paulktreg Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 I recently changed my daughters graphics card from a GTX460 to a HD7850 and it's caused no end of problems. I uninstalled all related Nvidia drivers before removing the GTX460 and installing the HD7850 with the latest drivers. Now I'm just going of what my daughter is telling me but last night the PC found a problem and started the repair process, it did eventually boot after 20 mins and worked flawlessly whilst she played Planet Side 2. This evening it found an error on E drive and started the checking process, found no problems and eventually booted. What's going on here? Any pointers because I'd hate to have to install Windows 7 again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp9801 Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Have you run CCleaner to remove all traces of the NVIDIA drivers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjloki Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Have you run CCleaner to remove all traces of the NVIDIA drivers? yup, what he said, ...it's happened to me in the past too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Driver Cleaner works as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) Yeah switching brands is a pain , I once had to reinstall windows for it to work. I would just uninstall the AMD drivers reboot . Use cc cleaner + whatever . Reboot again . Cc cleaner again , reboot and than install the drivers Also clear up your temp so windows won't auto install something when your reboot Edited March 14, 2013 by hornybluecow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePanda Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 Check for a loose/bumped SATA cable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 Check for a loose/bumped SATA cable. It could only be a problem of loose or bad SATA cable. Check all the cables and you may try changing them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 This is still the best guide I've found though I have it personally memorized now: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52502 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disparaitre Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) ... Edited September 21, 2014 by Disparaitre Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 That's a good tutorial but Driver Cleaner will automate the majority of that for you Use the Windows uninstaller. Before rebooting.... run Driver Sweeper Before rebooting.... manually delete any nVidia or AMD folders remaining (make sure to get only those pertaining to graphics) Before rebooting do a quick search of your registry for any orphaned registry entries belonging to nVidia or AMD (make sure to get only those pertaining to graphics) Reboot and install new video card drivers. And as others have already recommended - double check the easy stuff such as loose cables and make sure the video card is firmly seated in the PCIe slot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulktreg Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Thanks for all the advice it's appreciated and has been followed. Drive E is now showing in Windows but it's unreadable? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 (edited) That's a good tutorial but Driver Cleaner will automate the majority of that for you Use the Windows uninstaller. Before rebooting.... run Driver Sweeper Before rebooting.... manually delete any nVidia or AMD folders remaining (make sure to get only those pertaining to graphics) Before rebooting do a quick search of your registry for any orphaned registry entries belonging to nVidia or AMD (make sure to get only those pertaining to graphics) Reboot and install new video card drivers. And as others have already recommended - double check the easy stuff such as loose cables and make sure the video card is firmly seated in the PCIe slot. That's backwards of how do it, I delete all files, then registry and then Driver Sweeper Edited March 16, 2013 by IVIYTH0S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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