My specs :
Seasonic S2II Bronze 520w PSU
i3 8350k overclocked to 4.8ghz
Gigabyte z390 Motherboard
Gskill Ripjaws 8x2GB 3200mhz RAM
ASUS Strix GTX 970 OC II Gfx
Kingston m2.0 SSD
The problem:
The screen randomly goes black (the monitor receives no signal), the sounds still play and the buttons work fine, then I hear a hardware disconnect sound. I use my keyboard to put my PC to sleep and when I restart, the Graphics card driver says but the display is working at lower res:
CODE 43: Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems.
I restart my computer and the problem gets fixed. I managed to recreate the same problem when I slightly move my GFX card a little. It wobbles a little (more than normal tho) in the case! Power cables are firmly connected, it seems like the PCI-E chip / strip on the gfx card is the problem.
If I brace my GFX card with something, pushing it up a little, the problem does not occur, for days, but sometimes it happens again. Any ideas fellas?
I can't buy a new GFX card right now. and this one takes stress tests pretty fine, but the loose PCIe chip!
Edit: I have tested the card on a different Motherboard,PSU, RAM and CPU combo! Same problem!
Seasonic S2II Bronze 520w PSU
i3 8350k overclocked to 4.8ghz
Gigabyte z390 Motherboard
Gskill Ripjaws 8x2GB 3200mhz RAM
ASUS Strix GTX 970 OC II Gfx
Kingston m2.0 SSD
The problem:
The screen randomly goes black (the monitor receives no signal), the sounds still play and the buttons work fine, then I hear a hardware disconnect sound. I use my keyboard to put my PC to sleep and when I restart, the Graphics card driver says but the display is working at lower res:
CODE 43: Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems.
I restart my computer and the problem gets fixed. I managed to recreate the same problem when I slightly move my GFX card a little. It wobbles a little (more than normal tho) in the case! Power cables are firmly connected, it seems like the PCI-E chip / strip on the gfx card is the problem.
If I brace my GFX card with something, pushing it up a little, the problem does not occur, for days, but sometimes it happens again. Any ideas fellas?
I can't buy a new GFX card right now. and this one takes stress tests pretty fine, but the loose PCIe chip!
Edit: I have tested the card on a different Motherboard,PSU, RAM and CPU combo! Same problem!