Display Driver Crashing..

[Trackr]

Yeah, just like in 2008 with Vista I get "Display Adapter has crashed but has recovered."

Sometimes, it doesn't recover and reboots; except that it doesn't and I have to manually reboot.

Anyone else been having this issue?

 

[Ultima99]

Just a little light on the details aren't we?

This could happen during lots of things or for a variety of reasons.

 

[fixedmy7970]

well most likely, you should be using an amd…

sort of kidding, but really, your psu is giving up, or your oc settings are too aggressive

and you have a silverstone psu… i had one 1000w, and it could only handle 700 watts, but it should handle one card fine.

 

[Trackr]

Just a little light on the details aren't we?

This could happen during lots of things or for a variety of reasons.

Not much to tell.

As far as I recall, back in 2008 it would happen while gaming.

But now, it happens absolutely randomly while just web surfing.

 

[fixedmy7970]

psu brah especially if its one of those op 1000w, it is garbage

 

[Trackr]

psu brah especially if its one of those op 1000w, it is garbage

The Silverstone 1000w Single-rail is one of the best 1000w PSUs.

 

[fixedmy7970]

The Silverstone 1000w Single-rail is one of the best 1000w PSUs.

it's not the OP1000 one is it? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256051

have you tried running driver cleaner and then reinstalling nvidian drivers?

also those 6 blu ray burners are sucking up power, maybe try disconnecting all of them, and see if that helps at all.

 

[Trackr]

it's not the OP1000 one is it? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256051

have you tried running driver cleaner and then reinstalling nvidian drivers?

Don't be silly.

It's this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256057

I'll see about the drivers.

also those 6 blu ray burners are sucking up power, maybe try disconnecting all of them, and see if that helps at all.

LMFAO.

That's a 6x Blu-ray burner. As in, a single Blu-ray burner at 6x speeds.

Also, it's disconnected.

 

[Riboild]

ROFLMAO @fixedmy7970

 

[Trackr]

UPDATE:

I installed the latest drivers, no change.

I played Crysis 3 for 2 hours today, no issues.

Now, I start it up and the driver crashes again.

No way of identifying the problem besides switching the card, right?

 

[cageymaru]

If you've had the video card for awhile, the thermal paste usually dries up and becomes hard after 2 years. Refreshing the thermal paste might help it a ton. Maybe one of the guys can recommend a thermal paste compound for you to try.

 

[TroyX]

display crash thing is caused by something that is oc'd way too high.

 

[Lord_Exodia]

If you've had the video card for awhile, the thermal paste usually dries up and becomes hard after 2 years. Refreshing the thermal paste might help it a ton. Maybe one of the guys can recommend a thermal paste compound for you to try.

I second this ^^^ It's a good place to start. I use Arctic cooling MX5 on my gpus but only if something seems wrong with the stock thermal paste.

well most likely, you should be using an amd…

sort of kidding, but really

LOL, he should stay clear of AMD especially since you needed to "Fix your 7970" I'm sort of Kidding, but seriously both manufacturers are great and I feel everyone comes to this point after owning a gpu for a while. Some deal with it because they can, others take the easier route and just upgrade or sidegrade.

I would recommend using monitoring software to see if everything is running within spec, temps, voltages.

1. Try reapplying thermal paste and securing the cooler back on the card. Blow out any dust bunnies caught in the fan and fins.
2. Do a driver sweep using driver sweeper in safe mode. Remove all traces of Nvidia drivers, scan again and remove any left over nvidia driver traces.
3. Reboot and reinstall the nvidia drivers.

Monitor after all of this to see if you have any improvements of temperature etc...