The gtx 970 odyssey

[Zubringer]

So, I recently bought a evga gtx 970 sc, installed it on my pc, booted, and boom, error 43. So I searched for every bit of information I could get, reinstalled drivers, took the graphics card out then tried with my old r7 360 and it worked. So at this point I realized the pci express isnt faulty(msi h81m e33), nor is the power supply (evga 500w). So I grabbed the card and went to a friend's house, tried it in his computer (Can't remember the mobo, but it supports 7th gen intel processors and it's quite expensive, and a 650w power supply) and it worked perfectly, player battlefield 1 with no problems for several hours. So I tried in other computers just to find the problem, and it worked perfectly in every computer that had a 6th gen or superior processor. At this point I don't even know that the problem is, and nobody is able to help me. If you want any other detail I can give you some insight on everything that I've tried so far.

My specs: I5 4460 - msi h81 e33 - evga gtx 970(?) - hyperX red 2x4gb ddr3 - Evga 500w power supply

[ApolloX75]

Did you try using DDU with your 370 in place to remove all the AMD drivers then shut down and install the 970? 

[Lord Nicoll]

19 minutes ago, Zubringer said:

So, I recently bought a evga gtx 970 sc, installed it on my pc, booted, and boom, error 43. So I searched for every bit of information I could get, reinstalled drivers, took the graphics card out then tried with my old r7 360 and it worked. So at this point I realized the pci express isnt faulty(msi h81m e33), nor is the power supply (evga 500w). So I grabbed the card and went to a friend's house, tried it in his computer (Can't remember the mobo, but it supports 7th gen intel processors and it's quite expensive, and a 650w power supply) and it worked perfectly, player battlefield 1 with no problems for several hours. So I tried in other computers just to find the problem, and it worked perfectly in every computer that had a 6th gen or superior processor. At this point I don't even know that the problem is, and nobody is able to help me. If you want any other detail I can give you some insight on everything that I've tried so far.

My specs: I5 4460 - msi h81 e33 - evga gtx 970(?) - hyperX red 2x4gb ddr3 - Evga 500w power supply

Yeah, boot into safe mode and use a programme called DDU to remove all AMD and Nvidia drivers, then install the GPU back into the PC, boot, and install the Nvidia drivers, that should fix the problem

[Zubringer]

1 minute ago, ApolloX75 said:

Did you try using DDU with your 370 in place to remove all the AMD drivers then shut down and install the 970? 

Yup, I even tried with a clean windows install, same result

 

[Zubringer]

1 minute ago, Lord Nicoll said:

Yeah, boot into safe mode and use a programme called DDU to remove all AMD and Nvidia drivers, then install the GPU back into the PC, boot, and install the Nvidia drivers, that should fix the problem

As I already said, I've done that like 5 times now haha

[ApolloX75]

Just now, Zubringer said:

Yup, I even tried with a clean windows install, same result

 

Yikes. Did you try clearing the CMOS with the new card in place?

[Princess Luna]

might have bought yourself a doa card.

[ApolloX75]

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

might have bought yourself a doa card.

Except he says it works in other machines no problem.

[Zubringer]

2 minutes ago, ApolloX75 said:

Yikes. Did you try clearing the CMOS with the new card in place?

brb doing that

[Lord Nicoll]

3 minutes ago, Zubringer said:

As I already said, I've done that like 5 times now haha

Was it from safemode? If that and a fresh install doesn't work, you'll have to do a CMOS reset and preferable flash the newest BIOS, there might be a bug with that card on the current firmware, although that is unlikely. Does the other GPUs run at full 16x in the board?

[Princess Luna]

5 minutes ago, ApolloX75 said:

Except he says it works in other machines no problem.

When the card is getting picky on what computer to work on it is time to sell it as soon as possible, OP just got himself in a bad deal.

[Zubringer]

18 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

Was it from safemode? If that and a fresh install doesn't work, you'll have to do a CMOS reset and preferable flash the newest BIOS, there might be a bug with that card on the current firmware, although that is unlikely. Does the other GPUs run at full 16x in the board?

Yes, safemode on, also the bios is fully updated

[Zubringer]

25 minutes ago, ApolloX75 said:

Yikes. Did you try clearing the CMOS with the new card in place?

It's working for now, I'll let the computer sit there in idle for a bit while I eat then I'll test some games

 

[ApolloX75]

4 minutes ago, Zubringer said:

It's working for now, I'll let the computer sit there in idle for a bit while I eat then I'll test some games

 

Awesome. Keep us posted.

[Zubringer]

38 minutes ago, ApolloX75 said:

Awesome. Keep us posted.

I did the testing, when I open PUBG it freezes after 5-10 seconds then black screen, I have to reboot after that. That is something that did NOT happen in the others systems, so I think the power supply is the culprit

[Zubringer]

Know I tested league of legends, a way more less consuming game, and it runs just fine, so I think I might be right with this one

[ApolloX75]

23 minutes ago, Zubringer said:

I did the testing, when I open PUBG it freezes after 5-10 seconds then black screen, I have to reboot after that. That is something that did NOT happen in the others systems, so I think the power supply is the culprit

Sounds like a PSU issue to me. Check the cables first to be sure they're in all the way, but I wouldn't be surprised if you're in for a new unit.

[Zubringer]

6 minutes ago, ApolloX75 said:

Sounds like a PSU issue to me. Check the cables first to be sure they're in all the way, but I wouldn't be surprised if you're in for a new unit.

Now I tested battlefield 4 and it runds at 20fps , I don't know what on earth is going on

[ApolloX75]

23 minutes ago, Zubringer said:

Now I tested battlefield 4 and it runds at 20fps , I don't know what on earth is going on

Run MSI Afterburner in the background and monitor the GPU usage and clock speeds. See if it's clocking up properly and being utilized fully.

[Zubringer]

38 minutes ago, ApolloX75 said:

Run MSI Afterburner in the background and monitor the GPU usage and clock speeds. See if it's clocking up properly and being utilized fully.

Doing this rn, it's pretty hot here so the card might be as well

[Zubringer]

So the card gets pretty hot, fans turn on, and the pc restarts

 

[Damascus]

Psu I think, try and borrow a decent one and test

[Zubringer]

4 hours ago, Damascus said:

Psu I think, try and borrow a decent one and test

Already tried that, and worked just fine. Now I did some testing with the fan speed at min and the core and memory clocks lowered too to see if it was the psu or not, I can play but sometimes it throws some artifact looking bugs and restarts. I think I will check the warranty of the psu so I can get a new one, this one might be faulty