Ok, I sent my 2 week old GTX470 card back for RMA. It took 2 weeks.
Guess what PNY shipped me back? A Refurbished unit, that is all scratched and used looking. I called and left their support messages and emailed them how extremely angry I am that I sent them a 2 week old $380 card...
I saw the same thread, but the idiots he sent it back to, said they checked his card and mailed it back to him. they never replaced it.
Reason I don't think it is drivers is because, it doesn't matter what version drivers you use. I tried several old ones, current, and developer ones...
Mine started out with a few times a week, and gradually got worse and worse, to the point I was getting BSOD on startup. Popped in a $60 video card from officemax, and my computer works fine again. This GTX 470 is a total paper weight, and it seems that none of the MFG's want to admit...
And the funny thing is, PNY acts like they never head of this problem. I said, well, funny, when I had my GTX 270, I had no issues. Since the 470 install, nothing but errors, reboots, BSOD, and unrecoverable black screens.
I tried the developer drivers, tried turning off the pci-e power control, nothing fixes it. These cards are complete junk. I am sending mine back RMA tomorrow. I think these are lemons.
I know. I don't have a replacement card either, and don't want to be without a computer for 2-3 weeks, or get a refurb unit back to replace my new unit.
Aghhh! It seems like different brands are doing the same thing, not just mine, which is a PNY. Maybe it is a major flaw with the...
I am having the same problems. I have had a GTX 270 for 2 years with no issues. Upgraded to the PNY GTX 470 and now I have:
When computer goes to sleep, and you wake it, screen will stay black and not recover. You have to do a hard reboot to fix.
Random reboots happen for no reason...