So here's a story.
Yesterday I recieved my new monitor and graphics card (MSI Geforce GTX 760). Installed and everything worked fine, until a few hours later while gaming the screen twitched and the pc freezed (no blue screen, just a f*ck'd up image). After that, any time I started windows (7, 64 bit) the same thing happens every time it reaches the desktop. It does launch in safe mode, and when deinstalling the graphics card driver it works too. Until you install it again. I've done a complete clean install of the driver, I've reinstalled windows, updated bios.... Nothing works. Different pci-e slot doesn't help either.
I've tried using the graphics card in a different computer, and it works fine there. I've just reinstalled my old graphics card again to see if it might give a same problem now, but it doesn't. Old one works fine.
The old graphics card (Geforce GTX 470) is supposed to use more power than the new 760, so it can't be my PSU, right?
Note: After the clean Windows 7 install, it worked with the new card and driver installed, but whenever I enabled windows aero or even a slightly "good looking" program like google chrome it crashed again.
Anyone any ideas?
So here's a story.
Yesterday I recieved my new monitor and graphics card (MSI Geforce GTX 760). Installed and everything worked fine, until a few hours later while gaming the screen twitched and the pc freezed (no blue screen, just a f*ck'd up image). After that, any time I started windows (7, 64 bit) the same thing happens every time it reaches the desktop. It does launch in safe mode, and when deinstalling the graphics card driver it works too. Until you install it again. I've done a complete clean install of the driver, I've reinstalled windows, updated bios.... Nothing works. Different pci-e slot doesn't help either.
I've tried using the graphics card in a different computer, and it works fine there. I've just reinstalled my old graphics card again to see if it might give a same problem now, but it doesn't. Old one works fine.
The old graphics card (Geforce GTX 470) is supposed to use more power than the new 760, so it can't be my PSU, right?
Note: After the clean Windows 7 install, it worked with the new card and driver installed, but whenever I enabled windows aero or even a slightly "good looking" program like google chrome it crashed again.
Anyone any ideas?
raikuWhat motherboard is it ?
Asus P6T SE
[quote=raiku]What motherboard is it ?[/quote]
Asus P6T SE
Tried different driver versions? Are you using the drivers that came on the disc with the card?
Tried different driver versions? Are you using the drivers that came on the disc with the card?
Rather weird that it already freezes when opening a basic browser, I would see if a game did that, but a freaking browser...
Rather weird that it already freezes when opening a basic browser, I would see if a game did that, but a freaking browser...
DavidTheWinTried different driver versions? Are you using the drivers that came on the disc with the card?
Tried the one on the disc, the most recent one on the nvidia website and one that Windows update installs. None work.
[quote=DavidTheWin]Tried different driver versions? Are you using the drivers that came on the disc with the card?[/quote]
Tried the one on the disc, the most recent one on the nvidia website and one that Windows update installs. None work.
raikuRather weird that it already freezes when opening a basic browser, I would see if a game did that, but a freaking browser...
It's because chrome uses hardware acceleration to render itself
[quote=raiku]Rather weird that it already freezes when opening a basic browser, I would see if a game did that, but a freaking browser...[/quote]
It's because chrome uses hardware acceleration to render itself
if it works without a graphics driver start trying older drivers.
if it works without a graphics driver start trying older drivers.
It could be a power issue... You could try setting speeds manually to see if you can trigger or eliminate the freeze, but a more likely culprit is bad VRAM. I've seen weird things like this happen a bunch. I'd RMA the card and see if a replacement fixes things.
It could be a power issue... You could try setting speeds manually to see if you can trigger or eliminate the freeze, but a more likely culprit is bad VRAM. I've seen weird things like this happen a bunch. I'd RMA the card and see if a replacement fixes things.
DavidTheWinWhat PSU do you have?
Cooler Master M520
[quote=DavidTheWin]What PSU do you have?[/quote]
Cooler Master M520
LuckyLukeDavidTheWinWhat PSU do you have?
Cooler Master M520
Yeah that's fine then
[quote=LuckyLuke][quote=DavidTheWin]What PSU do you have?[/quote]
Cooler Master M520[/quote]
Yeah that's fine then
i'm going to piggyback on this thread to see if anyone can help me too! :)
a lot of the time when I start my PC, if I try doing anything too quickly that requires the GPU (playing a game, opening chrome, ect) it sometimes freezes for a second, my monitors go black and say something about "Input not detected" and then my PC restarts in a couple seconds. help pls. i have two 460's, they aren't overheating and have enough power.
i'm going to piggyback on this thread to see if anyone can help me too! :)
a lot of the time when I start my PC, if I try doing anything too quickly that requires the GPU (playing a game, opening chrome, ect) it sometimes freezes for a second, my monitors go black and say something about "Input not detected" and then my PC restarts in a couple seconds. help pls. i have two 460's, they aren't overheating and have enough power.
turtsmcgurtsi'm going to piggyback on this thread to see if anyone can help me too! :)
a lot of the time when I start my PC, if I try doing anything too quickly that requires the GPU (playing a game, opening chrome, ect) it sometimes freezes for a second, my monitors go black and say something about "Input not detected" and then my PC restarts in a couple seconds. help pls. i have two 460's, they aren't overheating and have enough power.
You should test them individually. Be sure that all the wires/cables are connected properly.
[quote=turtsmcgurts]i'm going to piggyback on this thread to see if anyone can help me too! :)
a lot of the time when I start my PC, if I try doing anything too quickly that requires the GPU (playing a game, opening chrome, ect) it sometimes freezes for a second, my monitors go black and say something about "Input not detected" and then my PC restarts in a couple seconds. help pls. i have two 460's, they aren't overheating and have enough power.[/quote]
You should test them individually. Be sure that all the wires/cables are connected properly.
Had a similar issue with an old 580gtx - in Nvidia control panel, set power performance to maximum, and make sure multi display is turned off.
Can't say for sure it will fix it since it's different hardware, but worth a shot.
Had a similar issue with an old 580gtx - in Nvidia control panel, set power performance to maximum, and make sure multi display is turned off.
Can't say for sure it will fix it since it's different hardware, but worth a shot.
Okay so after testing the new graphics card more thoroughly on a second PC it does actually crash there too in the same manner. So it looks like they sent me a broken gpu. :(
Gonna send it back and use my old card in the mean time, thanks for the help people.
Okay so after testing the new graphics card more thoroughly on a second PC it does actually crash there too in the same manner. So it looks like they sent me a broken gpu. :(
Gonna send it back and use my old card in the mean time, thanks for the help people.
LuckyLukeOkay so after testing the new graphics card more thoroughly on a second PC it does actually crash there too in the same manner. So it looks like they sent me a broken gpu. :(
Gonna send it back and use my old card in the mean time, thanks for the help people.
It's always fun to get a faulty card!
[quote=LuckyLuke]Okay so after testing the new graphics card more thoroughly on a second PC it does actually crash there too in the same manner. So it looks like they sent me a broken gpu. :(
Gonna send it back and use my old card in the mean time, thanks for the help people.[/quote]
It's always fun to get a faulty card!