Upgraded to 780 TI SLI and having freezing problems

[Delerium89]

I've already posted about this before about a week ago, I'm just gonna repost an updated version. 

System Specs:

i5 4670k 4.6ghz 

gtx 780 Ti classified SLI

asus maximus vi formula

16gb ddr3 1600

Corsair ax860

samsung 840 evo 250gb // WD caviar black 1 TB

1440p display @ 110hz 

 

 I upgraded from a 4gb gtx 670 SC to 2 gtx 780 ti classfieds. I have been having freezing problems in battlefield 4 ever since. Just a freeze that lasts around 5 seconds usually.(1 of them resulted in a BSOD). They seem to happen randomly. I can go 30 minutes without a freeze, or It can freeze like 10 times in a single match.  Just gonna throw it out there, dont try and say its because BF4 has alot of issues, Im aware of them. I've never had this problem prior to putting these cards in. I also tried Tomb Raider, it froze after about 30 min and I had to hard reset. The cards were not OC'd. I've done a good amount of troubleshooting and have somewhat hit a wall, I don't know what else to try. Ill try to explain all my trouble shooting I've done as detailed as I can

 

I tried disabling SLI, that failed. 

Then I tried uninstalling all nvidia software and then running driver sweeper in safemode and reinstalling fresh drivers(still using SLI), that failed. 

I then took out the bottom card and just used 1 card(I also rolled back 1 driver version when I did this). this failed as well. 

 

Next I just swapped cards(still using 1 card). This is where things get weird. So now I'm using 1 card, and its the card that was originally the bottom card. Playing BF4 for about 2, maybe 3 hours and no freezing at all. I'm thinking hell yea the other card is just a defective card and that's an easy replacement. I wanted to be thorough with my trouble shooting so me and my friend decided to make him a guinea pig. We put the card that we thought was defective into his computer. He has a similar set up to mine. He played for around 5 hours maybe more and not any single indication of any problems on his system. This worried me so I decided I just need to test mine out more. I get on BF4 and it freezes right away, and it starts freezing more frequently after that. I turned off my OC on my cpu so its stock. No change at all still freezing frequently. Im somewhat at a loss of what to do now. I was hoping that the cards were just defective because that's an easy fix. But that doesn't seem like its the case since the original card worked fine in a different system.

 

Guinea Pig specs

sandy bridge i5 @ 4.6ghz

my 780 ti

Mobo is some ROG variant micro atx 1155 socket(i dont remember exactly which)

8gb ddr3 1600

750w psu

1440p display @110hz

 

Sorry about the length of this post I tried to be as detailed as I could. I apologize if I left out any details that would be helpful, let me know if you need to know anymore information.  Anything helps even if its a hunch I'm open to try just about anything thanks.

[wng_kingsley7]

Might be a driver problem. Install one 780ti with drivers then put the second one in. Don't enable sli and then test then enable it.

[Delerium89]

Might be a driver problem. Install one 780ti with drivers then put the second one in. Don't enable sli and then test then enable it.

I've tried it with just a single GPU, I dont see how adding a second card will help If i know 1 GPU is having problems 

[wng_kingsley7]

Maybe its the monitor? 110hz isn't a real refresh rate vs 144hz and 120hz validated.

RMA the card which is the problem.

[Delerium89]

Maybe its the monitor? 110hz isn't a real refresh rate vs 144hz and 120hz validated.

RMA the card which is the problem.

Not trying to come off as a dick but did you read any of my post? I've tested the card in my friends computer, he has similar hardware and the exact same monitor oc'd to 110 hz

[DeViLzzz]

I see no mention of temperatures for each card. Why are you not providing that information?

[Delerium89]

I see no mention of temperatures for each card. Why are you not providing that information?

I didn't list temps because they seem perfectly fine. With single card the temps are usually 75 but ive seen em stay mid 60s during bf4 as well. CPU temps range between 45-55 while playing games like BF4. Even when I did sli the temps were like 80 max on the top card and the bottom ran about 10 degrees cooler.

[Keralis]

Are you having any heat problems? I would recommend to uninstall all nVIDIA or whatever drivers and re-install them. If you have Geforce Experience you can reinstall all the drivers and even try some older ones to see if it will help.

 

 

EDIT: I think I had to use older drivers for my 760 SLI I was having a few freezing problems also...

[Delerium89]

Are you having any heat problems? I would recommend to uninstall all nVIDIA or whatever drivers and re-install them. If you have Geforce Experience you can reinstall all the drivers and even try some older ones to see if it will help.

 

 

EDIT: I think I had to use older drivers for my 760 SLI I was having a few freezing problems also...

I know you're trying to help but it doesn't sound like you thoroughly read everything. I've already tried exactly what you have mentioned, that was one of my first steps I did. Not having any temp issues

[Keralis]

I know you're trying to help but it doesn't sound like you thoroughly read everything. I've already tried exactly what you have mentioned, that was one of my first steps I did. Not having any temp issues

Yes, I was in a hurry. Could I ask what operating software you are using? It could be that the SLi driver is glitched in your OS. I actually would recommend upgrading to windows 8.1 if you already haven't. I am sorry if I am not a big help though. But in my past experience with SLi, I did try. 

Good luck!

[Delerium89]

Yes, I was in a hurry. Could I ask what operating software you are using? It could be that the SLi driver is glitched in your OS. I actually would recommend upgrading to windows 8.1 if you already haven't. I am sorry if I am not a big help though. But in my past experience with SLi, I did try. 

Good luck!

Yep issue is fixed, turned out to be a bad pcie power cable