GTX 560 Ti 2GB - Possible driver problem and crashing on Win7 64bit

[mrmaia]

Good morning guys

Yesterday I did a fresh install of a brand new computer and it was working fine. All of a sudden (after ~5 hours of use), my system froze and the video went all crazy (actual photo from my monitor):

In this first freeze, the computer did not respond to anything for like 2 minutes, and then I rebooted it. The POST and the EFI display fine, then in the Welcome Screen the system crashes again, but now after 1 min it restarts.

To isolate the problem source, I ran a series of tests:

• Ran the computer on Safe Mode. It ran nicely.

• Then I turned iGPU on and plugged my computer to the onboard port. Ran nicely again (although the max res I could get is 1280x1024, which looks horrible on my 1600x1050 monitor).

•Then I uninstalled all the Nvidia drivers and let Windows install its default drivers for my GPU. It ran nicely once again.

This makes me think the problem is exclusively driver-related (i had installed Nvidia drivers 266.58, 275.33 and 285.62 and none worked). Funny is, even with the drivers installed EVGA Precision says it has detected no hardware and Virtu says it can't turn on.

My system configuration is this:

EVGA GTX560Ti 2Gb
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Asus P8Z68-V Pro
Samsung SyncMaster 2233
Intel i7 2600k @4.0Ghz
16Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz
WD Caviar Green 2Tb
Corsair Force 3 90GB
Corsair HX650
Thermaltake Dokker Lite
3x Aerocool Shark Blue
2x Cooler Master Excalibur
Zalman CNPS 9900MAX

Although I had overclocked my CPU, I never touched my video clocks. System and drivers (including the Nvidia ones) are installed on my SSD and everything else on the HDD.

Any clue on what's going on and what can I do to solve this thing?

 

[monsta]

Hey was thinking maybe updating the bios on your card may help??
Its worth a try if all else fails.
Here is a linky for the bios....hope this helps
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1034790

 

[king smp]

been 9 days since the OP posted
lets hope it worked out

 

[chrstahl89]

I had the same bsod with my ASUS 470gtx, I even rmaed it and the sent it back "working". I ended up flashing the bios to a evga 470gtx that does work and it fixed the problem. Seems like there's some nvidia ASUS issues going on.

 

[king smp]

OP has an EVGA card on a Asus mobo

 

[mrmaia]

Well I've been quite busy these days, didn't have the time to post here. The chkdsk thing did not work, at all.

I'll try flashing the card and hope once more it solves the problem, thank you monsta.

 

[htwingnut]

Gah, I have a similar issue as well. eVGA GTX 460, Shuttle SH67H3, i5-2400 CPU.

Strange thing is that it *usually* happens after computer comes out of sleep mode. But not 100%. It also only happens when system is more or less idle, or doing just basic desktop stuff like web, office, etc. With gaming, it runs like a charm. Common theme here so far seems to be eVGA nVidia video cards... I hate to buy a new video card only for it not to be a problem. I've done pretty much everything here too. Gonna swap power supply to see if it helps, otherwise it's motherboard or video card.

This is the image I get: