Random shutdowns. No warning. No BSOD. Passes all tests.

Arc said:

Not the original driver CD, but the NVIDIA DRIVERS 314.22WHQL.

Driver is available, but as you are saying that the device is very old .... usually the life span of a GPU is not much more than more or less 3 years and after that it is expected to fail upto some extent.

Lol yeah, its got one blown cap and artifacts like a mother under load. But its still usable and still passes burnin test and benchmarks. Which is why I only have this card for really quick tests and dont keep it inside as a physx card.

Oh sorry it took so long for me to update but I have been trying a lot of different things, and I wanted to put everything into one thread.

First here is my SC of disk management:


On the drive I ran EASEUS data recovery and I was able to recover all of my data with no problem, It just took about a day for the whole process of scanning a 1TB drive, and then recovering 1TB worth of data. (Which is why my stripped drive is now full).


Second, I tried both of my Graphics cards:

The one I am using now GPU#1 works in PCIe slot 1 and PCIe slot 2 but will not run WEI or fur mark.
GPU#2 works in PCIe slot 2 mostly. When I put it in slot 1 the computer turns on but doesn't go to POST.

I also tried an old 5870(?) I had that I know doesn't work fully, but should of still booted, and it was the same issue as GPU#2 in both PCIe slots. No POST.

I also tried my "For testing purposes only" GeGorce 8600gtx, and that was the same thing as the 5870. No POST in either slot.

I really don't think that every single graphics card I own is not working. So I have MSI's customer service number, and I will call them up tomorrow during their hours, and see if I can RMA my board.

If a new board doesn't work then I will call up XFX and RMA my graphics cards.

Arc said:

I said something in this line earlier in post #55.

Arc said:

Even if that one is not working, you need to search the reason in the PCIe slots, not to the drivers.

YUP! and you may be right!

Is there any way to test PCIe Slots directly?

Arc said:

Is far as I know, we cannot test the motherboard components.

Ok, well then after I RMA, I will either update this thread or create a new one referring to this thread, letting everyone know whether or not that solved the problem.