Major Malfunction

Samhus · March 23, 2019

So I'm going to keep this short. Every new graphics card I input into my PC almost instantly has digital snow after driver installation (PC uses onboarding graphics before I have the driver). It will then begin to blink on and off (the screen) and will eventually stop working. I have no fucking clue what's going on. I'm starting to think its somthing I'm doing (or my computer) and I'm at a loss on how to fix it. And yes I am installing it correctly (uninstalling old drivers beforehand, unplugging the psu, ect....)

TheBean · March 23, 2019

what cpu? what motherboard? how old is the pc? which gpu are you trying to use? windows 10? more details pls.

KhakiHat · March 23, 2019

By installing and uninstalling drivers, does that also include your onboard graphics drivers? say intel HD graphics for example?

Bartholomew · March 23, 2019

54 minutes ago, Samhus said:

So I'm going to keep this short. Every new graphics card I input into my PC almost instantly has digital snow after driver installation (PC uses onboarding graphics before I have the driver). It will then begin to blink on and off (the screen) and will eventually stop working. I have no fucking clue what's going on. I'm starting to think its somthing I'm doing (or my computer) and I'm at a loss on how to fix it. And yes I am installing it correctly (uninstalling old drivers beforehand, unplugging the psu, ect....)

Try another monitor?

Fasauceome · March 23, 2019

1 hour ago, Samhus said:

Every new graphics card I input into my PC almost instantly has digital snow after driver installation (PC uses onboarding graphics before I have the driver). It will then begin to blink on and off (the screen) and will eventually stop working.

Wait, do these graphics cards no longer work in other systems when this happens?