Help - GTX Titan Faulty??

mkelbie · 17 Mar 2013 at 15:46

I installed my GTX Titan yesterday and it worked perfect as far as I was aware but I only used it very briefly. Today I have installed a few new games but I have been having issues.

My display has been going on standby and unresponsive but my system is still running, it eventually kicks back in with a warning saying my display driver was unresponsive. I done a reinstall and couple reboots and whilst playing games I am getting strange results.

Just recorded what keeps randomly happening with tomb raider and after another reboot my display messed up again and I managed to record that too.

Can someone have a look and advise if my card is buggered

Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRhJ8YS0Ek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI-Oii8BzFU

passey89 · 17 Mar 2013 at 15:51

Yeh it's dead my evga gtx 670 did it rma needed sorry

spoffle · 17 Mar 2013 at 15:53

It looks like a faulty GPU, but then the second half runs as it should. Are there other drivers you can use for the Titan?

Also, but reinstalls, do you mean Windows, or just the driver?

RetrogamerX · 17 Mar 2013 at 15:53

That's messed up.

LtMatt · 17 Mar 2013 at 15:54

That just screams faulty vram.

RetrogamerX · 17 Mar 2013 at 15:54

spoffle said:
It looks like a faulty GPU, but then the second half runs as it should. Are there other drivers you can use for the Titan?

Also, but reinstalls, do you mean Windows, or just the driver?

I would at least try a re-install of windows and see if it does it again.

mkelbie · 17 Mar 2013 at 15:55

Windows is a clean install from yesterday. My SSD was on a RMA so I only reinstalled when I got the GPU.

Drivers have been reinstalled too, tempted to try beta 314.21 but my screen is messing up @ desktop so GPU isn't even under any load so I don't think its driver related but I could be wrong

mkelbie · 17 Mar 2013 at 15:57

LtMatt said:
That just screams faulty vram.

Not just in games tho, well games mess up like that so the picture goes all screwed but my display just goes black.

Just don't it then typing my previous reply

"Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered."

LtMatt · 17 Mar 2013 at 15:58

mkelbie said:
Not just in games tho, well games mess up like that so the picture goes all screwed but my display just goes black.

Just don't it then typing my previous reply

"Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered."

Looks 100% faulty to me, but best to do the process of elimination just in case.

mkelbie · 17 Mar 2013 at 15:59

I'm gutted =/

Worth trying Windows 7 just to be safe but I prefer Windows 8 now.

Proto · 17 Mar 2013 at 16:00

Most likely faulty, however, I have seen something similar happen when the driver crashes while overclocking, and for it to be fixed after a system restart.

Ensure the card is not overheating and that the system is clean by using driver cleaning software before installing the latest official drivers. If it still happens, send it back and provide links to the on-line videos.

mkelbie · 17 Mar 2013 at 16:13

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/03/17/e77.png

Can you the drops where its like my GPU just died and then comes back to life =/

spoffle · 17 Mar 2013 at 16:33

LtMatt said:
That just screams faulty vram.

Faulty RAM exhibits quite different issues, that video is strongly indicitive of a faulty core than RAM.

Bad RAM results in things like sparklies, checkerboard patterns and those type of corrupted images, rather than things being rendered incorrectly.

mkelbie · 17 Mar 2013 at 16:39

spoffle said:
Faulty RAM exhibits quite different issues, that video is strongly indicitive of a faulty core than RAM.

Bad RAM results in things like sparklies, checkerboard patterns and those type of corrupted images, rather than things being rendered incorrectly.

Faulty with the latest beta drivers too;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWbL3rJzq4o

Clean install with only NVidia drivers and then will try a couple GPU benchmarks if it still messes up then definitely a faulty card.

Only problem is the retailer in Bolton where I got my card from only had this 1 left and they're going up in price the more they become rare

Gregster · 17 Mar 2013 at 16:40

'The display driver has stopped and has recovered' is normaly a sign of volts being too low or driver issues. Make sure you are virus clean (just in case you have something like that bitcoin virus that a few seem to have) and try reinstalling drivers.

If the issue still persistes, RMA is needed.

Edit:

As for replacement, the retailer will send it to the manafacturer who will send out a new one. You will not lose out, except postage and this can be argued over in some cases.

Hyburnate · 17 Mar 2013 at 16:43

Not very constructive, however I like it how the FRAPS FPS Counter isn't affected from what I can see...

mkelbie · 17 Mar 2013 at 16:47

Gregster said:
'The display driver has stopped and has recovered' is normaly a sign of volts being too low or driver issues. Make sure you are virus clean (just in case you have something like that bitcoin virus that a few seem to have) and try reinstalling drivers.

If the issue still persistes, RMA is needed.

Edit:

As for replacement, the retailer will send it to the manafacturer who will send out a new one. You will not lose out, except postage and this can be argued over in some cases.

I think I do have a virus =/

iehighutil.exe is enabled @ startup and runs 3 files;

conhost.exe
iehighuti.exe
ieutil.exe

Its installed its self in "C:\Temporary\poclbm121016GeForce GTX TITANgv1w256l4.bin"

How the hell did I get this?

Gregster · 17 Mar 2013 at 16:48

That is the bitcoining virus that a few have had. I think you will find after removing it, you will be problem free.

Diagro · 17 Mar 2013 at 16:51

O wow, What does that virus do Gregster?

mkelbie · 17 Mar 2013 at 16:53

Any ideas how I got it?

And that virus hogs the hell out of your GPU

I am doing the reinstall of windows with only my SSD connected see if everything is safe.

So glad my Titan isn't dead