Good idea: Updating all of your drivers.
Bad idea: Accidentally installing ATI display drivers over an nVidia display driver.
So its 1am, I am doing a system build and the motherboard is ATI, CPU is AMD and the GPU is nVidia.
I update the nVidia display driver first because the slow stuttery screen bugs the hell out of me, and then I do the South Bus second. Only the all in one complete package installer also decides that its going to install the display driver for the onboard GPU. It then decided it was going to be even more helpful and auto configure crossfire with the onboard GPU.
Fact 1: Windows does not like having both ATI and nVidia drivers installed.
Fact 2: Windows especially dislikes an ATI card and a nVidia card trying to work together.
I loaded up a game when I was all done with updates to test that it was all working and the whole thing exploded. I thought the GPU had died on me at first until I ran driver sweeper and found ATI display drivers installed, then when I checked the BIOS (Which was all fucked up as well, displaying faulty characters) I discovered that the onboard GPU was turned on and was attempting to work in tandem with the nVidia card.
I have all the correct drivers installed now, so its time for some tests and here is to hoping I have not corrupted the motherboard.
So the discussion? Stupid things you have done to your computer at 1am.
Bad idea: Accidentally installing ATI display drivers over an nVidia display driver.
So its 1am, I am doing a system build and the motherboard is ATI, CPU is AMD and the GPU is nVidia.
I update the nVidia display driver first because the slow stuttery screen bugs the hell out of me, and then I do the South Bus second. Only the all in one complete package installer also decides that its going to install the display driver for the onboard GPU. It then decided it was going to be even more helpful and auto configure crossfire with the onboard GPU.
Fact 1: Windows does not like having both ATI and nVidia drivers installed.
Fact 2: Windows especially dislikes an ATI card and a nVidia card trying to work together.
I loaded up a game when I was all done with updates to test that it was all working and the whole thing exploded. I thought the GPU had died on me at first until I ran driver sweeper and found ATI display drivers installed, then when I checked the BIOS (Which was all fucked up as well, displaying faulty characters) I discovered that the onboard GPU was turned on and was attempting to work in tandem with the nVidia card.
I have all the correct drivers installed now, so its time for some tests and here is to hoping I have not corrupted the motherboard.
So the discussion? Stupid things you have done to your computer at 1am.
