Gtx 970 issues, Monitor shut downs

Kydronic

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Okay, so I recently upgraded my pc and since I've put a 970 into it, i've had constant issues where my monitor will randomly shut off in the middle of the game, or at some points even start up. Games that have had this issue occur so far are Rocket League and League of Legends. I figured it was a GPU issue, so I RMA'd it, got a new one in today and am still having the same issues. This is only happening when I put the 970 into the comp. My mobo has integrated graphics and was playing both of these games prior on it to test it for about a week while rma was processing and had 0 issues occur where monitor randomly turns off. Happens anywhere from within 1 min-1hr. Prior to sending 1st 970 for an RMA, did bench tests and it would have the same issue after around 15-20min depending on the program. Did the bench tests on a buddies steam account with programs he had, can get info from those if needed.

Current build for pc is as follows:
GPU: Asus Gtx 970 Strix
Processor: Intel i5 4690k - Devil's canyon
Mobo: Asus z87 plus lga 1150
Ram: G. Skill Ripjaw X series DDR3 (2x 4gb) & Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (2x 4gb)
PSU: Evga 750W B2

Extra info:
OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit
Monitor: AOC from around 2008, dont know exact model.
Nvidia driver version: 361.43

Main reason from me thinking its a monitor issue alone is the fact that it works without the 970 in comp, but could also see it some how being a compatibility issue with an older monitor with a 970. Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
When your montitor shutsdown, does it actually shutdown, or does it turn pink/greyish? If it turns to some certain color, then that is a indication that your overclock (if you have overclocked) is too high.

RJH
 


It actually shuts off, blue power button on monitors both turn off on tv and yellow on monitor. Another game started doing this as well, CS:GO.

Edit: After a couple more game attempts this morning, its started to change what happens when the monitors shut off. Rather than monitors just shutting off and having to manually restated the comp myself, now its automatically restarting.
 
Take your GPU out of the system and try running monitor from your CPUs graphics. If the problem dissapears, then your GPU is causing the problem (2 bad GPUs in a row, quite a long shot). Also try updating your drivers and running only one monitor.

RJH
 


Already know the issue isn't there when the GPU is out of system, when I had to wait about 10-12 days for RMA on the 1st 970 this problem never occurred and it was running off cpu's graphics. Issue still happened with only 1 monitor. All drivers are up to date and have even done rollbacks on them to see if it was a current version issue. Is there anything else I could check for before having to sit around and wait for another 10-12 day RMA on the 2nd 970 because this is getting stupid at this point for the odds of them both being faulty.
 
Just my two cents: How could a computers PSU turn of the monitors? The monitors are connected to the wall with their own power bricks...

But, I'm happy that you got this solved! :)
 


Issues powering GPU probably leading it to crash. No signal since gpu crashed caused monitors to shut off is my guess