Ended up booting into safe mode and disabling driver verifier......
I have taken out card no.2 and so far no BSOD's (as expected)....
I will test the cards individually between the two slots and let you know how it goes.....
I have a gut feeling that i have a dodgy MOBO slot ......
Nick.
Best wishes it is just the dual card configuration causing the problem and not a slot. That would probably be a much easier fix. Thanks for keeping us updated. :)
Just so im not getting confused here, should there be a "IF" at the start of the sentance or are you able to inform me that the slots are indeed ok ? (sorry just a bit confused)
P.S I would like to say thank you for your help so far, my hat off to you Sir, you are a gentleman.
Nick.
Have ran the two cards separately in slot 1 with no problems at all, I have also ran furmark tests without a glitch and no overheating.
Going to run the cards in slot 2 now, I am wincing at the thought of it but here goes nothing .......
Nick.
Thought i would poke around the bios quickly before i swapped slots and got a nasty shock (see attached photo) then got a BSOD.....
Details from BlueScreenView....
012912-28064-01.dmp 29/01/2012 16:32:34 0x00000116 fffffa80`06a424e0 fffff880`044d79c8 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000002 dxgmms1.sys dxgmms1.sys+ff07 x64 ntoskrnl.exe+7cc40 C:\Windows\Minidump\012912-28064-01.dmp 8 15 7601 337,517
Cant understand this as this particular card has stood up to 3-4 hrs of gaming today and a 30 min stress test from furmark ?
Wow, that is not good that you are getting artifacts in the BIOS (I assume those are a result of your screen and not your camera). Are you sure the graphics card is seated properly in the slot?
Yes the artifacts were in the bios and not the photo...
Just got home from work and switched on the PC, which booted fine but no more than 30 secs after loading the desktop my screens started flickering and the desktop itself was split into 2 and the wrong way round(see photo)
I took the Card out and switched it into the second slot, booted and then got the same thing so its looking bad for the brand new 6790an RMA will be in order !!
IM now currently running my other 6970 in slot one with no problems ...... so far
Whilst the screens where flickering i did see a window pop up stating "the display driver had stopped responding.
Nick.
Sorry to hear about the brand new card having issues.At least you narrowed it down to that card, and you should be able to get a replacement.
just got off the phone to the supplier and he will RMA it for me.
Many Thanks for your help, i really appreciate it and the job you guys do .
Nick.
You're welcome. Let us know how it goes when you get the new card.
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