Graphics Driver Keeps Corrupting? BAd Video Card or something else? (Nvidia 570Ti)

[Gnume]

Having an issue that I suspect is related to my Graphics Card. I am at the stage now where I think replacing the card might be the answer but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something before I spend the money to purchase a new card.

Currently, I have no NVidia Drivers installed on my system. I used Display Driver Uninstaller to remove them all so the system is now just running on generic Windows drivers. It boots fine with these drivers and DXDiag works fine.

I had tried installing the NVidia Drivers at this point (The 340.52 version as well as the version previous to that). But when those drivers are loaded, the system will not boot properly. When it attempts to load Windows, it crashes back to the boot menu asking to boot to Safe Mode. Safe Mode boots fine and as mentioned above, generic drivers work fine.

Also, when the NVidia drivers are loaded...when I attempt to boot the system, I can see graphic artifacts across the screen during various boot up windows prior to the Windows Starting one would usually appear.

So, are there any other things I can try before resorting to the purchase of a new card?

I have taken the video card out and then reseated it just to be sure. No effect.
I have uninstalled and re-installed the NVidia drivers numerous times (Clean Install box checked).

My Computer Specs are:
CPU/MB Combo: ASUS P8P67 Pro B3 Intel P67 Motherboard and Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40 GHz Quad-Core Unlocked Bundle

Power Supply: Cooler Master RS800-80GAD3-US Silent Pro Gold 800W Power Supply - ATX, Modular, 800 Watt, SLI, CrossFire X, 80+ Gold Certified, 120mm Ultra Silent Fan

Video Card: Zotac ZT-50201-10P GeForce GTX 570 Video Card - 1280MB GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0, Dual DVI, Mini HDMI, SLI, DirectX 11

Memory: Corsair CMT8GX3M2A1866C9 Dominator GT Desktop Memory Kit - 8GB (2x 4GB), PC3-14900, DDR3-1866MHz, 9-10-9-27 CAS Latency, 240-pin DIMM, 1.5V, Intel XMP Ready

Operating System: Win 7 64-bit

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[Thelps]

Screen artifacts are often indicative of faulty Graphics Hardware, yes.

If your card's manufacturer has an RMA process I'd suggest attempting that, unless you've really got your heart set on a different, newer card model.

The last check you could attempt would be trying a different GPU in your current system and trying the 'faulty' GPU in a different system - to rule out a problem with your motherboard's PCIe x16 slot. However, that's really a longshot since screen artifacts almost always indicate a faulty card.

Sorry to be the bearer of such news.

 

[Gnume]

Screen artifacts are often indicative of faulty Graphics Hardware, yes.

If your card's manufacturer has an RMA process I'd suggest attempting that, unless you've really got your heart set on a different, newer card model.

The last check you could attempt would be trying a different GPU in your current system and trying the 'faulty' GPU in a different system - to rule out a problem with your motherboard's PCIe x16 slot. However, that's really a longshot since screen artifacts almost always indicate a faulty card.

Sorry to be the bearer of such news.

Thanks ... I may have another card around the house, just not sure. I purchased this card back in 2011 so don't think it would still be under a warranty.

 

[DearJules]

It may be worth going into the mobo bios and changing the PCIe lane from 3.0 to 2.0 if that is even an option. GL

 

[xrhstos7003]

Your card does not support uefi boot option, so if you change the BIOS settings or resseted them to default/fail safe, then change the boot optin from uefi to efi or somthing other. You should also turn of quiet boot as well as fast boot

 

[Gnume]

Well, replaced the Video Card and that has resolved the issue. Thanks for all the replies and suggestions.

 

[jon henri]

I had the same issue with the p8p67m mobo and a gtx 670 ftw card. Got it to start back up on core drivers. Then as soon as i load card drivers it went to bsod. Corrupted boot file. Replaced with old cards and its all good now after reloading win7. Not happy with getting only a year and half out of my 670 ftw.