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So after more troubleshooting I took one of my 660ti's out of my system and found that the errors went away :(

 

Thing is - the card still works as far as putting up as video on the screen and there are no errors when drivers are installed?

 

I really cant afford to replace my card and any suggestions would be great - Thanks! 

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Uninstall all the graphics drivers and try reinstalling them. if this doesnt work then maybe try a clean install of windows?

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Uninstall all the graphics drivers and try reinstalling them. if this doesnt work then maybe try a clean install of windows?

Hi Slyboi - I already tried both of those things

 

The issues do go away with no drivers - but come back when I install them - even legacy ones

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 Try this: Use Display Driver Uninstaller to completely remove the Nvidia drivers, then reinstall them.

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 Try this: Use Display Driver Uninstaller to completely remove the Nvidia drivers, then reinstall them.

Done this too :(

 

I can't help thinking my card is dead!

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Done this too :(

 

I can't help thinking my card is dead!

What happens if you remove your current 660ti, and put ONLY the one you removed back in. Do you still get the errors?

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What happens if you remove your current 660ti, and put ONLY the one you removed back in. Do you still get the errors?

Hmm seems not! 

 

what shall I do now?  I now have the one I removed in the slot of the other one

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What happens if you remove your current 660ti, and put ONLY the one you removed back in. Do you still get the errors?

Okay - so after this I put the deffo good card in the other ones slot and hey presto errors come back... are we looking at motherboard issues now?

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Okay - so after this I put the deffo good card in the other ones slot and hey presto errors come back... are we looking at motherboard issues now?

what do you mean by deffo? 

 

If when both cards are put in by themselves, and show no errors, that tells me that there is something wrong with your SLI profile, or your overclock. 

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what do you mean by deffo? 

 

If when both cards are put in by themselves, and show no errors, that tells me that there is something wrong with your SLI profile, or your overclock. 

I took both cards out and then I tried both cards in the bottom slot and there are no errors and everything seems to run fine.

 

Then I tried both in the top slot and there were errors with both cards - so I'm thinking that there is an issue with the top connector - especially that this seemed to happen after a system rebuild - should I maybe try some electrical cleaner and and toothbrush on the slot to clean any dirt / oxidation >?

 

Thanks again :)

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I took both cards out and then I tried both cards in the bottom slot and there are no errors and everything seems to run fine.

 

Then I tried both in the top slot and there were errors with both cards - so I'm thinking that there is an issue with the top connector - especially that this seemed to happen after a system rebuild - should I maybe try some electrical cleaner and and toothbrush on the slot to clean any dirt / oxidation >?

 

Thanks again :)

I would get some compressed air and clean out the slot. Trying to use an oxidizer or chemicals like that could damage the slot.

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I would get some compressed air and clean out the slot. Trying to use an oxidizer or chemicals like that could damage the slot.

Okay - I'll give this a go! Thanks :)

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Okay - I'll give this a go! Thanks :)

 

It MIGHT also be possible the SLI bridge is broken. If his solution doesn't work you could try to get a new bridge.

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I would get some compressed air and clean out the slot. Trying to use an oxidizer or chemicals like that could damage the slot.

Hey, I tried cleaning with air and also circuit clean cleaner, but there is still no change unforetunately! do you have any ideas?  

 

The stuttering seems to pause when you are not demanding much from the GPU, but come back when I start dragging windows around or opening new applications? this is when a new event shows up also 

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It MIGHT also be possible the SLI bridge is broken. If his solution doesn't work you could try to get a new bridge.

I tried with single cards also and found it happened with any card when in the top pci e slot :(

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I tried with single cards also and found it happened with any card when in the top pci e slot :(

 

Yeah then I'm afraid you'll have to get a replacement for the motherboard. Sounds like a bit of the port is damaged (maybe internally).

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