Hello,
I've had a recurring problem since I bought my 6970 about 6 months ago. I have removed the stock cooling fan, and I am running a water block on this particular card. It is made by XFX. The problem is that when I play any 3D game, It crashes and I get the "Display driver has crashed and has been restored" message. If I run a lower end game for a while to pre-heat the card, I never crash. It runs perfect. I only does this when the temperature is between 30-34 degrees, and it never does it with the stock fan, only when the water block is attached.
If I had to guess, I'd say the firmware doesn't like running while the GPU is too cold. I've talked to XFX and they claim no knowledge. I have turned my water pump to it's lowest setting, but even that doesn't help the initial crashing issues.
Does anyone have any knowledge of this issue or how to fix it?
P.S. I run a 3 monitor Eyefinity setup.
I've had a recurring problem since I bought my 6970 about 6 months ago. I have removed the stock cooling fan, and I am running a water block on this particular card. It is made by XFX. The problem is that when I play any 3D game, It crashes and I get the "Display driver has crashed and has been restored" message. If I run a lower end game for a while to pre-heat the card, I never crash. It runs perfect. I only does this when the temperature is between 30-34 degrees, and it never does it with the stock fan, only when the water block is attached.
If I had to guess, I'd say the firmware doesn't like running while the GPU is too cold. I've talked to XFX and they claim no knowledge. I have turned my water pump to it's lowest setting, but even that doesn't help the initial crashing issues.
Does anyone have any knowledge of this issue or how to fix it?
P.S. I run a 3 monitor Eyefinity setup.