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Solved Trying to upgrade but it's not working help?

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Anthony Thomas

Anthony Thomas

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Trying to upgrade to a Nvidia 1660 super from a gtx 750

and currently my motherboard is Intel b75 with a CPU i7-2600 and ddr3 8x2-16 power supply is 550w bygears.

i put the 1660 in and my computer refused to boot up or when it did it would be extremely slow and almost unusable solutions?
 
#2
I assume you are running Windows. Check Device Manager. Does Windows recognize the new graphics card? Remove drivers from the old card and install the driver for the new card?
 
#3
It did recognize the graphics card and I had switched it to the 1660 but after that everything kept going downhill and now whenever I put the 1660 in my PC doesn't even boot up although I forgot to remove the old drivers mainly because I don't know how
 
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Erebus said:
I assume you are running Windows. Check Device Manager. Does Windows recognize the new graphics card? Remove drivers from the old card and install the driver for the new card?
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Another problem may be that my computers motherboard is old and I'm running on legacy bios any way to fix that if that is the problem ?
 
#5
Let's get some more information:

Download and run speccy.

Once you have ran speccy, follow the instructions to upload a snapshot found here.


To publish a Speccy profile to the Web:

  1. In Speccy, click File, and then click Publish Snapshot.
  2. In the Publish Snapshot dialog box, click Yes to enable Speccy to proceed.
  3. Speccy publishes the profile and displays a second Publish Snapshot dialog box. You can open the URL in your default browser, copy it to the clipboard, or close the dialog box.
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Please list your power supply unit by name/efficiency rating or by model.




When you install a new graphics card you need to completely uninstall the old drivers before installing the new unit and drivers, this must all be done offline and I can walk you through it once I have the information above.


Plug your old GPU into the computer to run speccy and we'll go from there.
 
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Pyro said:
Let's get some more information:

Download and run speccy.

Once you have ran speccy, follow the instructions to upload a snapshot found here.


To publish a Speccy profile to the Web:



Please list your power supply unit by name/efficiency rating or by model.




When you install a new graphics card you need to completely uninstall the old drivers before installing the new unit and drivers, this must all be done offline and I can walk you through it once I have the information above.


Plug your old GPU into the computer to run speccy and we'll go from there.
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Ok will do just give me a couple of
minutes to install it and post the specs
 
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Pyro said:
Let's get some more information:

Download and run speccy.

Once you have ran speccy, follow the instructions to upload a snapshot found here.


To publish a Speccy profile to the Web:



Please list your power supply unit by name/efficiency rating or by model.




When you install a new graphics card you need to completely uninstall the old drivers before installing the new unit and drivers, this must all be done offline and I can walk you through it once I have the information above.


Plug your old GPU into the computer to run speccy and we'll go from there.
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http://speccy.piriform.com/results/jTGoHd84R8oxYILW7VXdJGn the power supply is b-vigor 550w
 
#11
Run DDU and download a fresh installer executable from here.

An important note: You MUST download the driver executable and disconnect your computer from the internet before running DDU, otherwise Windows will automatically download drivers (which you don't want).

Once you have ran DDU in safe mode, install the new gpu and then boot up into a normal Windows session (ensuring that you aren't connected to the internet for even a moment) and run the NVIDIA installer.

Restart your computer from the power menu and see if this helps.
 
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Ok so I did that and I have it in but it's still getting stuck on the windows screen it also seems to be shutting off my keyboard and mouse besides that the GPU light is on and so are the lights on my PC
 
#13
At this point I'd be concerned about how your power supply is interacting with the GPU, what you have is not sufficient for use in a gaming system.

The only thing worse than a known bad PSU, is an unknown one, and this brand seems very obsolete. Since there is no efficiency rating and the 1660 Super should have a quality 550-650W PSU depending on your other components I would be very suspicious that this is the culprit.

Let's get a couple more opinions to double over any other possibilities.
@Bruce
@PeterOz
 
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Pyro said:
At this point I'd be concerned about how your power supply is interacting with the GPU, what you have is not sufficient for use in a gaming system.

The only thing worse than a known bad PSU, is an unknown one, and this brand seems very obsolete. Since there is no efficiency rating and the 1660 Super should have a quality 550-650W PSU depending on your other components I would be very suspicious that this is the culprit.

Let's get a couple more opinions to double over any other possibilities.
@Bruce
@PeterOz
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That does make sense it's iether that or I heard that it could be my motherboard because it's pretty old and only has a legacy bios but could you point me in the right direction for a good psu and a compatible one im not familiar with that
 
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Depending on what you plan on doing with the unit in the future, I would buy a quality unit from someone like Seasonic (my choice), corsair, EVGA, or someone else ranked high on this list.

If you plan on completely swapping your build up and putting a 40-series GPU in it, then it might be worth investing in a 1000w PSU, otherwise you could skate by nicely with a 650w and save the extra money.

This is an area where you really can't do 'too nice' since you can either - A. use the power eventually, or B. use it as over protection for your current machine. (Note that a larger PSU is not a replacement for a surge protector or UPS).
 
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Pyro said:
Depending on what you plan on doing with the unit in the future, I would buy a quality unit from someone like Seasonic (my choice), corsair, EVGA, or someone else ranked high on this list.

If you plan on completely swapping your build up and putting a 40-series GPU in it, then it might be worth investing in a 1000w PSU, otherwise you could skate by nicely with a 650w and save the extra money.

This is an area where you really can't do 'too nice' since you can either - A. use the power eventually, or B. use it as over protection for your current machine. (Note that a larger PSU is not a replacement for a surge protector or UPS).
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what PSU would you recommend for about 100$
 
#19
Bruce is right, I'd stay away from anything without a 7 or 10 year warranty, if the manufacturer doesn't warranty it for that long I wouldn't bother putting it in a computer with any parts of value in them.

This is where I (again) would like to encourage you into figuring out where you want to be in the next couple years with your computer, If you plan on upgrading in the next couple years it might be worth spending more now so you're not going to be leaving the warranty period on the table.

If you decide that you will be happy with where you're at, I would recommend something like a Seasonic SSR-650FX, it has a semi-modular counterpart that come with a 7-year instead of 10-year at a slight discount. If you want to upgrade just a bit you could look into a 750w or 850w for + $20-$30, that would get you into early 30-series cards if that's an interest.
 
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