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ihaztt

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Registered: 2026-08-21

Posts: 1

Changed gpu and cant install new drivers.

My old AMD gpu broke and i got a new Nvidia one.
I wasnt able to enter my system at first and after some searching i edit my boot commands and put 'nomodeset' after linux.
Got in and tried installing the new drivers, didnt work; Removed old AMD drivers ignoring depencies and tried installing the new ones, also didnt work because of the depencies i ignored...
Now im locked in my system because i tried multiple times with multiple methods to write the arch linux iso on a USB drive and it works, but it always ends up at a 'failed to load linux.c32?'(i cant really remember the exact error) screen
If it helps, i have a BIOS motherboard and i also changed my processor because i thought it was the one who broke.(the processor is of the same brand as my old one though...[intel, if it helps...])

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,384

Re: Changed gpu and cant install new drivers.

Nothing in your recount of events can be used to help you.

Can you boot into your system with "nomodeset" if need be? How exactly "didn't work to install graphics drivers". You did what, installed what and which outputs did you get? You switched from which GPU to which GPU exactly? If you need to share outputs see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_o … n_services -- note the note on 0x0.st not working well currently and use one of the alternatives.