GTX 780 Upgrade Leads to Blue Screens

[Flyboy747]

So, I just upgraded from my old GTX 670 to a used 780. I triple boot XP x64, Vista, and 7 for the heck of it. I never had issues before the upgrade, but now I get a brief flash of BSOD before the system hard resets. This is true of all three OSs. I tried the card in another system running Windows 10, and I got into Windows just fine, so I know it “works” at least that much. Any ideas?

 

Motherboard is an Asrock 980DE3/U3S3

Cpu is an FX 8320

PSU is a 750w PowerSpec

[Helpful Tech Witch]

You need to boot each is with the old gpu, ddu the drivers, and reinstall with the latest 780 driver in each os.

[Flyboy747]

I gave that a go, but now the old card gives the same results. I can’t even get in via safe mode.

[AJ Punchard]

Hit f8. Boot in vga mode. Also check your hard disk smart for issues using HDTune pro. Post screen shots of drive/s health 

 

also maybe you haven’t connected the 6/8 pin power connections properly 

[Flyboy747]

I’m not sure what you mean by VGA mode. I assume it is the ‘enable low-resolution video (640x480)’ setting. Booting with that option results in no change.

 

I think that I need to first boot Windows to use HDTune pro. Once we solve that first hurdle, I’ll see what I can do.

 

I have tried reseating the power cable a few times, but there was no change.

[Flyboy747]

 I manage to install Windows on another drive that I had lying around, and put the program on that. I scanned the afflicted drive (henceforth known as Bob for simplicity) and here is the result- no faults.

 

So, if the hardware is okay, then does that mean it’s software? I can still access all the files on Bob from the other drive, so there are no obvious signs of corruption. Startup repair doesn’t seem to be doing anything when I try it. Any ideas on what to do next?

I also managed to take a video of the blue screen and grabbed the one frame where it pops us. I don’t know if this helps at all.

[AJ Punchard]

on hdtune pro check the health tab and look for bad sectors, current pending sectors, reallocated sectors