MY GTX 970 IS F**CKED

[Adamzki]

Hi LTT Forums!

 

I got a EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 and it is acting funny. 

 

The thing is that the core clock is super low, i mean it is under "stock".

When I was looking in MSI Afterburner I saw that the card was hitting its Power Limit (at stock with 110% Power Limit). 

So naturally I made my own BIOS in MaxwellBIOSEditor with a Power Limit of 176% (or 150W PCI-E slot and 75W*2 6-PIN PCI-E connectors = 300W).

 

But i still hit the Power Limit and lower Boost Clocks (what I am showing in the screen shot).

 

Can you guys help me?

 

Love from Sweden

[WhackingCheese]

if ti were to actually pull that much power you'd hear a pop, see smoke, kill your card, motherboard and cpu at the same time. 

[don_svetlio]

You do realize that your board may not be able to output 150W through a PCIe slot intended for 75-80W?

[Adamzki]

Just now, WhackingCheese said:

if ti were to actually pull that much power you'd hear a pop, see smoke, kill your card, motherboard and cpu at the same time. 

So whats the problem?

[jeffjr]

Just now, Adamzki said:

So whats the problem?

you need a higher tier motherboard to hold that GPU

[WhackingCheese]

1 minute ago, Adamzki said:

So whats the problem?

Heat?

[Adamzki]

1 minute ago, jeffjr said:

you need a higher tier motherboard to hold that GPU

But, the thing is that it worked fine before

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Adamzki said:

But, the thing is that it worked fine before

Try a different PSU

[Thorimus]

RESET THE VOLTAGE  before you fry you card completely, that's not what it means by power limit.

Reinstall your GPU drivers completely and try it then.

 

Make sure both PCIe connectors are working, and plug them into the PSU with two separate cables if possible, don't use one cable with two connectors.

If the issue persists, test the card using only one of the two PCIe connectors plugged in. Test both of them. If the card doesn't work using one of them, the plugs might have been damaged.

[Lays]

Change the PCI-E slot back to 75w in the BIOS, and change the 6 pins to 100w each.  Setting PCI-E power to 150w is just asking for problems.

[Adamzki]

3 minutes ago, Thorimus said:

RESET THE VOLTAGE  before you fry you card completely, that's not what it means by power limit.

Reinstall your GPU drivers completely and try it then.

 

Make sure both PCIe connectors are working, and plug them into the PSU with two separate cables if possible, don't use one cable with two connectors.

If the issue persists, test the card using only one of the two PCIe connectors plugged in. Test both of them. If the card doesn't work using one of them, the plugs might have been damaged.

 

3 minutes ago, Lays said:

Change the PCI-E slot back to 75w in the BIOS, and change the 6 pins to 100w each.  Setting PCI-E power to 150w is just asking for problems.

Thanks!

[typographie]

10 minutes ago, jeffjr said:

you need a higher tier motherboard to hold that GPU

A PCIe slot is a PCIe slot, and that 75 Watt limit is part of the reference specification. Some boards may be more tolerant of running PCIe slots out of spec, but it shouldn't need to be run out of spec in the first place. You do not need a special motherboard for a Titan X, let alone a simple 970.

[Thorimus]

Also, hej från stockholm

[Adamzki]

OK, i now understand that the BIOS mod was stupid. Now I'm back on stock bios