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Thanks for the tips! I made the changes, but this problem seems to come and go, so I can't report back on success just yet. Sadly I'm not sure how often this was happening, I only know from the few times in the last 3 weeks I've noticed it due to a game running poorly, but now I'm going to be regularly monitoring it and will post back if/when the problem reoccurs!

I can try that, but this is something that can be fixed occasionally by simply restarting, which makes me think maybe it's not related to the RAM sticks themselves

I completely formatted my drives before installing Windows 10.

I did do a clean install from the very start, so it shouldn't be that.

Hey guys! I noticed this a few weeks ago and the problem seems to vary. Sometimes it's there, other times it's not. Sometimes a restart fixes it. With only basic background programs running, my RAM usage is silly levels of high. I tried disabling Superfetch as one search suggested, but no dice. This only seems to be happening after I recently upgraded to Windows 10. Below are some screenshots to demonstrate the issue and lack of details for the source in task manager. Can someone please help me out here?

So the motherboard replacement came in tonight. I swapped out all the PSU connectors this time, even the power cord so everything is fresh. Reseated everything to the new motherboard and tried again. Same. Exact. Problem. I removed one stick of ram, same issue. Removed the remaining stick and put the one I had removed back in, same issue. So it isn't the motherboard, it isn't the PSU, it isn't the RAM as far as I can tell, and if it's the GPU, it would be one of the greatest coincidences ever that a completely different card refurbished by EVGA and certified to work would come to me with the same problem. Yet that's all that remains, surely. It wouldn't be the HDD and SSD, since I don't think those would prevent me from even getting to BIOS, plus the fact that before booting into Windows, I can't imagine any reason they'd specifically discriminate against my 980 Ti and not the 5770. The only part remaining other than these things is the CPU. Like the hard drives, though, I can't comprehend any situation in which the CPU would cause issue with a specific graphics card, especially when it was already working with this CPU for months.

The PSU was available for same-day delivery on Amazon, so it got here this morning. It's the same one I had, modular so I didn't change the cables, just the unit (and the GPU connector I previously swapped). Same issue, so it seems logical to rule that out. I've got a replacement motherboard coming in tonight that I'll try, because honestly it's the last thing I can think of that could be the cause. An EVGA tech I called agreed that it makes the most sense, though I do struggle to understand why the PCI-e slots function just fine with an older GPU but wouldn't with a newer one. My very uneducated theory is that some sort of unstable power spike occurred in the PSU that didn't necessarily fry anything, but maybe compromised power delivery to the PCI-e sockets that renders them unable to power something like the 980 Ti? Not sure if this is possible, but it's all I can think of.

Unfortunately I'll have to order that online most likely and wait a few days. Is there anything else I can do now? Furthermore, is there anything else it could be other than the PSU at this point? CMOS has been cleared, tried different PCI e slot, and everything was seemingly working fine when I had the other GPU with only the 6 pin installed. I'm at my wit's end and honestly very frustrated that I waited a week for a refurbished card when apparently my old one wasn't the issue. Shit happens I guess. At this point I'm tempted to overnight a replacement PSU instead of going through RMA and waiting another week.

Just used a different cable, still the same problem ? It was powering another GPU while I waited for the replacement, so Im not sure how else to verify that it's good.

Not yet, I wasn't sure if that could lead to all this or not. It's all one 6 + 6 + 2 cable. I guess I'll give it a try, but if anyone has other ideas please let me know! I'm pretty desperate here.

I had problems last week where my GPU crashed and wouldn't display anything on boot up. Debug showed windows wasn't booting up either. I RMAd the card and just put the replacement in, and have the same damn problem. Probably isn't the card, but the pc has worked fine with the 5770 I've been running off of. So I really need help guys. I don't know what to do. I uninstalled all drivers with DDU so it isn't that. Could it be the 8 pin connector? 5770 only needed the 6 pin. I don't know what to do and I just want to be able to use my Vive for the first time. Please help! Here's my last thread about the issue in more detail for those interested

That's what I'm hoping, is that it was just the card's time, even though it was only a year old. It always ran hotter than it should for an ACX 2.0 cooler, so maybe there was always something wrong with it. My surge protector is about a year old and decent but not some $100 heavy duty thing. The 'protected' light is still on, so I'm pretty sure it should be absorbing any power surges. I'm thinking I would have noticed trouble in some of the other PC components if that were the case though, right? Anyway, hopefully you guys are right on the money and it was just a faulty GPU that I could have done nothing about.

I posted earlier today about some PC issues and discovered it was due to my GPU. The problem was that it crashed while playing Subnautica and the screen was black while sound was still there. Windows failed to boot properly with the 980 Ti installed, and the only thing that gave me my display back and made windows boot up was removing it and putting an old 5770 in its place. Now that I know it was the GPU, I'm really concerned about -why- this happened. Make no mistake, the issue isn't something to be 'fixed'. I'm going through the RMA process with EVGA. I just want to get some insight as to what may have happened so I might prevent this in the future. There were no signs. I monitor GPU temps like a hawk and never let it go above 80C. I had a +200 Core Clock and +300 Mem clock OC in Afterburner. Core Voltage was pushed to 80 mV OC and power limit was 110%. No artifacting, no driver crashes outside of a single older game, so I assumed it was that game. Even so, the crashes weren't frequent at all. As far as I could tell, the card had no issues whatsoever until in the blink of an eye, it was apparently fried. PSU is fine and currently still in use, so surely it's not that, right? Was this just a freak accident? A fluke, faulty hardware that was destined to burn out at this point in time? Or was there something I could have done to prevent it? I know many probably can't answer these questions, but if you have some insight from knowledge and experience with GPU deaths, I would really like some logical explanations. I'm terrified of overclocking my replacement card when it gets here and equally terrified of ever launching Subnautica again.

Unfortunately no dice there. Also uninstalling drivers and attempting a different PCI-e slot didn't work either, so I think I'm just going to have to contact EVGA. They make you contact them for troubleshooting before they'll let me RMA it. I'm just crossing my fingers it's someone that knows what they're talking about. Thanks for the suggestion, though! EDIT: Went through the EVGA RMA process and should get a replacement next week. The guy said everything I described was indicative of it being GPU hardware failure, even with it being able to power LEDs and fans. Doesn't look like I could have really done anything to fix it. I'm just glad it was something simple like the GPU and not something where I had to tear apart my PC

So I managed to get the GPU socket lever open this morning and removed the GPU. Plugged DVI into my motherboard and still no display. I'm guessing it's just disabled. What's interesting however is that the PC booted properly this time. I put my old 5770 in here and now the display works again like it's 2009 all over again. So it looks like something went wrong with my 980 Ti and somehow was preventing the PC from booting properly? Anyone know why that would be? Also, does anyone have potentially 'easy' fixes to try with my GPU that might get my display back before I go through the RMA process with EVGA? I'm going to try uninstalling the drivers and putting it back in my PC to see how that goes, but I'd appreciate any other ideas! I'm still not 100% sure it's dead because that LED light was coming on, but I suppose that doesn't necessarily mean anything.