VGA problem with H61?

[athai619]

Okay the problem is whenever I have my geforce 9800 gt plugged in (drivers installed) windows 7 hangs on startup. At first somebody told me it was my PSU since it was lacking 12v amps, so I upgraded my PSU. After that I was still having the issue, somebody else told me that it was an incompatibility with the mobo so I went ahead and bought this one and im still having the issue. Oh and the VGA works on 2 other comps fine too..

My pc specs are :

cpu- i3 2100
mobo- H61M-VS
RAM- 4gb dd3 gskill
PSU- Neo Antec 620C

Any help is appreciated!

[Avi-K]

It could be the nvidia drivers. Try booting up in safe mode and then reinstall the drivers.

[athai619]

It could be the nvidia drivers. Try booting up in safe mode and then reinstall the drivers.

Tried that, no luck :\. Any other suggestions?

[Avi-K]

Make sure the primary graphics is set to pci express in the bios. Only other thing I can think of is a problem with the ME or vga driver.

[athai619]

Make sure the primary graphics is set to pci express in the bios. Only other thing I can think of is a problem with the ME or vga driver.

Yeah primary graphics is set to pci-e in bios, idk maybe its drivers conflicting with each other? I can get the logs but im not sure how to interpret them lol.

[profJim]

What is the Nvidia driver version currently installed?
You can download and install the latest correct version for you o/s and video card from Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers (Geforce.com).
If you need to install newer Nvidia drivers:

1. uninstall your current drivers within windows
2. boot into Safe Mode and run Driver Sweeper to clean up any residual Nvidia graphics related software
3. boot into windows and install the most recent Nvidia driver download

Phyxion.net - Driver Sweeper Download
Operating Systems - Any Windows version (32-bit and 64 bit) with Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 or higher installed.

[athai619]

What is the Nvidia driver version currently installed?
You can download and install the latest correct version for you o/s and video card from Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers (Geforce.com).
If you need to install newer Nvidia drivers:

1. uninstall your current drivers within windows
2. boot into Safe Mode and run Driver Sweeper to clean up any residual Nvidia graphics related software
3. boot into windows and install the most recent Nvidia driver download

Phyxion.net - Driver Sweeper Download
Operating Systems - Any Windows version (32-bit and 64 bit) with Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 or higher installed.

the nvidia driver currently installed is the 296.10 one, and ill give that a go lets see how this goes.

[profJim]

Can you boot into Safe Mode without the system hanging at windows startup?
Which startup screen is windows hanging?

[athai619]

Can you boot into Safe Mode without the system hanging at windows startup?
Which startup screen is windows hanging?

Yeah booting into safe mode works fine, its only hanging at the "Starting windows" screen where the four balls glow and thats after I install the nvidia drivers.

[profJim]

OK, follow the three steps in post #7, running Driver Sweeper might clean things up.

What bios setting are you using for the primary video source when your video card is installed? Pci-e? Integrated video?