BSOD playing SWTOR after upgrading to SLI

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  1. xenoslush
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    BSOD playing SWTOR after upgrading to SLI


    Greetings,

    Last night I installed a second Gigabyte GV-N460OC-1GI (Nvidia GTX 460) in SLI. The following is a sequence of events leading up to the BSOD, which may shed some light on the issue.

    - Immediately after booting the PC, I received a "Chassis intruded, Fatal error, System halted" error. I rebooted and everything was fine.

    - I installed the latest Nvidia display drivers (285.62) and enabled SLI.

    - Launched SWTOR (Star Wars: The Old Republic), and after about 5 minutes, I hear a brief buzzing sound, screen turns black, and the mouse and keyboard power off. The PC reboots itself and informs me that windows was improperly shut down.

    - I proceeded to start Windows (normal mode), log back into SWTOR, and the same thing happens again - BSOD after about 5 minutes. Changing the graphics setting from High to Low didn't help.

    - I pulled out the second video card, tried SWTOR, and the problem was no more.

    So before I return the second gfx card, I'm hoping to confirm that it is in fact a hardware issue with the card, and not the new Nvidia drivers.

    Attached is the zip file with BSOD dump and performance.html (all made while in SLI).

    Here are my Windows 7 details:
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM (installed myself)
    Age of system/hardware: 1.5 years.
    Age of OS installation: 1.5 years. (have not re-installed OS)

    Crash message:
    =======================
    Problem signature:
    Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
    OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
    Locale ID: 1033

    Additional information about the problem:
    BCCode: 116
    BCP1: FFFFFA80054BE4E0
    BCP2: FFFFF8800FCE1AE4
    BCP3: FFFFFFFFC000009A
    BCP4: 0000000000000004
    OS Version: 6_1_7601
    Service Pack: 1_0
    Product: 768_1
    =======================

    Any insight will be greatly appreciated!

    Thanks!
    BSOD playing SWTOR after upgrading to SLI Attached Files
    Last edited by xenoslush; 05 Jan 2012 at 10:30. Reason: added crash message
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  3. Lemur
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    What if you pull out the original card and place the new card in the old card's slot? Still problems? If yes, then hardware.
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  4. xenoslush
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    I'll give that a try. Thanks.
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  6. FMcLeod
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    What's your PSU rated for? You may not have enough power for both cards. Depending on the rest of your build, you may need a 1000w+ PSU.
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  7. xenoslush
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    Hmm.. I suspected that that might be the case, but all I have are the two gfx cards and 5 fans (including the CPU fans). My PSU is a Seasonic X750 GOLD 750W PSU. Figured that 750W should be sufficient.. although you could be right.
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  8. FMcLeod
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    Below is a link to a psu calculator...Newegg has one too. It listed my Core 2 Quad with 2 4870s at 750 Watts and I bet your 460s use more than those.

    ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- Recommended Power Supply Wattage Calculator
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  10. xenoslush
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    Alas, it lists my core i7 950 with 2 GTX 460s and my 5 fans at 800W minimum. And in reality, it's probably more than that since the GTX 460s are overclocked w/ 2 fans each. Darn. So, the problem is most likely the under-powered PSU (face palm!).

    Thanks, FMcLeod.
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  11. RougeR
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    unlucky, best unplug your second card so as not to fry it, also when buying a new PSU dont skimp out! this is what is keeping your several hundred pound system alive! Secondly remember to look at efficiency rating i.e 80 plus bronze. Finally I would recommend getting 100W more than your estimated required wattage so as to leave room for inefficiency, OC's and additional HDD'/SSD' and other peripherals.
    Best of luck and enjoy your 460s XD

    source: mate fried his 460 by under powering it 0.o, also my friend who runs SLI 460s is okay with 850W so a 850-1000W would be your best bet, saying that his cards are both stock.
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  12. xenoslush
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    Thanks for the PSU advice, RougeR. I'll keep that in mind for my next build. In the meantime though I think I'll skip out on the PSU upgrade and instead exchange the 2nd 460 for something with a bit more muscle to replace my original 460.
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  13. FMcLeod
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    Happy to help.
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