Driver Problems with GTX 970

[jack031700]

I recently updated my 970's drivers. The most recent one ( 373.6 i think) makes my computer turn off, or the screen go completely black and crash when i play any game. I have tried uninstalling the current driver and installing new ones, even going back to last year. Yet every time either the monitor gets no signal or the monitor will go black, the game will crash to desktop, and it will say that the nvidia driver has crashed and recovered.

Specs:
Windows 7 64-bit
Asus Z97-A motherboard
I5-4690k
EVGA GTX 970 ACX 2.0
Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB DDR3 (2x8GB)
WD GREEN 1TB HDD
700w COOLMAX CU Series

 

[George_135]

Try downgrade your drivers to previous version

 

[jack031700]

Try downgrade your drivers to previous version

I have. As stated above. Still same issue

 

[Jasjar]

Completely uninstall the drivers with ddu: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html Then install a previous driver.

 

[jack031700]

Completely uninstall the drivers with ddu: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html Then install a previous driver.

Did this and still same issue

 

[Jasjar]

What is your GPU's temp? A GPU will often 'cut-out' and restart (resulting in Windows reporting a Driver error when in actuality it's the hardware itself) when the Graphics Card overheats.

 

[jack031700]

What is your GPU's temp? A GPU will often 'cut-out' and restart (resulting in Windows reporting a Driver error when in actuality it's the hardware itself) when the Graphics Card overheats.

So I was taking a look at EVGA monitoring stuff and it says that my 970 is running at 135mhz. Is that just because it is running at idle. Also, how would I check if the temp spikes if my pc crashes and the screen goes black when a game starts up.

 

[Jasjar]

135mhz is the lowest possible clock speed. That should only happen if your pc is on "power saver" mode. Try an app with an option for a temp chart like speedfan: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

 

[jack031700]

135mhz is the lowest possible clock speed. That should only happen if your pc is on "power saver" mode. Try an app with an option for a temp chart like speedfan: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

I checked and the gpu did boost up to the regular speed once a game was loaded. Still same issue. The charts do show a spike in gpu temp but by only a few degrees

 

[Jasjar]

Try going into NVIDIA Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings > and turn 'Power management mode' to 'Prefer maximum performance'.

 

[jack031700]

Try going into NVIDIA Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings > and turn 'Power management mode' to 'Prefer maximum performance'.

I did this and now sitting at idle, the card is running at the correct speed. However, not sure why that is necessary since the games still crash and now, won't my card run hotter even when I'm not doing anything?

 

[Jasjar]

It will add 1-2 degrees at most, put it back to the previous setting if you want to. I told you to do that because it fixed problems like yours sometimes. You are going to have to wait until a newer driver is released, which hopefully will fix that problem. If the problem still occurs, then your GPU is damaged in some way.

 

[jack031700]

It will add 1-2 degrees at most, put it back to the previous setting if you want to. I told you to do that because it fixed problems like yours sometimes. You are going to have to wait until a newer driver is released, which hopefully will fix that problem. If the problem still occurs, then your GPU is damaged in some way.

What I don't understand is that my brother's pc which is similar to mine is having no issues at all.

 

[Jasjar]

If your brother has the same drivers and has no problems then there is no driver issue, either your GPU or your PSU have a problem. Borrow a PSU off someone and see if it works.

 

[jack031700]

If your brother has the same drivers and has no problems then there is no driver issue, either your GPU or your PSU have a problem. Borrow a PSU off someone and see if it works.

Yes I have ordered a new PSU. When it arrives I'll update this thread to let anyone else know if it is resolved.

 

[jack031700]

So I installed my new psu and played for about two hours and everything seems back to normal