MSI GTX 970 issues

[Guest]

I bought an MSI GTX 970 not long after launch and it's been a great card until recently. It's becoming more and more frequent that the display drivers 'Stop working'. My 2 screens go black for a second then windows (7) pops up with a message stating the drivers stopped working. Now this only happens when i'm doing average stuff, like browsing. Not once has it occurred while playing games. Then last night, it blue screened. Rebooted, didn't think a great deal of it, it happens time to time. And then about 30 mins later my screens went black, then when they came back it was completely frozen, the movie I was watching was frozen and on the second screen there was a single virtual line, here's a picture (Excuse the quality, the lens is knackered on my phone.):

 

 

 

So shut her down, removed my GPU, cleaned out the machine, fans, cpu rad etc. Then uninstalled all my Nvidia drivers, rebooted and reinstalled, seemed to be fine for the rest of the evening, with games etc. Then again this morning 'Display driver stopped working'. It seems she's still not happy. So anyone else having similar issues? Any ideas on the cause and a fix? I'll update this post with my driver versions when I get home later today, but my system specs are in my signature.

 

Cheers, 

Spook.

[austrianguy69]

check your temps and see if its throttling down the Voltage, so it becomes unstable.

[Guest]

check your temps and see if its throttling down the Voltage, so it becomes unstable.

 

Ok i'll look into that, but surely it'd be a more common issue while in-game rather than when doing lightweight tasks, if it were a temp problem.

[Luckylock]

weird, yesterday my display drivers did the exact same thing (crash), it was the first time and so random while browsing with chrome. I don't think you're the only one who's experienced this very recently..

 

temps are fine

 

MSI GTX 970

 

2x 1080p monitors (144hz and 60hz)

 

I didn't think much of it, I'll wait to see if it crashes again..

[Guest]

weird, yesterday my display drivers did the exact same thing (crash), it was the first time and so random while browsing with chrome. I don't think you're the only one who's experienced this very recently..

 

temps are fine

 

MSI GTX 970

 

2x 1080p monitors (144hz and 60hz)

 

I didn't think much of it, I'll wait to see if it crashes again..

Hmm yea, ok, I'm running 1x1080p (HDMI) and 1x1440p (DisplayPort). Mine started about 3 weeks ago, but it's become more frequent recently. Like you I didn't think much of it at first, but now it seems to be becoming worse and frankly becoming irritating!

[arronleeds]

its the drivers guys, mine was also fine for weeks then chrome crashes constantly, roll back drivers and it should be ok, mine may be going back for an rma, its been giving me bad fps spikes.

[DarkSmith2]

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3694

[Guest]

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3694

 

Brilliant, thanks! I'll give that a go later today when I get home!

[ApolloX75]

I have found my 970 has huge issues with HDMI and black screens. Some bug in nvidias drivers and its not a new one that's for sure.