Hi all, its been a couple of years since my last trip up the M6 to OcUK. The last time i was there i bought the system i am still using except for 1 component which i will go into, however i have had an intermittent problem for a while now.
The bits i bought were:
Intel Q9550
EVGA i790 SLI Ultra
2x2Gb DDR3 OCZ3X13334GK
Nvidia 280GTX
Corsair 1000W PSU
About 8 months ago i started to see the error: Nvidia display driver has stopped but has restarted. This caused my screen to flicker, and in games i would see tons of artifact, as if my graphics card was on its way out. Eventually, my graphics card started to make an audible noise (fizzing sound!) when in games and having spoke to the guys at OcUK they told me the card was dead. Made sense. So off i went and bought a 570GTX. This seemed to fix the problem and all was good until now, when the same error and artifacts have appeared again! I must stress i do not overclock at all and the error seems to appear when my computer has been on for a lengthy period of time.
I personally think it could be the motherboard, could it be pushing to much voltage through my card? My brother bought the exact same system as me and he had many issues til he eventually bought a new board and has been fine since.
Could anyone offer any advice as i dont really want to fry my 570GTX however at the same time i dont really want to go and buy a new motherboard if thats not the cause?
Many thanks
JonnyC
The bits i bought were:
Intel Q9550
EVGA i790 SLI Ultra
2x2Gb DDR3 OCZ3X13334GK
Nvidia 280GTX
Corsair 1000W PSU
About 8 months ago i started to see the error: Nvidia display driver has stopped but has restarted. This caused my screen to flicker, and in games i would see tons of artifact, as if my graphics card was on its way out. Eventually, my graphics card started to make an audible noise (fizzing sound!) when in games and having spoke to the guys at OcUK they told me the card was dead. Made sense. So off i went and bought a 570GTX. This seemed to fix the problem and all was good until now, when the same error and artifacts have appeared again! I must stress i do not overclock at all and the error seems to appear when my computer has been on for a lengthy period of time.
I personally think it could be the motherboard, could it be pushing to much voltage through my card? My brother bought the exact same system as me and he had many issues til he eventually bought a new board and has been fine since.
Could anyone offer any advice as i dont really want to fry my 570GTX however at the same time i dont really want to go and buy a new motherboard if thats not the cause?
Many thanks
JonnyC
