GTX 1060 blank screen under Linux Mint 19.1 64bit cinnamon

[MadmanRB]

Okay so here is the issue:
My father has my old desktop using a core i5 4460 and a GTX 1060 6GB but on linux mint I am getting a black screen.
I tried removing the proprietary drivers and using the open source ones and vice versa.... no dice.
Most solutions i find online are for laptops with obsolete cards, this is a desktop so most of said solutions simply do not work.
I have hit a bit of a brick wall here.

[Pjotr]

Did you try this:
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tessa_cinnamon.php

Scroll down to "Solving freezes during the boot sequence".

[MadmanRB]

Yeah nomodeset us the only thing that seems to work.
But i never had this issue when I had this card in my machine, the card is fine in windows and all checks out.

[ClixTrix]

Please run the following command from Terminal and post back the results.

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inxi -Fxz

Also, did you install all service from Update Manager including the latest 4.15 kernel?