ASUS GTX 970 strix black screen

Nko

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Hi guys, i just that recently bought an gtx asus 970 strix and after i have updated BIOS and installed the drivers, when i load a game like cs go or dota 2, the screen would go black and my pc would restart. Also if i leave my pc like 10 or 15 minutes on the black screen would appear again even if i didnt load a program or do anything. I already checked everything inside ( cables and so on). im thinking that it might be the card ( damaged) I dont know what to do , need help!!!!
 
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Could actually be the power supply if your'e not using the BLACK series. Check out this list. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

I bought the same card with an ASUS Z97-AR mobo and i7 4790k. I've never actually been able to buy the latest and greatest components before and I didn't realize how specific the power supply needed to be. I put the rig together and upon plugging in my nostromo controller, the screens went black. After unplugging the controller and giving it some time it came back up and stayed on for a day while I continued to install things on my fresh install of Windows 10 on my brand new SSD and then I was running Starcraft 2 and even though this rig should kick it's butt, something...

Ya, I´ve read that a lot of people have this problem maybe because of the driver or the card itself. If you got any news feel free to let me know.
 
Could actually be the power supply if your'e not using the BLACK series. Check out this list. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

I bought the same card with an ASUS Z97-AR mobo and i7 4790k. I've never actually been able to buy the latest and greatest components before and I didn't realize how specific the power supply needed to be. I put the rig together and upon plugging in my nostromo controller, the screens went black. After unplugging the controller and giving it some time it came back up and stayed on for a day while I continued to install things on my fresh install of Windows 10 on my brand new SSD and then I was running Starcraft 2 and even though this rig should kick it's butt, something looked funny about the graphics. Then I got black screens again.

This time it didn't come back until I unplugged one of my monitors. (It actually happened to be a VGA with a DVI Adapter plugged into the first VGA ready port). Since I had one screen I went back to a restore point which was pretty much right after windows was installed (before even installing my wireless software). I tried plugging in the second monitor and instantly the working one went black.

I went to work yesterday and told the story to my co-workers and one of them who is a PC enthusiast said it's probably my power supply. I was running a Corsair 750 Watt CX750M. You'll notice on that link it's in tier 4 and it specifically says "Not for gaming rigs or overclocking systems of any kind. " Oops.

So I was able to exchange it for EVGA 220-G2-0850-XR 80 PLUS GOLD . Oh my gosh. I hooked up the new power supply and it was like I had a new system. The second monitor came back, Windows 10 itself was running even smoother even my wireless downloaded faster cus before I had downloaded The Division (Came free with the card) and was waiting for 9pm so I could try it and I had the problem at like 7:30. So since I had done the restore point I had to download again and it was screaming fast. Ran the game for an hour no problems, smooth frame rate, cool temps. The system is beautiful. I thought 750 watts was plenty (which as just a number it is) but if you don't get a tier 1 or 2 PSU especially if you have a Haswell based CPU (look that up, haswell power requirements) you're asking for issues. If you haven't resolved the issue, try a new power supply. I highly recommend the one I got and it's extremely well rated. Better even than the Platinum in the same family.
 
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