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the weirdest graphics driver crash ever!! Please help

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April 12, 2013 12:29:12 PM

Ok community listen up. I got hold of a gtx 660 which I just installed (gigabyte windforce oc edition) in one of my two pcs. I get driver crashes after 10-20 minutes of gaming or after a few minutes of stress-testing. The crash is of the type: 'The NVIDIA OpenGL driver lost connection....error 7). After trying quite a few things (drivers clean install with driver sweeper etc) I decided to perform a fresh windows 7 install. Now here is the weird part:

After windows 7 installation was completed I installed only the necessary drivers to be able run MSI afterburner in conjunction with Kombastor burn-in mode in order to stress test the gpu. My two computers are next to each other. So, I started stress testing the the new gpu on pc1 while I was writing an email on pc2 (which has a gtx 580). All of a sudden, after 5 minutes or so, both pcs driver-crashed AT THE SAME TIME!. The pc2 (with the old gpu, gtx 580) crashed saying drivers stopped responding.

PC1:

Asus extreme-z z68
i7 2600k @4.5ghz
4gb corsair xms3
samsung 840 ssd
a couple of sata storage disks
xh1000 corsair psu

PC2:

Asus p8z77 deluxe
i3 2100
4gb crucial generic ram
samsung 840 ssd
HX750 corsair psu


I think that 2 pcs crashing at the same time might suggest some power instability in the electrical wiring of my house.

On the other hand I tested the gtx 660 on another new build with a 450w power supply (xfx pro) and an i3 2100 for 30min++ with afterburner/kombustor burn-in and it didn't crash.

I am not a pc noob, in fact I am a pc builder and I have never encountered such a problem before. I've built 20 pcs++

Please any idea is welcome!

Regards

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April 12, 2013 12:33:51 PM

traxevc said:
Ok community listen up. I got hold of a gtx 660 which I just installed (gigabyte windforce oc edition) in one of my two pcs. I get driver crashes after 10-20 minutes of gaming or after a few minutes of stress-testing. The crash is of the type: 'The NVIDIA OpenGL driver lost connection....error 7). After trying quite a few things (drivers clean install with driver sweeper etc) I decided to perform a fresh windows 7 install. Now here is the weird part:

After windows 7 installation was completed I installed only the necessary drivers to be able run MSI afterburner in conjunction with Kombastor burn-in mode in order to stress test the gpu. My two computers are next to each other. So, I started stress testing the the new gpu on pc1 while I was writing an email on pc2 (which has a gtx 580). All of a sudden, after 5 minutes or so, both pcs driver-crashed AT THE SAME TIME!. The pc2 (with the old gpu, gtx 580) crashed saying drivers stopped responding.

PC1:

Asus extreme-z z68
i7 2600k @4.5ghz
4gb corsair xms3
samsung 840 ssd
a couple of sata storage disks
xh1000 corsair psu

PC2:

Asus p8z77 deluxe
i3 2100
4gb crucial generic ram
samsung 840 ssd
HX750 corsair psu


I think that 2 pcs crashing at the same time might suggest some power instability in the electrical wiring of my house.

On the other hand I tested the gtx 660 on another new build with a 450w power supply (xfx pro) and an i3 2100 for 30min++ with afterburner/kombustor burn-in and it didn't crash.

I am not a pc noob, in fact I am a pc builder and I have never encountered such a problem before. I've built 20 pcs++

Please any idea is welcome!

Regards



i would say a bad card or a bad psu that is the only thing i can say about it. that at the same time crash is probably from power instability as you said.
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April 12, 2013 1:09:19 PM

separate computers............. from same electrical outlet...... as well as anything else. run 1 machine. what happens? same thing.... move to different part of house, try again.
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January 11, 2014 7:25:51 AM

It was the motherboard finally. I have RMAed the motherboard and received a new one which has the same issue. Maximus IV Extreme-z seem to be incompatible with some gtx 660s. The card works perfect on other motherboards and the motherboard works very well with other graphics cards. I have told the ASUS people to look into it, i.e. this potential incompatibility
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January 11, 2014 2:35:43 PM

actually ASUS had some problems with bad BIOS' early in the year..(2013)...... took them a long time to admit that. there are lots of screwed up boards out there. personally I stopped buying asus boards 2 or 3 years ago.
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