Question Gpu failing when opening more than 1 application

iRambL

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So I started to have issues with my 1070ti recently. As of yesterday I had a crash where my monitor would go black and would not return unless i restarted the PC. Just as a note, I added an AIO cooler with an NZXT bracket G12 to my 1070ti a few years ago to keep temps down until graphics cards came down in price. I was idling at 60-80C after the first incident last night. Today when I loaded the PC, it was idling at 25-30C or its normal operating temps that Ive been used to. So i decided to run a furmark test just to see what it could be. And lo and behold when the temps on the hot end get to around 72C or 65C on the average, the card or pump will inexplicably fail and jump to 90-100C. Now during these tests Im around for them so I don't want the system to crash or damage other components. I have a new cooler that I am going to throw on the card tonight just to see if its the pump failing or something around that. Could it be possible that the card is throwing off the failure or more likely the pump shutting down?

Edit: I run 2 1440p monitors with little issue before yesterday. Another note is that the gpu idle is around 35C but the hotspot is sitting around 50C

Specs:
MSI Titanium 1070ti 8GB (No OC)
i7 8700k (No OC)
32gb 3200 DDR4
Asus prime Z-370A motherboard
 
So I started to have issues with my 1070ti recently. As of yesterday I had a crash where my monitor would go black and would not return unless i restarted the PC. Just as a note, I added an AIO cooler with an NZXT bracket G12 to my 1070ti a few years ago to keep temps down until graphics cards came down in price. I was idling at 60-80C after the first incident last night. Today when I loaded the PC, it was idling at 25-30C or its normal operating temps that Ive been used to. So i decided to run a furmark test just to see what it could be. And lo and behold when the temps on the hot end get to around 72C or 65C on the average, the card or pump will inexplicably fail and jump to 90-100C. Now during these tests Im around for them so I don't want the system to crash or damage other components. I have a new cooler that I am going to throw on the card tonight just to see if its the pump failing or something around that. Could it be possible that the card is throwing off the failure or more likely the pump shutting down?

Edit: I run 2 1440p monitors with little issue before yesterday. Another note is that the gpu idle is around 35C but the hotspot is sitting around 50C

Specs:
MSI Titanium 1070ti 8GB (No OC)
i7 8700k (No OC)
32gb 3200 DDR4
Asus prime Z-370A motherboard
follow this step by step in order (read till end):
  • Disconnect from internet
  • Uninstall every gpu driver DDU (clean and do not restart, also tick all option in Nvidia option in the ddu option).
  • Uninstall all the processors (is a must, should be 12 on yours since it's 12 threads, also when it asks for restart, click on no and keep uninstalling all processors) on device manager like this:
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  • reboot the PC to bios, flash to the latest bios, go to bios after finished updating, then load default or optimized settings, enable fastest xmp profile, then save and exit.

  • if successful, boot up to windows and install the latest Chipset driver, ME Driver and then reboot.

  • Flash this 1070Ti Vbios (i grab it from tpu web, same titanium vbios, but i updated the GOP to the latest) using nvflash, and reboot.

  • Install the latest nvidia driver and then connect to internet, and update the displayport firmware, then reboot.

    *do this all offline until reboot after installing chipset driver, also you may reboot to bios after all of this to set the XMP (and previous settings you did), dont forget to put ram on slot 2 and 4 if it's 2 sticks. Download needed files (highlighted word) before doing step 1, do the step by orders.

  • Run cmd as admin, then do chkdsk /x /f /r, after that do sfc /scannow

  • And check windows update if there is any and install them (except optional update).

  • Make sure the psu connected to the gpu is 1 pcie cable per 1 slot (use main cable, not the branches/split) like this:
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