Installing drivers crashes Windows 8.1

Andrewhall1234 · Feb 24, 2015

Hello,

I'm having problems with my GTX970. Each time i try to install the drivers I get a DPC Watchdog violation.

After the crash i often can't load the OS back and just get a black screen. After several reboots the system seems to work again. I was actually able to install the drivers once but keep getting this crash.

At first I didn't know what was causing the crash so i tried a few things suggested online but they don't work.

I'm reinstalling Windows now, will do all the OS updates and then go trough drivers fro my Mobo, SSD and GPU.

Any advice please?

06yfz450ridr · Feb 24, 2015

so this is a new gpu and you are trying to install the gpu drivers? or do you already have drivers installed for it and updating?

Andrewhall1234 · Feb 24, 2015

Hi,

It's a new PC. I have had it up an running albeit with lots of crashes for a few days. So it''s new but it did let me install drivers (from the disc) before. Since then I had crashes and decided to reinstall Windows.

Andrewhall1234 · Feb 24, 2015

I tried a new OS install and then tried installing the device driver for the GPU and it crashed almost instantly. When I rebooted, the device was in device manager but then started crashing again. This is so frustrating

Andrewhall1234 · Feb 24, 2015

here's the error log:

Source
Windows
Summary
Video hardware error
Date
24/02/2015 17:42
Status
Not reported
Description
A problem with your video hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent
Code: 141
Parameter 1: ffffe00063a7c010
Parameter 2: fffff8009f422978
Parameter 3: 0
Parameter 4: 368
OS version: 6_3_9600
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 256_1
OS Version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 2057
　
It seems like a common problem. A lot of posts i've seen say the PSU wasn't enough - I have a HX850i Corsair. Does anyone think that could be the problem?

Crashes when I try to install... but otherwise seems okay.

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