This thread might just save my sanity. 8 hours into troubleshooting and I'm no closer to a solution than I was this morning.
I'll post my stats after my prologue.
Got a new harddrive earlier and did a whole new install.
Windows is completely fresh on a new HD, no spyware or viruses present.
eVGA Geforce 7800 GTX video card is not being identified by windows.
I have no onboard display devices, the Vid card is the only thing with a DVI port.
Driver download would be Forceware 169.xx (21 primarily)
Whenever I load this driver, the Video Controller is shown as working.
However, during the reboot process to solidify the drive, I'm stuck in endless loop until I safemode boot and remove the driver.
It may be that my card has fried at some point between the old harddrive and the new one (I've owned this card straight from factory for its life duration), but I'm attempting to troubleshoot regardless.
As far as I'm aware, my chipset drivers are up to date as I still actually own the motherboard driver disk.
Below are my specs and a screenshot of manager.
Note to the right of manager that I've left a small portion of the erroneous pixels I'm trying to fix. (Which encompasses my entire screen.)
Any help would be appreciated. I'll continue to work on this another hour and another full day after work tomorrow. I'll post any discoveries or fixes as to not waste anyones time.
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Motherboard:
CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3800+
Motherboard Name Asus A8N-SLI
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4 SLI, AMD Hammer
System Memory 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR
Display:
Video Adapter nVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Multimedia:
Audio Adapter nVIDIA MCP04 - Audio Code
Disk Drive ST3500320AS (465 GB, IDE)
Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 476929 MB (472551 MB free)
BIOS Properties:
Version ASUS A8N-SLI ACPI BIOS
