Ti, told me to get a PSU which has two 6 pin connectors. Well, I guess I'm getting a new PSU, if that won't work, I will be back :D

[_I_]

if it will turn on and boot you should be able to install drivers for it
the card could be bad

[Do not redeem ser]

İlk olarak _I_ tarafından gönderildi:

if it will turn on and boot you should be able to install drivers for it
the card could be bad

Don't scare me :|

[_I_]

do you have another pc to test the card in?

560ti = 170w
560ti 448core = 210w
550w psu should run it

[Do not redeem ser]

İlk olarak _I_ tarafından gönderildi:

do you have another pc to test the card in?

560ti = 170w
560ti 448core = 210w
550w psu should run it

Uh nope, I will just buy a 550w+ psu with two six pin connectors and we will see. I googled and the answer is that a video card won't work without those connectors. so yeah, we will see..

[100% Recycled Awesome]

İlk olarak _I_ tarafından gönderildi:

do you have another pc to test the card in?

560ti = 170w
560ti 448core = 210w
550w psu should run it

Dude. let him get a PSU with the 6 pins before jumping ahead to that.

Because right now, it looks like it's not plugged in and that is the first problem.

[Do not redeem ser]

Is that PSU okay for my Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti OC ?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400408213559?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

[_I_]

no, its passive pfc, and no 80+ rating

can you spend £10 more?
XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

never skimp on a power supply

[Do not redeem ser]

İlk olarak _I_ tarafından gönderildi:

no, its passive pfc, and no 80+ rating

can you spend 10 more?
XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

never skimp on a power supply

What does pfc means?

İlk olarak _I_ tarafından gönderildi:

no, its passive pfc, and no 80+ rating

can you spend £10 more?
XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

never skimp on a power supply

and I don't think that I won't pay £50 for PSU :|

İlk olarak _I_ tarafından gönderildi:

no, its passive pfc, and no 80+ rating

can you spend £10 more?
XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

never skimp on a power supply

Can you find any cheaper PSU, please?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

How much can u spend?
£ 50-60 is about the cheapest you going to find any half-decent PSU.

I'd suggest either of these...

Be Quiet Pure Power 530W Modular PSU[www.ebuyer.com]
^Limited time discounted sale price!

Corsair CX600 600W PSU[www.ebuyer.com]

[NixNothing]

I had the same exact problem when I got my 550ti. For me it was getting the drivers to install that was a hassle. I have Win 7 64bit fyi. Anyway, I didn't have to buy any new hardware. I think how I got it to work was either let win install the drivers for it automatically, then used nvidea driver installer to install the extras (+ make sure the driver was installed to begin with), It failed to install some of the drivers at first, but I think I just kept trying to reinstall until it worked (or ran as administrator or something)

Anyway, hold off for the time being on buying new hardware before you check a few things. If the system boots, and your output is coming from the videocard dvi/hdmi slot and you can see your desktop, but the resolustion is still bad, then its just a driver issue, and everyrhing should work fine.

If your pluged into the video card, but the screen is blank, then there is still something to consder - Are you using the mini-HDMI to HDMI adapter that came with it to connect? If so thats is probably your problem, for those adapters for that line are notorious for being defective (mine was).

Next, Like everyone is saying, check if the card requires additionall power, and that it is being supplied by the Power Supply Unit.

Other than that, might be a bad card

[Do not redeem ser]

woot about dis: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ARTIC-BLUE-850W-850-WATT-QUAD-RAIL-ATX-PSU-8-PIN-SATA-PCI-E-QUIET-POWER-SUPPLY-/281138247857?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH&hash=item41752538b1

[Bad 💀 Motha]

As far as drivers go, first of all if u'r previous GPU (either onboard or dedicated, doesn't matter) was not NVIDIA, then what you should do before installing the new GPU is uninstall anything related to the current GPU (such as onboard Radeon, or whatever you have). This is why people have problems with GPU drivers. If you are changing brands, you need to first uninstall the old GPU drivers.

So if that is the case for you, remove the new GPU, boot up into Windows and uninstall current video card drivers via Control Panel > Programs & Features.

They may be listed as...
Intel Display Driver
NVIDIA Forceware/Display Driver
ATI / AMD Catalyst

Run the uninstaller and rid your system of those old drivers first.

Before you reboot as needed. Go onto NVIDIA.com (or the website for your new GPU chipset) and download the latest drivers (save the downloaded file to your desktop) from there that coorisponds with your GPU model and OS. That way you have them on-hand already when u install your new GPU.

Before u reboot, turn off Windows Updates ability to auto-install Device Drivers. As this feature gets folks in trouble with new hardware too. To disable this feature, right click Computer > Properties. Click Advanced on the left-hand side. When the System Properties window appears, click Hardware tab at top. Click Device Installation Settings; select No, Let Me Choose > Never Install Driver Software from Windows Updates. Now you can always find Driver Updates via Windows Updates, but they shouldn't auto-install now, unless selected by you. This is help prevent the wrong drivers from installing. As it is highly suggested never get core hardware drivers from Microsoft or 3rd party, but from the source directly. Either from your OEM Hardware Maker, or the Reference Designer (in this case AMD.com for Radeon; NVIDIA.com or GeForce.com for GeForce/GTX products)

With your old/previous GPU drivers now uninstalled, reboot normally. Let the OS boot normally but when your desktop loads up, it might be low-res (due to GPU driver removal, this is normal). Let Windows finish loading. Even if it finds new hardware and says either "It installed propertly" or says "Can't find driver, did not install properly"; again this is fine. You don't want that driver on there.

Once this is done, now shutdown Windows. Once it powers off, disconnect power and install your new GPU. Ensure to connect needed power cables (such as 6 or 8 pin PCI-E cables), otherwise the GPU will not get full power and thus no picture, but the system might continue to boot into Windows, which u don't want. If you were using Onboard GPU before, make sure you now plug your display into the new dedicated GPU card. Otherwise u may not get a picture because of you having the display connected to the old/onboard GPU.

Once in Windows, let it do it's thing, and finish auto-installing the GPU. It may install it as "Standard VGA Adapter" this is normal when Windows doesn't have the driver already built-in, thus it can't install it, it installs this generic driver to allow the desktop to still function. Now you should already have your latest GPU driver downloaded to your desktop; right click it and Run As Admin.

Follow the on-screen instructions until it finishes, do not interupt the process. When it's finished it should ask if you wish to restart Windows, select yes. After the reboot completes then the install should be success and finished.