NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 PCI-E graphics card

Hey there,

A couple of days ago, some vertical lines started streaking across my screen. A buddy of mine took one look at it and insisted my graphics card was basically on its deathbed... 🙂
I'm running an ASUS P5N-E SLI motherboard here.
So, I went out and picked up a new card—an NVIDIA GeForce GT 630, 2GB DDR3, with DVI and HDMI.
But once we got it seated in the rig and fired everything up, the system properties showed the NVIDIA driver reporting a measly 14MB.
In other words, the computer isn't even recognizing what I just bought.
One thing I noticed while messing around with the hardware is that the PCIe slot on the motherboard looks significantly longer than the actual contact pins on the card itself. Could that be why the system isn't "reading" it?

The card should work regardless of how long the slot is—it’s physics, really. Did you actually install the drivers yet?

Benjamin King2 said:The card should function regardless of how long the slot is. Have you actually tried installing the drivers yet?

Well, I can't even get the drivers to install...
The installer runs a hardware scan and just tells me there's no compatible hardware found. 🙂

If you're seeing vertical lines that look like some kind of "death line," then the card has officially reached its limit.

David Sanders4 said:If those vertical lines are looking anything like the "red line of death," then you can call it a day—the card’s officially done for. It’s given everything it had to give.

I know... that's exactly why I went out and grabbed a new one.
Now we’re facing a second issue.🤷Maybe you should give my previous post a bit more attention—you clearly missed the point.😛
Hey there.

I don't know who this person is—some random user? A bot? Anyway, if you're trying to get my attention, you've got it. Now, what was it you were actually trying to say? Because right now, it's just a string of letters that doesn't mean much of anything to me. Benjamin King2 says:
I just can't get these drivers to install... seriously.
The installer runs through its little hardware scan—goes through all the motions, really—and then just hits me with that classic "no compatible hardware found" error. It’s just sitting there, staring at me blankly. 🙂

Have you tried swapping that card into the other slot yet? Honestly—it might not even be the GPU acting up—your motherboard could just be totally fried.

Benjamin King2 said:Have you tried plugging the card into both slots? It might be your motherboard that's shot rather than the GPU itself.

I've tried everything...
Updated the BIOS, did a clean wipe of all the old drivers—honestly, I've been at this for ten hours straight and I'm losing my mind.
A full format and a fresh install of Windows 10 fixed it; everything is running perfectly now.
It looks like things were just completely messed up within the OS.

thanks