Nvidia Driver Crashes w/ Athlon 860k, but not a4-6300

[Nickae3]

So last month I had an Asus R7 260x oc that was having major problems. Anytime I played a game (or browsed internet) my display would turn off. The only way to get display back was to unplug the DVI cable from the GPU and plug it back in,but then it would happen again within 5 minutes and then more frequently. I RMA'd the card and got a Evga Gtx 750 ti but now I'm having the same issues...sometimes the display won't come back on and sometimes it does but I get a message saying something like "Nvidia display kernel mode driver 344.75 has stopped working and successfully recovered" this happens constantly and over and over while playing. Can anyone help?

These problems stop when I use an a4-6300 Richland instead of the 860k

Specs:
Amd Athlon x4 860k
Evga Gtx 750 ti (no factory oc)
2x4 8gb Gskillz ripjaws 1866 ram
Corsair CX 430W PSU
ASROCK Fm2a88 extreme 4+ micro atx
Windows 7 home premium 64bit

What I've tried:
1. Monitored heat. Not a heat issue, gpu doesn't exceed 50c, Cpu maxes at 65c
2. Took out ram and tried each individually, wasn't the problem
3. Uninstalled drivers, used driver sweep, reinstalled newest
4. Changed Windows 7 driver timeout detection to 10 seconds instead of 2
5. Changed nvidia power setting to maximum perf.
6. Lowered game settings to minimum, but even web browsing causes this so it made no difference
7. Windows power settings at high performance and PCIE link state power management is off
8. Had no problems with a different processor (a4-6300 richland)
I haven't checked for bios updates, tried different processor, or tried a different PSU.

I'm at a loss any ideas?

 

[Nickae3]

This happens seemingly randomly. Sometimes when I turn on the computer and before I log in, sometimes within 5 minutes of playing a game or using Chrome.

 

[j0ndafr3ak]

Have you tried to reinstall the amd chipset/all-in-one driver after replacing the old Richland with the new kaveri cpu?
Uninstall the video driver Windows installs after using the a4. Before swapping the a4 with the 860k uninstall that driver, too.
Does it also happen after a fresh Windows installation?

 

[Nickae3]

Well I found out what the problem was! The motherboard requires the gpu to be in a certain spot depending on if I am using fm2 or fm2+! So I switched the card to the other PCIE socket and no more problems hope this helps anyone who encountered something similar. I can't believe I forgot to check the other PCIE slot...