TheKitsuneWithATie
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Hi, my current system is equipped with a Gigabyte GV-N670OC-2GD (with two monitors) and an Intel i5-3750K, running Windows 10 Pro and Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon in dual boot.
I've been sighting graphical glitches for the past few days, sometimes one of my screens flashes black for a few frames, or the bottom half of one them flashes a random color. And it keeps getting worse, I now get several black screen flashes in a row. I also had the Cinnamon desktop environment crash a few times under Linux Mint.
I first thought that my graphics card was dying, so I swapped it with a Gigabyte GV-N770OC-2GD, but the glitches still occurred. I also ran Uningine Heaven under Linux Mint for 9 hours on my Gigabyte GV-N670OC-2GD, the system didn't crash, and the graphics card didn't overheat (75° maximum).
As I mostly use Linux Mint 18.2 and recently upgraded from 17.3 to 18.2, I started thinking that the Linux Nvidia drivers could be the issue. So I tried a few things, I first tried upgrading the Linux kernel to the latest available version, I tried rolling back to Linux Mint 17.3, and then I tried using only the recommended driver under Linux Mint 18.2 (nvidia-375), but none of those did anything to fix the graphical glitches.
As I don't use Windows 10 Pro that much, I didn't had the chance to sigh any major glitches when running it. I only got the screen flash black once, but I was installing software when it occurred, so it might be unrelated.
Here is the complete list of my computer's components:
Thank you in advance and have a nice day.
I've been sighting graphical glitches for the past few days, sometimes one of my screens flashes black for a few frames, or the bottom half of one them flashes a random color. And it keeps getting worse, I now get several black screen flashes in a row. I also had the Cinnamon desktop environment crash a few times under Linux Mint.
I first thought that my graphics card was dying, so I swapped it with a Gigabyte GV-N770OC-2GD, but the glitches still occurred. I also ran Uningine Heaven under Linux Mint for 9 hours on my Gigabyte GV-N670OC-2GD, the system didn't crash, and the graphics card didn't overheat (75° maximum).
As I mostly use Linux Mint 18.2 and recently upgraded from 17.3 to 18.2, I started thinking that the Linux Nvidia drivers could be the issue. So I tried a few things, I first tried upgrading the Linux kernel to the latest available version, I tried rolling back to Linux Mint 17.3, and then I tried using only the recommended driver under Linux Mint 18.2 (nvidia-375), but none of those did anything to fix the graphical glitches.
As I don't use Windows 10 Pro that much, I didn't had the chance to sigh any major glitches when running it. I only got the screen flash black once, but I was installing software when it occurred, so it might be unrelated.
Here is the complete list of my computer's components:
- CPU: Intel i5-3750K (No overclocking applied);
- Graphics card: Gigabyte GV-N670OC-2GD (No overclocking applied);
- RAM: 2x 4Gb DIMMs DDR3 @ 1600MHz;
- Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT;
- Storage: 1x Intel SSDSC2CT120A3 120Gb SSD, 1x Western Digital WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 1Tb 7200RPM HD;
- Power supply: Seasonic G-750 750W Semi-Modular.
- Neither the graphics card, CPU or RAM are or were overclocked;
- The graphics card requires two separate PCI-E power connectors (1x 6 pin + 1x 6+2 pin), each connector uses a separate power cable;
- The system was recently moved (carefully) by car, but I didn't notice any damage upon arrival and the system booted fine.
Thank you in advance and have a nice day.