GTX 970 jetstream no signal when gaming

DenizeGTX

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Jul 18, 2016
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1,510
Hello,

I'm having this problem for months already, didn't remember when it first happened.
The screen is turning black and says no signal when playing some games, but I usually can still hear the game sounds and shut down the pc properly by pressing the power button.
The event log says nvlddmkm stop responsing and had to be restored.
NOT crashing in 3DMark Firestrike or FurMark tests!

GPU-Z log


PHP:
Date                       , GPU Core Clock [MHz] , GPU Memory Clock [MHz] , GPU Temperature [°C] , Fan Speed (%) [%] , Fan Speed (RPM) [RPM] , Memory Used [MB] , GPU Load [%] , Memory Controller Load [%] , Video Engine Load [%] , Bus Interface Load [%] , Power Consumption [% TDP] , PerfCap Reason [] , VDDC [V] ,
2016-07-19 01:55:30 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               77.0   ,              54   ,                1288   ,            583   ,         78   ,                       37   ,                   0   ,                    3   ,                    97.1   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:31 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               77.0   ,              55   ,                1293   ,            582   ,         78   ,                       37   ,                   0   ,                    3   ,                    97.6   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:32 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               77.0   ,              56   ,                1299   ,            579   ,         77   ,                       36   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    96.5   ,               4   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:33 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               77.0   ,              56   ,                1313   ,            576   ,         77   ,                       36   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    95.5   ,               4   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:34 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               77.0   ,              56   ,                1325   ,            573   ,         74   ,                       36   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    93.8   ,               4   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:35 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               76.0   ,              56   ,                1326   ,            570   ,         74   ,                       36   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    90.9   ,               4   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:36 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               77.0   ,              57   ,                1333   ,            570   ,         74   ,                       36   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    92.9   ,               4   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:37 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               76.0   ,              57   ,                1342   ,            570   ,         73   ,                       36   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    93.0   ,               4   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:38 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               77.0   ,              57   ,                1354   ,            570   ,         74   ,                       36   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    93.8   ,               4   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:39 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               77.0   ,              57   ,                1354   ,            570   ,         75   ,                       36   ,                   0   ,                    3   ,                    95.2   ,               4   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:40 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               77.0   ,              57   ,                1357   ,            570   ,         78   ,                       38   ,                   0   ,                    3   ,                    96.7   ,               4   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:41 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               77.0   ,              57   ,                1360   ,            570   ,         77   ,                       39   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    96.4   ,               4   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:42 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               77.0   ,              57   ,                1361   ,            570   ,         80   ,                       40   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    97.1   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:43 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               77.0   ,              57   ,                1365   ,            570   ,         80   ,                       40   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    97.0   ,               4   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:44 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              58   ,                1361   ,            570   ,         84   ,                       42   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                   100.1   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:45 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              58   ,                1368   ,            570   ,         84   ,                       43   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                   101.3   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:46 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              59   ,                1384   ,            570   ,         82   ,                       41   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    98.4   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:47 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              59   ,                1391   ,            570   ,         83   ,                       42   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                   100.3   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:48 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              59   ,                1393   ,            570   ,         83   ,                       42   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                   100.1   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:49 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              60   ,                1401   ,            570   ,         83   ,                       41   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    99.0   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:50 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              60   ,                1416   ,            570   ,         83   ,                       41   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    99.6   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:51 ,             1342.0   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              61   ,                1421   ,            583   ,         89   ,                       44   ,                   0   ,                    3   ,                    97.1   ,               1   , 1.1680   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:52 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              61   ,                1431   ,            583   ,         80   ,                       41   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    96.4   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:53 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              61   ,                1444   ,            583   ,         80   ,                       39   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    98.0   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:54 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              61   ,                1447   ,            583   ,         79   ,                       39   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    98.7   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:55 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              61   ,                1451   ,            583   ,         80   ,                       40   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    97.9   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:56 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              61   ,                1454   ,            583   ,         83   ,                       41   ,                   0   ,                    3   ,                   100.6   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:57 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              61   ,                1454   ,            580   ,         80   ,                       40   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    98.0   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:58 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              61   ,                1453   ,            580   ,         80   ,                       39   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    97.5   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:55:59 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              61   ,                1460   ,            579   ,         81   ,                       41   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    98.6   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:56:00 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              61   ,                1461   ,            579   ,         81   ,                       41   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    99.5   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:56:01 ,             1342.0   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              61   ,                1464   ,            576   ,         83   ,                       41   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    97.3   ,              16   , 1.1680   ,
2016-07-19 01:56:02 ,             1342.0   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              61   ,                1465   ,            573   ,         85   ,                       42   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    98.4   ,              16   , 1.1680   ,
2016-07-19 01:56:03 ,             1342.0   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              62   ,                1471   ,            570   ,         87   ,                       42   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    99.2   ,               1   , 1.1680   ,
2016-07-19 01:56:04 ,             1342.0   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              62   ,                1476   ,            570   ,         85   ,                       42   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    98.4   ,              16   , 1.1680   ,
2016-07-19 01:56:05 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              62   ,                1479   ,            570   ,         84   ,                       42   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                   100.2   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:56:06 ,             1353.8   ,               1752.8   ,               78.0   ,              62   ,                1482   ,            570   ,         81   ,                       41   ,                   0   ,                    2   ,                    99.2   ,               5   , 1.1870   ,
2016-07-19 01:56:08 ,                  -   ,                    -   ,                0.0   ,               0   ,                   0   ,            570   ,          -   ,                        -   ,                   -   ,                    -   ,                       -   ,               0   , 0.0000   ,
2016-07-19 01:56:10 ,                  -   ,                    -   ,                0.0   ,               0   ,                   0   ,            498   ,          -   ,                        -   ,                   -   ,                    -   ,                       -   ,               0   , 0.0000   ,
2016-07-19 01:56:11 ,                  -   ,                    -   ,                0.0   ,               0   ,                   0   ,            399   ,          -   ,                        -   ,                   -   ,                    -   ,                       -   ,               0   , 0.0000   ,
2016-07-19 01:56:12 ,

My system:

ASRock H87 Pro4
Intel Xeon E3-1231v3
GTX 970 Palit JetStream
2x Crucial DIMM 8 GB DDR3-1600 (Timings: CL9 9-9-24)
Seasonic G-Series G-550 550W (previously 500 Watt Corsair CX Series)
Samsung EVO 850 250GB for OS/GTA Online
Seagate Desktop HDD 1 TB (st1000dm003) for Games&Programms
Western Digital Green 1TB (WD10EAVS) for music/videos and stuff
Win7 64 bit
Driver 368.81
GPU Bios 84.04.36.00.0C

Happend in the following games:
GTA V (first noticed)
The forest
Minecraft (not sure if windowed prevents or delays the crash for this game)
Drakensang Online (not sure if windowed prevents or delays the crash for this game)
Rainbow Six Siege (only played like 5 times)
Counter-Strike Global Offensive (worked perfect before but for around 2 weeks now it's also crashing)

I have tried:
fresh win7 installation (a few times)
different drivers (some of them caused blue screens or pc reboots while gaming if I remember correctly)
lowered the gpu and memory clock speed -200 mhz via thunder master
gpu fan to 100% static to prevent overheating
raised the power target to 111%
changed the physX configuration to CPU

forums.geforce.com thread > https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/951194/geforce-900-series/gtx-970-no-signal-thead-updated-/
My old forums.geforce.com thread > https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/917121/gtx-970-black-screen-tdr-detected-/#4830272
 

DenizeGTX

Commendable
Jul 18, 2016
3
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1,510
Could be as it looks like overheating is the problem as I messed around with the fan speed again and I noticed that it never crash when setting the fan curve to 100% @ 70 degrees
If I set the fans to turn on at 84 degrees with 100% speed it will crash in Firestrike however 80-83 degrees is fine and won't cause the no signal problem.
So I'll RMA my card and see if they can fix it.