dolorousdave
Limp Gawd
- Joined
- Apr 27, 2012
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So, I've got a bizarre situation here. First time poster, long time reader, etc etc. Here's my situation.
No overclocks, all settings standard--most recent Nvidia drivers and 850-Watt PSU as well as 16GB G-Skill RAM that all registers.
Bought an Asus P8Z68-V/Gen3 with an EVGA GTX580. Worked fine with the onboard video, but would never post with the discrete card inserted. All power connectors were verified connected correctly (including the 2x8).
Returned the EVGA GTX580 and got a GTX 560ti to test--formatted and reinstalled Windows. Worked perfectly. This led me to assume the GTX580 was bad. So I ordered an MSI Twin Frozr GTX580. When it came in, I formatted and reinstalled Windows, installed the card, computer booted but Windows disabled the card with an error 43 and ran at 800x600 resolution.
SO, then I RMAed the Asus motherboard and in the meantime purchased an ASRock P67 Extreme4 Gen3 motherboard. That came in today and after format and reinstall of Windows, with the Twin Frozr 580, exact same issue. Windows disables the card with an error 43.
I went out, bought a replacement 700W PSU to make sure that wasn't the issue and still am getting the same error where the card is disabled.
I've breadboarded this entire set up 2 or 3 times, reseated by CPU and verified the watercooling was working correctly. CPU runs at 30-40C at idle and doesn't show any indications of being seated incorrectly.
I've tried OCing all systems to 4Ghz+, underclocking them, changing all applicable BIOS settings regarding voltage in every different direction, and still no luck.
At this point, I'm actually wondering if I may have gotten two bad GTX 580s in a row from different manufacturers?
Should I try an ATI 7970 or something or go back to the GTX560ti, maybe in SLI? I hate to give up the 580s but I can't figure out what the heck is wrong here.
Any ideas would be super-appreciated.
No overclocks, all settings standard--most recent Nvidia drivers and 850-Watt PSU as well as 16GB G-Skill RAM that all registers.
Bought an Asus P8Z68-V/Gen3 with an EVGA GTX580. Worked fine with the onboard video, but would never post with the discrete card inserted. All power connectors were verified connected correctly (including the 2x8).
Returned the EVGA GTX580 and got a GTX 560ti to test--formatted and reinstalled Windows. Worked perfectly. This led me to assume the GTX580 was bad. So I ordered an MSI Twin Frozr GTX580. When it came in, I formatted and reinstalled Windows, installed the card, computer booted but Windows disabled the card with an error 43 and ran at 800x600 resolution.
SO, then I RMAed the Asus motherboard and in the meantime purchased an ASRock P67 Extreme4 Gen3 motherboard. That came in today and after format and reinstall of Windows, with the Twin Frozr 580, exact same issue. Windows disables the card with an error 43.
I went out, bought a replacement 700W PSU to make sure that wasn't the issue and still am getting the same error where the card is disabled.
I've breadboarded this entire set up 2 or 3 times, reseated by CPU and verified the watercooling was working correctly. CPU runs at 30-40C at idle and doesn't show any indications of being seated incorrectly.
I've tried OCing all systems to 4Ghz+, underclocking them, changing all applicable BIOS settings regarding voltage in every different direction, and still no luck.
At this point, I'm actually wondering if I may have gotten two bad GTX 580s in a row from different manufacturers?
Should I try an ATI 7970 or something or go back to the GTX560ti, maybe in SLI? I hate to give up the 580s but I can't figure out what the heck is wrong here.
Any ideas would be super-appreciated.