Hello!
I am new posting to the forum but I think this is where I would post this!
So let me tell you what i'm running:
MSI Z97 Gaming 5 motherboard
Intel i7 4790k
8Gb (2x4Gb) G.Skill Sniper 1866Mhz
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0
Corsair RM 650, 650 watt PSU
kingston SSDNow 120Gb
1Tb WD black
So here is my problem:
For the first 2 or so weeks of having my new motherboard, processor and video card, everything ran fine! Then recently I was noticing crashing to the point where I had to shut my computer off, then turn it back on again when i would play any of the Crysis games. I narrowed it down to the display driver crashing. So i did some reading on the problem and one person suggested I underclock my videocard, After reducing the clock on my video card -114Mhz, the games ran fine with no crashes! For 1 day... Then windows would lock up upon starting the computer. So I re-installed windows and tried again, the crashing still occurred.
Things i've tried:
Replaced PSU
Replaced RAM
replaced the video card with a gtx 660 (crashing still occured)
installed windows on a different harddrive
reset BIOS
Updated BIOS
re-seated videocards
THEN:::::::::::
I moved the GTX 660 I was using as a test card over to a different PCI-E lane... IT WORKED
Same with my GTX 970! The lane they were originally in was a PCI-E x16 lane, I moved them to the x8 lane and they work fine with no crashes!
Both the GTX660 and GTX970 drivers would crash when in the x16 lane, but wouldn't in the x8 lane.
SO:::::
Is my Motherboard expansion slot controller bad? Should i try to return the board to Fry's where I got it from since it is still withing the 30 day return period?
I am new posting to the forum but I think this is where I would post this!
So let me tell you what i'm running:
MSI Z97 Gaming 5 motherboard
Intel i7 4790k
8Gb (2x4Gb) G.Skill Sniper 1866Mhz
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0
Corsair RM 650, 650 watt PSU
kingston SSDNow 120Gb
1Tb WD black
So here is my problem:
For the first 2 or so weeks of having my new motherboard, processor and video card, everything ran fine! Then recently I was noticing crashing to the point where I had to shut my computer off, then turn it back on again when i would play any of the Crysis games. I narrowed it down to the display driver crashing. So i did some reading on the problem and one person suggested I underclock my videocard, After reducing the clock on my video card -114Mhz, the games ran fine with no crashes! For 1 day... Then windows would lock up upon starting the computer. So I re-installed windows and tried again, the crashing still occurred.
Things i've tried:
Replaced PSU
Replaced RAM
replaced the video card with a gtx 660 (crashing still occured)
installed windows on a different harddrive
reset BIOS
Updated BIOS
re-seated videocards
THEN:::::::::::
I moved the GTX 660 I was using as a test card over to a different PCI-E lane... IT WORKED
Same with my GTX 970! The lane they were originally in was a PCI-E x16 lane, I moved them to the x8 lane and they work fine with no crashes!
Both the GTX660 and GTX970 drivers would crash when in the x16 lane, but wouldn't in the x8 lane.
SO:::::
Is my Motherboard expansion slot controller bad? Should i try to return the board to Fry's where I got it from since it is still withing the 30 day return period?