Nvidia Dual SLI Causing Unusual BSOD

thomas27

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Smeared blue screen like computer crash SLI.

I recently installed another GTX 670 into my system after picking one up second hand with the hope of running SLI.
The original one being a EVGA GTX 670 FTW and the new (second hand) card being a gigabyte Windforce GTX 670.

They are both installed fine and seem to run compatible games in SLI fine but on a random occasion the screen goes blue with white smears across it as shown below.
Once this occurs, the PC automatically reboots.

https://i.imgur.com/9rmGQ44.jpg
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Note: that this only appears on my left monitor and my second monitor (right) just freezes.

If anyone has any idea what the cause could be it would be a great help! I am clueless and am hoping that it isn't an inherent issue with SLI or the new card.

Parts:

GPUS:EVGA GTX 670 FTW
GIGABYTE GTX 670 Windforce
CPU: I5 3570k
Mobo: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Running the latest stable driver
OS: Win 10
 
Solution
The main question, which PSU do you have?
And the bios from GPU aren't same, soo probably downloading DDU and going into safe mode to wipe the drivers, and reinstall it with 1st gpu, then unplug it and plug second GPU and test if it works, if it works plug the 1st gpu and test again.
The main question, which PSU do you have?
And the bios from GPU aren't same, soo probably downloading DDU and going into safe mode to wipe the drivers, and reinstall it with 1st gpu, then unplug it and plug second GPU and test if it works, if it works plug the 1st gpu and test again.
 
Solution


Seasonic M12II 750Watt PSU, I'll give DDU a go and get back to you in a bit