MSI GTX 970 - Code 43 in Device Manager

[krii1988]

So my new MSI GTX 970, after installing 344.16 or 344.11 drivers, brings up Code 43 in Device Manager (Windows 8.1).

Here’s what I’ve tried with no luck:
Cleared the old driver with Display Driver Uninstaller, tried 344.16 and 344.11
Reinstalled Windows 8.1, also tried Windows 7 (in which after installing the driver I couldn’t even get to login screen – the display simply turned off after Windows logo)
Update motherboard’s BIOS (although the latest one is from 2011)
Tried running 2 DIMMs instead of 4
Took the card to the shop where I bought it to see if maybe it’s dead, they tested it on a Windows 7 machine with the latest drivers and the 970 ran without any problems.

Plugged back my GTX 760, re-installed drivers - everything's works great as before.

Is this driver related or is my system somehow incompatible with the card?

Thank you in advance!

Specs:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
ASRock M3A UCC (specs:http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/M3A%20UCC/?cat=Specifications)
8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 Kingston 1033Mhz
Asus GTX 760 DirectCUII 2GB
Samsung SSD 120GB
Corsair RM650
Windows 8.1

[ZacDaMan72]

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/errorc/a/code-43-error.htm - Hope this helps.

[krii1988]

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/errorc/a/code-43-error.htm - Hope this helps.

 

Tried all of that, zero success.