A question about switching card brands.

[Soultribunal]

Originally Posted by Energy

You see, if I remove the card, I can't uninstall the driver if I don't have a card in.
I don't have a dvi/hdmi/vga port on my motherboard =p

What you do is this:

While the computer is running, uninstall the drivers , it will say it needs to reboot, which is fine. Choose shut down instead.
Then, put the new card in, and power on but go into safe mode. Use Driver Sweeper to remove remaining old drivers. Then, reboot a second time into normal mode and voila! You should be golden.

Originally Posted by bliz

Enable integrated graphics, uninstall drivers, shutdown computer,remove the card,install the new one,reboot,install drivers, end of the trip

Bliz, I am going to ask kindly that you pay attention to what is being said in the actual thread instead of a) giving bad advice, and b) giving wrong advice. If you don't know, don't add and confuse the situation. His board by his own words lacks an onboard graphics port for starters, and two you added an unessecary step for no reason that couldn't work if you had paid any attention.

-ST

[Soullessone21]

I know this is way under the line I mean way down there but OMG THANK YOU!!

Originally Posted by Soultribunal

What you do is this:

Bliz, I am going to ask kindly that you pay attention to what is being said in the actual thread instead of a) giving bad advice, and b) giving wrong advice. If you don't know, don't add and confuse the situation. His board by his own words lacks an onboard graphics port for starters, and two you added an unessecary step for no reason that couldn't work if you had paid any attention.

-ST

Now for important help run this bad boy Download Revo Uninstaller Freeware - Free and Full Download - Uninstall software, remove programs, solve uninstall problems get the free one and use it to get rid off all the drivers then pull that card do the shutdown and pop the new one in. many times you can switch the card out without issues but sometimes there is hidden drivers that cause you lots of trouble. Tell us more about how it goes and if you hit a total wall we are here to help you :)

[Energy]

Well guys, I successfully got it working! I would like to thank all of you for helping me! I uninstalled the driver, took out the card, put the new one in, and got the nvidia driver for it. Also, I got windows 8:)