Help updating drivers for p67 Sabretooth

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Hi Guys (Gals?),
I recently upgraded from an HD6970 to a 770 GTX in my current system which is:
i5 2500k in a p67 sabretooth rev 3.0 (BIOS updated to the latest version) 16 GB Corsair Vengeance and a 2 TB Hitachi Deskstar 7200 RPM platter drive. 1000watt Rosewill Tachyon Single ASUS vh236h monitor. Nothing is overclocked however the 770 is factory overclocked as it is a evga sc acx. The BIOS settings are optimal default etc.

Been having display driver crashes since I added the new GPU when idle and BF3 froze up on me(which has never happened before). I am attempting to find out if my onboard realtek drivers and lan, chipset etc. drivers need an update. I also can't seem to figure out where to find them or what exactly I am looking for.

Power settings are defined to avoid the wake issue on SB chipset so no sleep, hibernate, hybrid sleep, etc. even hdd set to never shut off. I just can't seem to peg down why this GPU doesn't like to behave in long periods of idle.
 
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Thank you for the suggestion Tradesman. I assume I can find where to change this is in my BIOS section of my sabretooth users manual. Would you mind telling me what you suspect is the cause of my instability and what exactly upping this value would do?
 
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As far as I know nothing on my system goes to sleep. Do you mean the GPU enters a form of lower power state after my system is idle for a span of time and it literally wakes regardless of the monitor or the system not in a rest state? I have never been able to get my config to wake out of sleep or hibernate so just curious. AFAIK that is a common issue with SB and a p67 mobo. Monitor and Hard Drive are also set to always on. Thank you again for the suggestion going to give it a try.
 
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One small concern: When looking in my manual to find out where the setting is located I came across a small chart that states that any VCCSA voltage setting above 1.06875 is in the RED category. The category extends all the way to 1.70000 so a 1.1 is obviously on the lower end of the spectrum. I am also aware my power supply is gross overkill as I bought it to be sufficient for two 770's in the future. I guess since voltages are not something I often alter is this potentially dangerous? Seems like you said to be a mild voltage increase and I do want to test it at least to see if that is what the issue is stemming from...just a little nervous and don't want to damage anything.

 
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OK thank you again for the explanation. We are having some electrical storms in the area so my system is not on today however once it clears I will make the appropriate change and let my system run to see how it goes. Normally happens after the 30 hour uptime mark so I guess I will be back in a few days.

Update: From what I am reading in MOBO manual VCCIO is what affects the PCI-E lane. Is that what you meant?
 
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