I am having an issue with my graphics card (I think) my computer was still running & the screen went black, have been trying for hours to get it to load passed the Windows loading screen, it gets passed that and stays lit, but turns black, so I decided to go into safe mode & see if I could find the problem & I checked the status of my graphics card & says there is no card installed, problem is I can't update in safe mode or reinstall anything, how can I reinstall the drivers if I can't do anything with it?

I am having an issue with my graphics card (I think) my computer was still running & the screen went black, have been trying for hours to get it to load passed the Windows loading screen, it gets passed that and stays lit, but turns black, so I decided to go into safe mode & see if I could find the problem & I checked the status of my graphics card & says there is no card installed, problem is I can't update in safe mode or reinstall anything, how can I reinstall the drivers if I can't do anything with it?

Take your graphics card out of your PC and look for any damage.

Also check the PCI slot it was in, try dusting out all of it and putting it in. 

If that does not work try putting it into another PCI slot. 

 

Still not working, your card may be broken. 

Take your graphics card out of your PC and look for any damage.

Also check the PCI slot it was in, try dusting out all of it and putting it in. 

If that does not work try putting it into another PCI slot. 

 

Still not working, your card may be broken. 

I did clean all the dust out of it yesterday, but I don't see how it could be broken, I didn't even take it out of the computer, I used a small air compressor and a Q tip to clean all the dust out of the entire system.

I can even open the AMD Catalyst menu to see what it is I would need for an update because it says "Failed to load detection driver"

I did clean all the dust out of it yesterday, but I don't see how it could be broken, I didn't even take it out of the computer, I used a small air compressor and a Q tip to clean all the dust out of the entire system.

I can even open the AMD Catalyst menu to see what it is I would need for an update because it says "Failed to load detection driver"

did you try a new PCI slot?

did you try a new PCI slot?

I didn't need to, I went with Safe Mode & Networking, needed like 30 frickin' updates.

This is the same problem I am having. How'd you fix it (based off of your post above), like what do you mean with Safe Mode and Networking.