computer died during update! need help!

pixmedic · Jan 7, 2015

ok....
update. ran 24 hours straight last shift. went to miami and then jacksonville...
finally awake.

pulled bios jumper and removed video card. plugged in and started comp. got bios screen!
turned off. put jumper back in and started, still without video card. computer started normally!!
NOW, i guess i need to remove all video card drivers, put vid card back in, and try to redo drivers for it.

robbins.photo · Jan 7, 2015

pixmedic said:
ok....
update. ran 24 hours straight last shift. went to miami and then jacksonville...
finally awake.

pulled bios jumper and removed video card. plugged in and started comp. got bios screen!
turned off. put jumper back in and started, still without video card. computer started normally!!
NOW, i guess i need to remove all video card drivers, put vid card back in, and try to redo drivers for it.

Good news. I'll keep my fingers crossed, just in case

pixmedic · Jan 7, 2015

replaced video card.
no signal.
hooked monitor back up to on board port, works just fine.
might be a video card issue.

qleak · Jan 7, 2015

pixmedic said:
replaced video card.
no signal.
hooked monitor back up to on board port, works just fine.
might be a video card issue.

It may be worth looking through your bios and seeing if there are any video settings. If reseting the bios fixed your video it stands to reason there may be something in there.

pixmedic · Jan 7, 2015

I'm trying reinstalling the video card drivers first. See what that does

pixmedic · Jan 7, 2015

Drivers installed fine. (Same ones I used the first time, that messed up)
Plugged monitor back into video card and computer started fine.

robbins.photo · Jan 7, 2015

pixmedic said:
Drivers installed fine. (Same ones I used the first time, that messed up)
Plugged monitor back into video card and computer started fine.

So, computer gods appeased. Good deal.

pixmedic · Jan 7, 2015

Seems that way....for now

tecboy · Jan 7, 2015

Do a recovery disk or recovery usb now, before it is too late. It's not fun when your computer is not booting.

James Baranski · Jan 7, 2015

Sounds like you may have gotten malware or virus with driver update(my opinion). If you were playing a game that you have in the past, there is no reason to update the drivers(usually). When downloading VGA drivers ALWAYS, ALWAYS use Nvidea's site...