Windows 8 Pro Installation - artefacts!?

stagg250

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So here I am, trying to install originally purchased copy of Windows 8 Pro, 64-bit version, but having some problems.
First of all, let me paste my PC specs:

AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE
Asus M2N68-VM
nVidia GTX 470 AMP! Edition
4 GB of RAM, DDRII
500 GB HDD
XFX 550W


What I'm getting is this screen, and whenever I move the cursor, is just getting more fuc*ed.
win 8.jpg


Can you guys please help?
Thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro, 64-bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N68-VM
    Memory
    4 GB ddrII
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 470 AMP! Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 206BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680*1050
    Hard Drives
    WD 500 GB
    Case
    Cooler Master
Hello and holy crap! :eek:

This has got to be the weirdest thing I've EVER seen! By far! I'd recommend trying to use your motherboard's integrated graphics ports over the dedicated card to rule out weird hardware issues.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    AMD FX 8320
    Motherboard
    Crosshair V Formula-Z
    Memory
    16 gig DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS R9 270
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
    x2 3 TB Toshibas
    Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
    PSU
    OCZ 500 watt
    Case
    A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
    Keyboard
    Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Touch Mouse
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014
Hello and holy crap! :eek:

This has got to be the weirdest thing I've EVER seen! By far! I'd recommend trying to use your motherboard's integrated graphics ports over the dedicated card to rule out weird hardware issues.

Thank you for your reply, I will try ASAP.

Cheers!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro, 64-bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N68-VM
    Memory
    4 GB ddrII
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 470 AMP! Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 206BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680*1050
    Hard Drives
    WD 500 GB
    Case
    Cooler Master
Welcome to EightForums.

Bad nVidia drivers.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Notebooks x 3

    Desktops x 5

    Towers x 4
O.K. guys...

I tried to install Windows 8 by switching to integrated graphic card, and installation was successful!
But...

When I installed drivers for GTX 470, first I got an error. But after closing drivers installation window, I saw that graphics card folder IS located in C:\NVIDIA.
With integrated g. card everything was working great, but immediately after restart, the artefacts or whatever showed again. When desktop showed up, only I saw was some random pink vertical lines, and of course, I turned off PC.

I have no idea what's going on, but my g. card is working absolutely PERFECT in Windows 7. Yesterday I normally played GTA IV on Win 7.

Please guys if you can help me, because otherwise I threw my money in vain.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro, 64-bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N68-VM
    Memory
    4 GB ddrII
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 470 AMP! Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 206BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680*1050
    Hard Drives
    WD 500 GB
    Case
    Cooler Master
Just use the stock video driver Windows 8 uses, do an uninstall of the NVIDIA driver. It seems that NVIDIA is having issues with their latest graphics drivers as I've seen a couple of afflictions with two other NVIDIA cards.

The driver Windows uses for those seems work perfectly.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    AMD FX 8320
    Motherboard
    Crosshair V Formula-Z
    Memory
    16 gig DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS R9 270
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
    x2 3 TB Toshibas
    Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
    PSU
    OCZ 500 watt
    Case
    A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
    Keyboard
    Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Touch Mouse
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014
Yeah, but then I wont be able to use GTX 470. Because if I restart PC and set GTX 470 instead of integrated, I can only see boot up animation, and nothing else.
It's seems that Win 8 only work with integrated card on my PC... :/
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro, 64-bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N68-VM
    Memory
    4 GB ddrII
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 470 AMP! Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 206BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680*1050
    Hard Drives
    WD 500 GB
    Case
    Cooler Master
Did the official NVIDIA drivers install?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    AMD FX 8320
    Motherboard
    Crosshair V Formula-Z
    Memory
    16 gig DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS R9 270
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
    x2 3 TB Toshibas
    Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
    PSU
    OCZ 500 watt
    Case
    A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
    Keyboard
    Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Touch Mouse
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014
So here I am, trying to install originally purchased copy of Windows 8 Pro, 64-bit version, but having some problems.
First of all, let me paste my PC specs:

AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE
Asus M2N68-VM
nVidia GTX 470 AMP! Edition
4 GB of RAM, DDRII
500 GB HDD
XFX 550W


What I'm getting is this screen, and whenever I move the cursor, is just getting more fuc*ed.



Can you guys please help?
Thanks.
Go to NVIDIA and see if you can find similar Win8 problems/discussions.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win7 Ult on DIY; Win8 Pro on MBP/Parallels; Win7 Ult on MBP/Boot Camp; Win7 Ult/Win8 Pro on HP
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    DIY Rig; MacBook Pro (MBP)/Parallels/Boot Camp; HP Pavilion dv6500t Laptop
    CPU
    Intel i7-2600K (sometimes OC'd to 4.8 GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8P67 Deluxe Rev B3
    Memory
    16 GB Corsair Vengeance
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 570 SC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Gateway
    Hard Drives
    Dual Boot:
    Win7 Ult RAID 0 on OCZ Revo x2 and
    Win7 Ult RAID 0 on Caviar Black SATA 3's
    PSU
    Cooler Master Silent Pro 1000W
    Case
    Cooler Master 932 HAF
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9900MAX-B CPU Fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500
    Mouse
    Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500
    Internet Speed
    20 Mbps Download/2+ Mbps Upload
    Other Info
    Pioneer Blu-ray Burner/DVD Burner
Did the official NVIDIA drivers install?

Like I said before, the installation finished with an error, but when I looked in C:\NVIDIA\, there were some files extracted. So I think drivers were installed, because before that I couldn't log in to my Windows 8 user account, just the boot animations showed up.

After installing those drivers, I could enter to dekstop, but it was all fu*ked up like the image in first post.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro, 64-bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N68-VM
    Memory
    4 GB ddrII
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 470 AMP! Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 206BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680*1050
    Hard Drives
    WD 500 GB
    Case
    Cooler Master
I can't use nVidia drivers or those supplied in Windows Update. Uninstall anything in Program's related to nVidia, change the driver in device manger to the Microsoft WDM version supplied with the OS. Only way I can use my admittedly old Quadro FX 540 card.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
Can you please explain how to change the drivers to Microsoft WDM?

And I will be able to normally play games, run Photoshop etc. like I have drivers installed from official site?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro, 64-bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N68-VM
    Memory
    4 GB ddrII
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 470 AMP! Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 206BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680*1050
    Hard Drives
    WD 500 GB
    Case
    Cooler Master
OK!

To do this quickly, hit :winkey: + X or right click on the lower left corner and open up Device Manager. Expand the Display adapters section and double click on the video card that is having the driver issues. The GTX was it? Click on the Driver tab in the popup box and then hit Uninstall at the bottom of it. This will uninstall the driver and you will need to restart. Or, if you have the option, hit Roll Back Driver, which will uninstall the current faulty driver and go back to the Windows default driver, basically you can do either or here.

Restart, and Windows should reinstall the default driver again, not the NVIDIA one.

I wouldn't recommend installing the official NVIDIA drivers for Windows 8 until you've checked this out, like googling or Binging "NVIDIA GTX 470 Windows 8 driver issues" and seeing if other people are having the same problem as you. If not, then you try downloading the LATEST driver for Windows 8 from the NVIDIA support site.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    AMD FX 8320
    Motherboard
    Crosshair V Formula-Z
    Memory
    16 gig DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS R9 270
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
    x2 3 TB Toshibas
    Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
    PSU
    OCZ 500 watt
    Case
    A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
    Keyboard
    Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Touch Mouse
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014
my suggestion is to uninstall the nvida driver in device manager if its there ,shut down the computer and remove the nvida card from the computer ,reboot the computer to make sure its working ok with the integrated drivers ,if it ok ,shutdown and reinstall the nvida card ,hook the monitor to the card and reboot win8 ,it should load the win8 default driver for the nvida card ,it should work ok, if you wish you could then try to install the latest drivers for the video card make sure to install the 64 bit drivers ,if it doesn't work then you will have to wait for a fix of the win8 drivers
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8.1.1 enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Hinze57
    CPU
    AMD FX 6100 6core 3.30gHz
    Motherboard
    gigibyte ga-78lmy-s2p
    Memory
    4gig ddr3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radon hd5000 Series
    Sound Card
    onboard realtek hd
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" viewsonic/ 22"Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    128gig ssd Kingston
    80gig WD 10000 rpm spinner
    Case
    micro
    Keyboard
    microsoft curve 200
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless M215
    Internet Speed
    high speed 20
    Browser
    ie 11
    Antivirus
    windows defender
    Other Info
    updated enterprise apr 2/14
Device Manager -> Display Adapters -> Right Click nVidia card -> Properties -> Drivers Tab -> Update Driver -> Browse My Computer for driver software -> Let me pick from a list of drivers on my computer -> select the driver that says nVidia xxxx - Microsoft Corporation - WDDM v1.2

Alternatively uninstall anything by nVidia in Programs and Features, then goto Device manager and follow the first 4 steps but then choose uninstall, reboot and it should install the default MS driver.

And yes I can run all my creative suite program's, don't play any games so I wouldn't know but hey you can't play any games if the card don't work at all!!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
Device Manager -> Display Adapters -> Right Click nVidia card -> Properties -> Drivers Tab -> Update Driver -> Browse My Computer for driver software -> Let me pick from a list of drivers on my computer -> select the driver that says nVidia xxxx - Microsoft Corporation - WDDM v1.2

Been there, done that, but no luck guys.
Tried almost everything, every combinations, but always resulted with failure.

I guess I need to stick to the Windows 7. :(
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro, 64-bit
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N68-VM
    Memory
    4 GB ddrII
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 470 AMP! Edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 206BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680*1050
    Hard Drives
    WD 500 GB
    Case
    Cooler Master
Uninstall the drivers and right click on the downloaded driver setup. Select compatibility options and let windows check it. Most likely it will tell you to use them as XP service pack 3, save that and tell windows to always use that. Should do the trick.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8 pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    home built
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II 955 BE
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO
    Memory
    4GB geil
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI HD5770
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG flattron L225WS
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 1TB
    Samsung 1 TB
    Case
    Collermaster HAF
    Cooling
    XTREME Frezer II
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Microtools WMX810
    Internet Speed
    cable
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