New GTX 295 Owner. HELP!!!

offishall · 02-13-09, 06:24 PM

Purchased a new GTX 295 tonight as well as a 700 watt coolmaster.Got everything installed and setup, boot into Vista 64, installed driver, rebooted, and when it came back..it just got stuck at a black screen...will never load...Tried safe mode, removing drivers, etc. Nothing. Formatted and put WIndows 7 on from scratch, loaded new driver, boom, wont load windows.

Any ideas? Dead card?

Muppet · 02-13-09, 07:08 PM

Did you try a different set of drivers or just the same ones? Also make sure to load chipset drivers before graphics drivers on a new install.

QR_prose · 02-13-09, 07:08 PM

The video card won't POST, at all? Are you able get into your BIOS?

Jafo67 · 02-13-09, 08:04 PM

Exact same thing happened to earlier this week. No overclocking, just powered on my computer Wednesday morning and it would not post. Only difference is I am using XPPro on that machine. Popped in my old card - 8800GTX worked fine. I flashed the motherboard bios, reset CMOS, still nothing with the GTX295.

Ended up having to obtain a rma, (easy enough at evga.com). I paid $30 for "Advanced RMA", they crossed shipped my new card and shipped it next day air. The replacement just arrived about an hour ago, getting ready to run the benchmarks - again.

offishall · 02-13-09, 10:56 PM

Ok i got it. Maaan what a friggin night.
Turns out I can not use the 181.22 drivers. I MUST install the latest beta ones for them to post. NO idea why, all I can figure is its because of my stock motherboard from Dell, which before you yell at me I am replacing very soon :P I loaded windows 7 beta, loaded the drivers, windows will not load. I boot to safe more, remove, windows will load, but want to drivers. So I saw there were some beta drivers, they work fine. I have no idea why, even back in windows Vista 64, if I use 181.22 I cant get windows to loud, yet if I use the latest beta, no problems. Very wierd.

Also, how hot is too hot for these cards?

jeong · 02-13-09, 11:34 PM

I had severe SLI problems with 181.22...182.05 beta seems less troubling than 181.22 so far that is.

Unstable_Hero · 02-13-09, 11:41 PM

sounds like your PSU may not have the power to run that card, whats the model?

offishall · 02-14-09, 06:22 AM

rm 700 coolmaster

only 1 sata HD and 1 dvd drive. Only other pci card is a wireless nic. Everything else is onboard.

Unstable_Hero · 02-15-09, 05:29 PM

are you using DVI or HDMI?

wysiwyg · 02-16-09, 09:22 AM

try re seating the card and what motherboard?

but apart from that id still put the blame on the PSU

02-13-09, 06:24 PM	#1
offishall Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 15	New GTX 295 Owner. HELP!!! Purchased a new GTX 295 tonight as well as a 700 watt coolmaster.Got everything installed and setup, boot into Vista 64, installed driver, rebooted, and when it came back..it just got stuck at a black screen...will never load...Tried safe mode, removing drivers, etc. Nothing. Formatted and put WIndows 7 on from scratch, loaded new driver, boom, wont load windows. Any ideas? Dead card?

02-13-09, 07:08 PM	#2
Muppet Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 3,107	Re: New GTX 295 Owner. HELP!!! Did you try a different set of drivers or just the same ones? Also make sure to load chipset drivers before graphics drivers on a new install.

02-13-09, 07:08 PM	#3
QR_prose Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 14	Re: New GTX 295 Owner. HELP!!! The video card won't POST, at all? Are you able get into your BIOS?

02-13-09, 08:04 PM	#4
Jafo67 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1	Re: New GTX 295 Owner. HELP!!! Exact same thing happened to earlier this week. No overclocking, just powered on my computer Wednesday morning and it would not post. Only difference is I am using XPPro on that machine. Popped in my old card - 8800GTX worked fine. I flashed the motherboard bios, reset CMOS, still nothing with the GTX295. Ended up having to obtain a rma, (easy enough at evga.com). I paid $30 for "Advanced RMA", they crossed shipped my new card and shipped it next day air. The replacement just arrived about an hour ago, getting ready to run the benchmarks - again.

02-13-09, 10:56 PM	#5
offishall Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 15	Re: New GTX 295 Owner. HELP!!! Ok i got it. Maaan what a friggin night. Turns out I can not use the 181.22 drivers. I MUST install the latest beta ones for them to post. NO idea why, all I can figure is its because of my stock motherboard from Dell, which before you yell at me I am replacing very soon :P I loaded windows 7 beta, loaded the drivers, windows will not load. I boot to safe more, remove, windows will load, but want to drivers. So I saw there were some beta drivers, they work fine. I have no idea why, even back in windows Vista 64, if I use 181.22 I cant get windows to loud, yet if I use the latest beta, no problems. Very wierd. Also, how hot is too hot for these cards?

02-13-09, 11:34 PM	#6
jeong GRS is MDS Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Take a guess Posts: 152	Re: New GTX 295 Owner. HELP!!! I had severe SLI problems with 181.22...182.05 beta seems less troubling than 181.22 so far that is. __________________ J1 \ J2 CPU: i7 940 @ 3.34GHz \ QX6700 @ 2.66GHz Mobo: EVGA x58 SLI E758 \ Asus nforce 590i RAM: OCZ DDR3 1600MHz 12GB @ 9-9-9-24 \ Micron DDR2 667MHz 4GB @ 5-5-5-15 HDD: 4TB WD C (2x Black, 1x Green) \ 4.5TB WD C (2x Black, 2x Green) GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 295 quad SLI \ BFG Geforce 8800 GTX M & K: L NEW! G19 & G500 \ G15 & G5 SC: Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro Headset: NEW! ATH-AD900 \ SS 5H V2 USB PSU: Tt Toughpower 1200w \ CM RPP 750w Case: A1200 \ Dell XPS 710 LCD: Dell U2410 H-IPS + LG L246WP-BN 24" P-MVA \ LG W2243T-PF 21.5" TN 1080p OS: Genuine W7 x64 Pro \ " Cooler: Megahalems + 2x Scythe S-F push/pull E/W \ TRUE 120 + 1x tr push

02-13-09, 11:41 PM	#7
Unstable_Hero tragic desire Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Springfield, MO USA Posts: 367	Re: New GTX 295 Owner. HELP!!! sounds like your PSU may not have the power to run that card, whats the model? __________________ intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 3.2GHz, EVGA GTX 295, G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 5-5-5-15, 750gb WD, 2 160gb hd's R0, 74gb raptor, ASUS P5K DELUXE/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35, Xfi XTREME MUSIC, Gateway 24' 1920 1200*

02-14-09, 06:22 AM	#8
offishall Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 15	Re: New GTX 295 Owner. HELP!!! rm 700 coolmaster only 1 sata HD and 1 dvd drive. Only other pci card is a wireless nic. Everything else is onboard.

02-15-09, 05:29 PM	#9
Unstable_Hero tragic desire Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Springfield, MO USA Posts: 367	Re: New GTX 295 Owner. HELP!!! are you using DVI or HDMI? __________________ intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 3.2GHz, EVGA GTX 295, G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 5-5-5-15, 750gb WD, 2 160gb hd's R0, 74gb raptor, ASUS P5K DELUXE/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35, Xfi XTREME MUSIC, Gateway 24' 1920 1200*

02-16-09, 09:22 AM	#10
wysiwyg Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 2,987	Re: New GTX 295 Owner. HELP!!! try re seating the card and what motherboard? but apart from that id still put the blame on the PSU

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