Bipolar GTX 690, need help

[tomsmithy666]

Hi guys,
So a few weeks ago my entire system had some sort of unknown failure which caused numerous problems throughout my system as it corrupted pretty much every bios in my system. I have managed to sort out all of the issues that appeared in my motherboard but my GTX690 is proving to be a pain.

Basically what shows up in device manager is that i have 3 graphics devices: my on chip HD4000, a GTX690 and a GTX680. What should be appearing is HD4000 and a pair of GTX690s. I have tried flashing the board but it still seems to think its a GTX680, even though it now has a registered GTX690 BIOS. All of the onboard components are functioning as the list function in nvflash brought up two GK104s and a plx chip as it should, its just that the card wont accept that its not a GTX680.

I cannot test the card in another rig as it is part of a full watercooling loop and i dont have the stock cooler at my current address.

Any ideas on what i should try next?

 

[ShivP]

One of the GPU's on the 690 isn't working? D:

 

[Kaapstad]

Go into Device Manager

Select Display adapters

Right click on each of the entries for GTX 690s and see if there is any problems in the Device status box.

 

[tomsmithy666]

The 690 is working fine, the 680 gives a code 43 error

 

[Kaapstad]

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725873(v=WS.10).aspx

To resolve this problem, do the following.

1. To open Device Manager, click Start, click Search programs and files, and then type Device Manager. A list of available matching items appears above the search box; click Device Manager. Device Manager opens with your computer name at the top and a list of devices that are installed on your computer beneath your computer name.


2. Locate the malfunctioning device in the list of devices, right-click the device, and then click Uninstall. When a warning message appears that you are uninstalling a device from your system, click OK. Device manager uninstalls the device.


3. Right-click your computer name in Device Manager and click Scan for hardware changes. Device manager scans your system and automatically reinstalls your device.


4. Right-click the device and click Properties. On the General tab of the device Properties dialog box, in Device status, you should see the message This device is working properly.

 

[tomsmithy666]

that was literally the very first thing i did, and it did not work any of the 4 times ive tried it since, ive also tried reinstalling fresh drivers :/

 

[Kaapstad]

that was literally the very first thing i did, and it did not work any of the 4 times ive tried it since, ive also tried reinstalling fresh drivers :/

Can you turn off the PCI-E slot on your motherboard with the offending GTX 690 in it, reinstall the drivers and then turn the PCI-E slot back on.

 

[tomsmithy666]

the motherboard is a Z77 sabretooth, so i should be able to, how would i go about doing that exactly?

 

[Kaapstad]

the motherboard is a Z77 sabretooth, so i should be able to, how would i go about doing that exactly?

If the motherboard has the option, it will be a set of dip switches as seen here just below the power and reset buttons.

 

[tomsmithy666]

sadly theres no dipswitches like that on my board

 

[Kaapstad]

sadly theres no dipswitches like that on my board

It's a bit crude but have you thought about reinstalling Windows, if that does not work things could be pointing toward a hardware problem.

 

[tomsmithy666]

i have thought about reinstalling windows, but i dont have the disk here, its in the same location as the stock cooler. Im mainly trying to fix it just to get shut of it at this point as ive just bought a pair of R9 290s