EVGA GTX 970 SC Constant driver crashing HEEEELP!!!

[hawaiisnocone]

Here are my pc specs:
Motherboard (2 Years Old): Asus Z87-Deluxe
CPU (2 Years Old): Intel i7 4770k
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 24GB (2x4GB and 2x8GB)
Power Supply (4 months old): EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W
Graphics Card (1 DAY OLD): EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Super Clocked ACX 2.0 4GB

Ok, so this problem arose a few months after I went from a GTX 760 to the 970. When running Benchmarks or games the screen would randomly freeze then turn black for a couple seconds and give me that famous error saying the graphics driver crashed and has been restored or whatever, which is really annoying but SOMETIMES the screen would not turn back on and I would have to restart the pc the hard way by holding the power button down. So after reading a few forum posts I figured it might be the power supply so I got that EVGA 1000w, I used to have the NZXT Hale82 850W. But soon after I installed it, it still kept crashing randomly. I have updated my BIOS, re-installed drivers COMPLETELY, downgraded drivers, I even replaced the card with a BRAND NEW ONE. Still crashes... The only thing I have to try left that I can think of is to replace either the RAM or the motherboard. This is really ridiculous.

 

[Darkbreeze]

When you say re-installed drivers completely, do you mean to say that you used the DDU (Display driver uninstaller) utility? If not, I would do so using the CLEAN drivers section at the following link as a guide:

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2492424/laymans-simple-guide-solving-graphics-card-issues.html

Be sure to select the NVidia option as it may default to the Intel adapter which would do nothing to remedy your current issue.


If that fails to help I'd suggest doing a CLEAN install of windows after perhaps some testing of the memory.

 

[Rexer]

Still seems like a driver issue. Test your ram removing and replacing one stick at a time. If the Hale 850w was going bad, a failing power supply can cause an assortment of problems. But that's not always the case. Sometimes ram combinations doesn't work well. Manufacturers, sizes and speeds. It's best to use the same one across the slots. I'd hate to say it's your board if it's not your drivers. Hope this helps.

 

[Darkbreeze]

You might try booting one of the portable Linux distributions to see if the problem exists there as well. If it doesn't, you know it's a windows issue.

 

[bgi123]

Just upgraded to a MSI GTX 970 a few days ago from my old 280x and it was a terrible experience! The gtx 970 wouldn't allow for me to have dual screens without using VGA cable to DVI adapter. I had my main monitor on HDMI and my 2nd monitor on DVI, but it wouldn't detect the HDMI at first, and then atfer I installed drivers for it, windows would only detect the HDMI monitor and not the DVI port. Further research lead me to believe that this is a VERY common issue with this card. My 280x never gave me such stupid problems. Now I am getting that driver crashes of death that has plague almost all gtx 970 owners. This is really stupid. Wasted time and money.

 

[Darkbreeze]

The only GTX 970 owners that have been "plagued" by anything are those who were unfortunate enough to get a bad card, had a PSU that wasn't up to the task or did not perform a CLEAN driver installation using the Wagnard Tools Display driver uninstaller prior to installing the most recent drivers from the NVidia website. From hundreds of GTX 970 owners I've come in contact with on Tom's Hardware alone, maybe thirty or so had unresolvable issues and had to either perform clean driver installations or RMA their cards. The rest had either no issues, or issues that were not related to the card at all.

 

[bgi123]

The only GTX 970 owners that have been "plagued" by anything are those who were unfortunate enough to get a bad card, had a PSU that wasn't up to the task or did not perform a CLEAN driver installation using the Wagnard Tools Display driver uninstaller prior to installing the most recent drivers from the NVidia website. From hundreds of GTX 970 owners I've come in contact with on Tom's Hardware alone, maybe thirty or so had unresolvable issues and had to either perform clean driver installations or RMA their cards. The rest had either no issues, or issues that were not related to the card at all.

I look on Nvidia forums and as well as many other forums researching my problem. The dual monitor and driver crashes seem pretty common, but it could simply be because I was searching for it, but again it shouldn't have happened to begin with. My Psu should be more than good enough since I did mention I went from a 280x to a gtx 970 and the fact that its 750 wattage. The driver issues still gets me sometimes when browsing on chrome, but it hasn't happened while I am gaming yet so that is good news from me.

 

[bgi123]

Also to OP - If you have 3.0 PCI slots set them to 2.0 for your card.

 

[Superkoopatrooper]

Its an issue with the last few drivers. its happening to me too. I would recommend you install the last driver you used before the issues. It tends to happen with me using google chrome.