I just finished putting together my new PC, and I used the windows 8 RC in order to, well, not have to spend so much on windows 7 when I've already payed for 7 once in the past.
I install, and seemingly it all goes well. I get to the home screen. Resolution is wonky because I haven't installed any display drivers yet.
That's the first thing I do, put in my display driver CD (a new Nvidia GTX670 card). I try to install the drivers and I get a "NVIDIA INSTALLATION FAILED". It won't install the drivers. Hell, it actually won't even get past the splash screen for the installer except for when I run it in compatibility mode.
I try to install my motherboard (also a new model) CD that comes with drivers for everything under the sun. I pop it in, click on "install drivers", and I get this error: (see attached picture).
I do some basic googling and I see suggestions such as a bad installation of DirectX. I tried to run DirectX setup from my display driver CD, and it said that DirectX wasn't compatible with this version of windows...
I'm lost... I have no idea what to do. I did a clean wipe/repair/restart whatever it's called, and I cleaned the drive at the same time. All of the above problems still persist. I mean, I'm assuming that windows 8 is the reason these aren't working...because my hardware is all functional as far as I can tell.
If anyone can help at all, you have no idea how incredibly grateful I would be
I install, and seemingly it all goes well. I get to the home screen. Resolution is wonky because I haven't installed any display drivers yet.
That's the first thing I do, put in my display driver CD (a new Nvidia GTX670 card). I try to install the drivers and I get a "NVIDIA INSTALLATION FAILED". It won't install the drivers. Hell, it actually won't even get past the splash screen for the installer except for when I run it in compatibility mode.
I try to install my motherboard (also a new model) CD that comes with drivers for everything under the sun. I pop it in, click on "install drivers", and I get this error: (see attached picture).
I do some basic googling and I see suggestions such as a bad installation of DirectX. I tried to run DirectX setup from my display driver CD, and it said that DirectX wasn't compatible with this version of windows...
I'm lost... I have no idea what to do. I did a clean wipe/repair/restart whatever it's called, and I cleaned the drive at the same time. All of the above problems still persist. I mean, I'm assuming that windows 8 is the reason these aren't working...because my hardware is all functional as far as I can tell.
If anyone can help at all, you have no idea how incredibly grateful I would be
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 RC
- CPU
- Intel i5-3570K
- Motherboard
- Asrock z77 Extreme 6
- Memory
- 8gb G-Skill 2133hz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Gigabyte GTX670 OC
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung S27A950D
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 60gb SSD + 2tb HDD
- PSU
- Kingwin 750w Platinum Razer series
- Case
- NZXT Phantom 410
- Cooling
- intel liquid cooling