I'm having a serious issue with my PC. I tried to roll back my Nvidia display driver using DDU, but after uninstalling the previous driver, my screen just goes black every time I turn on the PC. I know it's on because I can use Alt + F4 to shut it down, and the display itself is powered on, but nothing shows up. I've attempted several fixes, and nothing has worked, so I decided to reinstall Windows. I made a bootable USB, but here's the catch: my PC hasn't shown the BIOS screen for a long time. When I spam the DEL key at startup, it should open the BIOS, but my screen remains black and it automatically boots into Windows. I need to change the boot priority to get into my USB, but I can't access BIOS. I previously swapped out my PSU because the PC wasn't starting properly right away. My setup includes an i5 9400f, GTX 1660ti, a Gigabyte B360M DSH motherboard, and 16GB of RAM (2 sticks of 8GB). Can anyone help me figure out how to force the BIOS screen open or make my USB boot? I've even tried removing the CMOS battery for 20 minutes and putting it back, but that didn't work either. I'm feeling really stuck!
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Since your CPU doesn't have integrated graphics, you’ll probably need a different working graphics card to boot and restore your system. It sounds like you're encountering a common issue with Nvidia drivers lately; a lot of users have reported similar problems where the screen goes dark after installing or uninstalling drivers.
Yeah, that's my issue—no backup GPU available right now. Really frustrating dealing with these driver problems.