PLEASE HELP! 970 driver install issues

[General_Led]

Hello,

When I try to update/install the driver for my GPU, Geforce Experience tells me that there is an update available even though when i go into control panel it tells me the latest driver is running (460.89). MSI afterburner does not recognize the card and neither does userbenchmark. It does show in cpu-z as a (NVIDIA GeForce GTX970). I have tried installing manually, installing the version gigabyte provides, installing 2 different previous versions manually from nvidia. The system is a new install with only a few programs(GChrome, steam, CPU-Z, MSI afterburner, geforce experience, etc.) All software on the computer is up-to-date and so is windows itself.

 

I have a Gigabyte GTX 970 (GV-N970G1 Gaming-4GD rev1.1) that a friend gave to me saying "Needed to be baked", upon installation into my computer it appeared to be fine. All fans spin and seems to be stable. I haven't had any crashes or flickering, however, I haven't had the system under load yet since I am still trying to resolve the driver issue.

 

As a side not I also have an ASUS GTX 770 that I installed and graphics drivers worked just fine.

 

System specs include:

Ryzen 5 3600

Asus TUF b550 plus (wifi)

Gskill 3400 16gb ram

Samsung 840 Evo ssd

WD Blue HDD

 

Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.

[Applefreak]

1 minute ago, General_Led said:

Hello,

When I try to update/install the driver for my GPU, Geforce Experience tells me that there is an update available even though when i go into control panel it tells me the latest driver is running (460.89). MSI afterburner does not recognize the card and neither does userbenchmark. It does show in cpu-z as a (NVIDIA GeForce GTX970). I have tried installing manually, installing the version gigabyte provides, installing 2 different previous versions manually from nvidia. The system is a new install with only a few programs(GChrome, steam, CPU-Z, MSI afterburner, geforce experience, etc.) All software on the computer is up-to-date and so is windows itself.

 

I have a Gigabyte GTX 970 (GV-N970G1 Gaming-4GD rev1.1) that a friend gave to me saying "Needed to be baked", upon installation into my computer it appeared to be fine. All fans spin and seems to be stable. I haven't had any crashes or flickering, however, I haven't had the system under load yet since I am still trying to resolve the driver issue.

 

As a side not I also have an ASUS GTX 770 that I installed and graphics drivers worked just fine.

 

System specs include:

Ryzen 5 3600

Asus TUF b550 plus (wifi)

Gskill 3400 16gb ram

Samsung 840 Evo ssd

WD Blue HDD

 

Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.

"Needed to be baked" probably refers to card needing a reflow. Some people believe it can be done in an oven. I can personally testify that this does not work. Tried it on a dead PS4 motherboard. The card is basically done for unless you have the means to repair it. Your friend gave you a pretty paperweight. 

[Moonzy]

35 minutes ago, Applefreak said:

"Needed to be baked" probably refers to card needing a reflow. Some people believe it can be done in an oven. I can personally testify that this does not work. Tried it on a dead PS4 motherboard. The card is basically done for unless you have the means to repair it. Your friend gave you a pretty paperweight. 

Baking a GPU is not necessarily a reflow, it can be heat shock too, which can help with GPU dies that have shifted microscopically

 

But it's a last resort test as it's a very high risk procedure, not too mention hazardous to do it in an oven you intend to use to cook food with

 

As for op... Try DDU? It's probably a dying GPU, you can try heat shocking it back to life with a heat gun to the GPU Die if your next option is the bin, at around 120c for 3 minutes. But it's not a fix, it may move itself out of place again after few heat cycles.

 

You could send it in for board repair but you have to make sure they know what they're doing, and I'm not too entirely sure if a 970 is worth the trouble, your call