GTX960 kernel driver crash when changing resolution or graphics settings

[Sevinsyn]

Hello everyone,

Recently I picked up an Nvidia GTX960. While it is not the fastest newest card on the block, I really enjoy being able to pay bills and still eat lunch at the end of the day.

So long (relentless) story short - Installed the card, installed latest nvidia drivers, and this happens whenever I try to change resolution, or graphics settings in ANY game to more than normal 800x600. However Furmark runs fine, and all my games run fine at that medium textures and 800x600 settings.

https://ibb.co/cNkSwJ

What I've tried

1. Unseating and re-seating card
2. Updated BIOS
3. Uninstalling drivers using DDU and re-installing as fresh from Nvidia (tried all of the available drivers atleast twice, the latest one atleast half a dozen times)
4. Ran stress tests using Furmark and GPU-Z (No crash)

My question is - there's a little birdy that told me it might be my monitor causing the kernel crash - I'm using a VGA work-set monitor at work, as opposed to my DVI-computer monitor. But wanting to cover all of my bases, has anyone ever experienced anything like this??

Thanks!!


Computer Specs:
HP Prodesk 400 MT1
Intel i7-4700
GTX960 4GB
8GB DDR3
1TB HDD

 

[smorizio]

try using a gpu ram tester 3 party software see if you have a bad ram on the gpu. check with hardware info that your 12v rail on the power supply is holding. look at the gpu for missing parts on the back of the gpu. if not the gpu may have been reflowed or used as a miner card.

 

[xander.dec]

You might want to try using an HDMI to VGA adapter to test if this is your monitor or a hardware problem. Then I would do what smorizio said and remove the ram sticks 1 by 1. Thirdly I would disable any GPU related software that can alter performance (Msi afterburner, MSI gaming app, EVGA overclock tool, etc.)The final step would be to completely reset windows to default settings and clear bios again. Hope this helped

 

[helpstar]

most likely the GPU is faulty or you bought a fake card. There are many on the market from China sellers for cheap

where did you get the card? Post the shop´s link if you still know it