- Sep 12, 2007
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I got a new PNY GTX 770 4GB OC and whenever I boot to Windows7 or OS X (10.9.3) once the desktop is loaded the desktop freezes but the mouse can still be moved, and then drivers crash, this happen when the Bios on PCIe is selected as "Auto" or "Pcie Gen 3". So the problem here is a hardware issue, because this happen with both OS. Configuring Bios to run "PCIe Gen 2" it runs awesome rock solid, there aren't any issues.
I have updated the Bios from F5 to latest F6 and with the same results, this also happen when the CPU is on stock values, and optimized defaults bios settings are loaded, it doesn't matter, it always fault exactly the same freezing and drivers crashing.
However digging on my motherboard (ga-z87mx0d3h) Bios, regarding PCie I found this.
Auto = System will detect the appropriate PCIe Gen according to installed graphics card
Note PCIe Gen.3 will offer optimal bandwidth when paired with a compatible Gen.3 graphic card.
However Gen2. may be preferable in certain OC Configurations.
So according to that note on Bios. I'm thinking that because this video card is a factory overclocked, the motherboard is having a hard time dealing with it when it's setup as PCI 3.0.
Does this make sense?
Or you guys think something is faulty ?
My rig.
Mobo: GA-Z87MX-D3H (Bios F6)
i7-4770K OC @ 4.2
PSU: TX650 V2
Rams are stock Mushkins silverline 2x4gb 1333mhz 9-9-9-24
I have updated the Bios from F5 to latest F6 and with the same results, this also happen when the CPU is on stock values, and optimized defaults bios settings are loaded, it doesn't matter, it always fault exactly the same freezing and drivers crashing.
However digging on my motherboard (ga-z87mx0d3h) Bios, regarding PCie I found this.
Auto = System will detect the appropriate PCIe Gen according to installed graphics card
Note PCIe Gen.3 will offer optimal bandwidth when paired with a compatible Gen.3 graphic card.
However Gen2. may be preferable in certain OC Configurations.
So according to that note on Bios. I'm thinking that because this video card is a factory overclocked, the motherboard is having a hard time dealing with it when it's setup as PCI 3.0.
Does this make sense?
Or you guys think something is faulty ?
My rig.
Mobo: GA-Z87MX-D3H (Bios F6)
i7-4770K OC @ 4.2
PSU: TX650 V2
Rams are stock Mushkins silverline 2x4gb 1333mhz 9-9-9-24
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