G1 Gaming 980ti audible hissing and performance issue? Help?

BrondanStiffllson

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Recently having issues with the G1 Gaming 980ti. Tried OC it and was only able to achieve +90mHz to the core, which I removed due to crashes. PC has been crashing more frequently, so I removed the OC to the 6600k also.

An hour ago received PC crashed again, with BSOD. When I restarted, CPU usage was high for minimal programs (over 90% with just an Origin update running). When I open games now the CPU usage goes to 100% and the GPU usage stays at roughly 40%. The GPU also makes a buzzing/hissing sound, especially when I force GPU usage through Kombustor. This has been the same for multiple apps, some just crashing after running for a bit or constantly minimizing and then crashing. The noise only occurs when the GPU is under load.

I have already removed the power cables and connected them again, pulled out the graphics card, looked for physical damage or signs of electrical damage, reconnected it and still getting the issues. I tested to see if it was the fan causing the noise by forcing 100% through Afterburner with no GPU load and it wasn't the same sound, yet putting the GPU under load caused the sound over the top of the sound of the fans.

Currently on Windows 10 running the latest Nvidia drivers. If anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated.
 
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MSI KRAIT Gaming Z170A Motherboard
16GB Corsair 2400mHz RAM
Intel i5 6600K
Gigabyte G1 Gaming 980ti
Samsung Evo 128GB SSD
Seagate 2TB Barracuda HDD
Wifi Card
Corsair GTX H100i CPU Cooler
Corsair RM850 Gold Power Supply
Windows 10 64 bit

I sort have fixed the GPU issue by going into the bios settings and disabling a WINDOWS 7 option that I had thought I had changed already several months ago. Windows still freezes though a bit.
Try this,
First of all you need to TOTALLY remove all the old drivers. Use this link.
http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
Note:
Select the respective company(i.e Nvidia or ATI) drivers to be uninstalled.
Use clean and restart option.
And then install the new drivers after rebooting.
 

BrondanStiffllson

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Tried that. Didn't change anything. Still getting 100% CPU usage in games. Any chance it could be windows 10? It has stopped responding several times while loading browsers and just in general before and after I tried this.
 

BrondanStiffllson

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MSI KRAIT Gaming Z170A Motherboard
16GB Corsair 2400mHz RAM
Intel i5 6600K
Gigabyte G1 Gaming 980ti
Samsung Evo 128GB SSD
Seagate 2TB Barracuda HDD
Wifi Card
Corsair GTX H100i CPU Cooler
Corsair RM850 Gold Power Supply
Windows 10 64 bit

I sort have fixed the GPU issue by going into the bios settings and disabling a WINDOWS 7 option that I had thought I had changed already several months ago. Windows still freezes though a bit.
 
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