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GTX 670 Drivers not working with my system...

Skcorpion86

So I have a problem with a build I finished a couple of days ago. It's annoying me so much.

Basically when i push the power button on my PC, there is  a 50% chance for it to send a signal to the display. Half the time it works fine, half the time the monitor does not get a signal. Just a black screen on start up. 

I have spent A LOT of hours trouble shooting this and I just don't have any more ideas on what the cause of this may be. What I do know is it has something to do with the GTX 670 Drivers. I know this because the PC will boot up 100% of the time if the graphics drivers are NOT installed. I've unplugged the GPU itself for tests and the PC boots up 100% of the time with integrated graphics, but I know it's not a hardware problem with the GPU either because the PC will boot up 100% of the time as long as the drivers are not installed with the GPU itself being installed.  Also The PC will boot 100% of the time in safe mode

My system

CPU- Intel i74790k
Motherbaord- Asus Z97- AR
GPU- Galaxy GTX 670
RAM- 8GB Corsair Vengence 1600
SSD- Samsung EVO 1TB
Power Supply- EVGA Supernova 850W

I first had windows 8.1 installed on the system,  but I have also tried windows 7 because I believed windows 8.1 was to blame, however after having the PC not boot up windows 7 as well.... that proves my theory false. When It tried to boot windows 7 and it fails I can hear the shutdown chime when I push the restart button so I believe the PC is still booting, but not with a Display.

I have tried multiple displays
I have put my OS on a different boot drive to rule out the SSD being faulty.

I've tried reinstalling both windows 7 and 8.1 multiple times.
I have put the RAM stick on a different  slot on the other channel.
I tried putting the GPU on a different PCI express slot. 

Tried using different Sata power cables and different Sata cables. 

My motherboard has red LEDs all over the board to indicate errors with hardware and NONE of them are on when the PC boots without a display. 

The PC works perfectly fine when it boots up, but its soooooooo annoying sitting here pushing the restart button until it boots up correctly.

I think the GPU drivers are conflicting with the Intel chipset drivers, or possibly the Motherboard drivers, but I could be wrong and that's why I need help. Thanks for reading this and helping me out in advance. If you have any questions about my system or what I have and have not done to the system to get it working properly, I'll be glad to answer. 
 

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Probably not a driver problem because a 670 would even turn on the screen without drivers, did you try a different monitor cable? Maybe a different connector?

yes tried multiple DVI and HDMI cords

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The card is fine, I used the same card for over a year and a half with my old system without problems.

and like I said when the card is plug in (with drivers uninstalled) the PC boots 100% of the time.

there is something definitely wrong with the gpu drivers

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The card is fine, I used the same card for over a year and a half with my old system without problems.

and like I said when the card is plug in (with drivers uninstalled) the PC boots 100% of the time.

there is something definitely wrong with the gpu drivers

Go borrow some other card. You reinstalled windows multiple times and you've tried different displays and cables and other stuff. If some other card works fine, then your card is the problem. If some other card does NOT work fine, then your motherboard is somehow the problem; likely a faulty PCI/e slot or some other crap. Either way, I highly doubt it's a software issue. That's the best method of testing for you. Hopefully you can find some other nVidia card to test with.

I have finally moved to a desktop. Also my guides are outdated as hell.

 

THE INFORMATION GUIDES: SLI INFORMATION || vRAM INFORMATION || MOBILE i7 CPU INFORMATION || Maybe more someday

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 Fixed the problem, all I had to do was update my bios. I feel like a complete idiot....

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