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BSOD after installing new Graphics Card
I recently installed a new gtx970-sc in my gaming rig. After random amounts of time playing games (usually over an hour), the graphics driver "nvlddmkm" stops responding. Most of the time the driver recovers but a few times it has crashed my computer to where my monitor receives no signal, while the computer is still running but frozen. Even if the driver recovers, I have to restart the game b/c it causes the game to crash, losing my progress in the game.
I have used ddu and did a clean install of my graphics driver.
It happens with at least 2 different games(Witcher 3, GTA:V). It hasn't happened with League of Legends yet (although i only played a few games), and I haven't had much time to play other games.
I am using Afterburner to under-clock the card back to factory settings. It seems to reduce the occurrences of the problem slightly, but it doesn't remove the problem.
I have ran FurMark Burn-in test and it ran just fine, 34 FPS @ 74°C max.
I suspect either it is a faulty GPU or my PSU cant handle the power requirements with the new card(even though it meets the 500w requirement). I went ahead and ordered a new PSU, but it's not here yet, so I cant rule that out. If someone would take a look at my dump files and let me know what they think the problem is I would appreciate it.
After one of the crashes(on 5/25) I noticed the event viewer said windows did a bugcheck.
Last edited by Superman360; 30 May 2015 at 14:41.