Windows 10 1709 crashes when enabling SLI

[Brindolf]

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
I've tried reinstalling. GTX 780 Ti.

Description of Problem: PC restarts while enabling SLI. Does not happen on drivers 347.88 - SLI works fine, does not on most others I have tried (37x.xx onwards).

Troubleshooting: tried clean install of GPU drivers, issue still occurs. Tried reinstalling OS.

 

[Barty1884]

This is very strange; Crashing when enabling SLI was (relatively) common during W10's early days - with a clean install of the OS usually fixing the issue.

Given you've tried all that, the problem would either be with the cards (unlikely, since no issue with older drivers) or the driver(s) themselves.

347.88 is coming up 3 years old though, pre-dating Windows 10 by a couple of months. I wonder if it's presence installed is part of the issue......

Are you using a utility like DDU to fully remove your drivers? Or just using the "clean install" functionality Nvida baked in?
If you're just using Nvidia to select "clean", that's probably the issue.
While it *should* work, it doesn't fully remove everything.

Try fully removing with DDU:
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

Then rebooting/reinstalling the latest driver.


If that doesn't work;
While it's not a perfect solution, have you tried installing the latest driver in compatibility mode for W7?
I wouldn't run it like that permanently, but it'll at least help narrow it down a bit.

 

[Brindolf]

This is very strange; Crashing when enabling SLI was (relatively) common during W10's early days - with a clean install of the OS usually fixing the issue.

Given you've tried all that, the problem would either be with the cards (unlikely, since no issue with older drivers) or the driver(s) themselves.

347.88 is coming up 3 years old though, pre-dating Windows 10 by a couple of months. I wonder if it's presence installed is part of the issue......

Are you using a utility like DDU to fully remove your drivers? Or just using the "clean install" functionality Nvida baked in?
If you're just using Nvidia to select "clean", that's probably the issue.
While it *should* work, it doesn't fully remove everything.

Try fully removing with DDU:
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

Then rebooting/reinstalling the latest driver.


If that doesn't work;
While it's not a perfect solution, have you tried installing the latest driver in compatibility mode for W7?
I wouldn't run it like that permanently, but it'll at least help narrow it down a bit.

I have been using DDU. I just tried installing the latest driver, it failed on install :/

 

[Barty1884]

The driver failed to install? What error are you seeing specifically?

 

[Brindolf]

The driver failed to install? What error are you seeing specifically?

None, in specific - the installer just said failed to install.

 

[Barty1884]

In compatibility mode? Or in general?

 

[Brindolf]

In compatibility mode? Or in general?

If I try to install the win10 version in compatibility mode, it says it is the wrong OS. I had to get the win8/7 installer, which is what's giving the error when I run that in compatibility mode.

 

[Barty1884]

Yeah, the 8/7 installer won't install - even with compatibility mode.

I'm surprised the 10 installer doesn't though, weird.

And, if you install the latest driver (W10, no compatibility mode), the crashes start when enabling SLI, right?

 

[Brindolf]

Yeah, the 8/7 installer won't install - even with compatibility mode.

I'm surprised the 10 installer doesn't though, weird.

And, if you install the latest driver (W10, no compatibility mode), the crashes start when enabling SLI, right?

Yup, spot on

 

[Barty1884]

Yup, spot on

Hmmm, odd.

Since your clean OS install, did you manually install your chipset (etc) drivers from the motherboard vendors site? Or did you just let Windows Update handle that?

I'd suspect there's a dependency somewhere along the line that's not being met.


Just to rule it in/out, could you post your full system spec, including PSU make/model?

 

[Brindolf]

Yup, spot on

Hmmm, odd.

Since your clean OS install, did you manually install your chipset (etc) drivers from the motherboard vendors site? Or did you just let Windows Update handle that?

I'd suspect there's a dependency somewhere along the line that's not being met.


Just to rule it in/out, could you post your full system spec, including PSU make/model?

I have installed the Z87 drivers from Gigabyte.

Core i7 4770k@4.0GHz (Corsair H80i)/16GB Kingston RAM 1600MHz
Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Motherboard
ASUS GTX780ti DCUii x2
Corsair RM750W