Question Asus GTX 1660s crashing pc upgrade

[krudolph]

I built up a pc from the parts listed below. The system worked fine running on integrated graphics before installing the Asus GTX 1660S. Once the Asus GTX 1660S card was installed the system the system randomly crashes. Sometimes it crashes as soon as Windows loads other times it may run for 10 minutes before it crashes. There are
no error messages. Mouse & keyboard lockup prior to crash.

Drivers have been installed twice from Nvidia’s site for the Asus GTX 1660S. Asus does not list any driver for the “TUF-GTX1660S-O6G-GAMING” on their site. I have removed some components from the pc (fax card, DVD drive…) but nothing has helped. Hardware Monitor does not show any over heating.

The system will run in Safe Mode w/o crashing.

Do I have a bad graphics card?
If not what else should I check?


OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit Ver. 1909
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6 GHz Quad-Core
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9x65 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler - New
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard BIOS 2501-Used
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR3-1866 Memory-New
GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card-New
Boot Drive: Team L5 LITE 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive - New
Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB 7200 RPM HHD
PSU: Seasonic Focus GX-750, 750W 80+ Gold, Full-Modular psu - New
Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case - New
Fax: U.S. Robotics USR5638 Data Modem PCI-1 x RJ-11 Phone Line - 56 Kbps

 

[Calvin7]

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR3-1866 Memory-New

Kingston does not currently list such a combination as being available for sale. Perhaps you could provide more details such as part number, link to it, link to where you bought it.

 

[4745454b]

What bios are you using? Is there an update?

 

[krudolph]

Sorry correct memory spec.

(2) Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
CL10 240-Pin DIMM Kit (HX318C10FBK2/16)
https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Hyp...8C10FB/8)&qid=1589315030&s=electronics&sr=1-7

I am currently running:
BIOS Version 2501 - 2015/07/31

Planning to update to:
BIOS Version 2801 - 2015/11/13

Not sure about this update since it is still Beta
BIOS Version 3503 (Beta Version) - 2018/04/26 (Meltdown and Spectre protection? Some do not recommend)

 

[4745454b]

Looks like there is a newer bios, I wouldn't use a beta bios. I was hoping there was one newer than 2015. I would update it. You have an older board trying to run a newest GPU. There could be a fix the bios needs to run that card.

 

[krudolph]

I have made several changes to my pc per suggestions from this site and others. The system is currently crashing from the instant Win10 loads up to 10 minutes after loading with the Asus GTX-1660S in the system. With the card removed the pc will run for hours without errors.

With the card is installed I see the following:

• PC will crash at any time up to 10 minutes after loading.
• May crash when loading a browser
• May crash when loading a Program
• May crash when nothing is being done

When the system crashes the following happens:

• The mouse and keyboard lose control just prior to crash.
• Screen will remain up, but nothing can be done, pc must be manually shut down.
• Other times it goes to a blank screen (not blue screen).
• Looks like both graphics card and CPU fans go to high speed.
• PC must be manually shut down

I removed the following components:

• Second HHD
• Optical drive
• Fax card
• Removed front panel USB 2 and SATA card reader connections

These suggestions came from this site and others.

• BIOS Update: Version 2801 - 2015/11/13 from 2501 - 2015/07/31.
• Loaded GPUTweakII_Version1971 (1) Silent mode' enabled within the GPU tweak utility
• NVIDIA Driver Downloads
• Option 1: Manually find drivers for my NVIDIA products.
• Product Type: GeForce •
• Product Series: GeForce 16 Series •
• Product: GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER •
• Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit •
• Download Type: Game Ready Driver (GRD) •
• language: English (US) •
• 
  
• GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER
• Version: 445.87 WHQL
• Release Date: 2020.4.15
• Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
• Language: English (US)
• File Size: 535.7 MB
• Please make sure that there is no overclocking set to your system
• No overclocking on CPU or GPU
• Test your graphics card with the 3rd party graphics card benchmark tools below:
• FurMark http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/
• Heaven UNIGINE, https://benchmark.unigine.com/heaven\
• With graphics card installed the system crashed so quickly I could not get the two benchmark tools to run.

Seems like I have done a lot with no success. I suspect the graphics card could be bad?

 

[4745454b]

That or the PSU. You'll need to swap one out at a time to see which is bad. Most likely the GPU.

 

[krudolph]

The PSU: Seasonic Focus GX-750, 750W 80+ Gold, Full-Modular psu is New

 

[4745454b]

GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card-New

So it can't be the GPU either then.