MSI GeForce GTX 960 4G running in SLI crashes randomly

Hecticael

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Jul 19, 2016
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Hello!

I'm having slight problems with my GTX 960's. I will make a list in here of the problems that I encounter from booting to crashing.

Problem 1: Sometimes, not often, I can't get through POST and I get one long beep and three short beeps. This indicates video card problem, but it does not happen that often.
Problem 2: When it starts to Windows, I get a error about some AsusSetup log missing. Upgraded from Win 7 Professional 64-bit to Win 10 Pro 64-bit. This might be due to it trying to search that log from Win 10 files, although it probably is located in windows.old folder.
Then it runs fine for a while.
Problem 3: Next problem is seemingly random but it always leads to two outputs: first something starts hogging my CPU, it jumps up to ~90%. Obviously my Windows gets laggy and unresponsive, cursor not being smooth and instead just microjumps. Then my Nvidia drivers (GPU itself?) crash and I get black screen on both of my monitors. After that are these two outputs.
Output 1: Drivers and/or GPU(s) start to respond and recover. Display turns back on and Windows is seemingly normal for a while. Then something happens again which either repeats this or I get the second output.
Output 2: No response and pc starts boot sequence.

And then it all starts again.

Does anyone have any idea about what could be causing these problems? I myself am suspecting either one of those GPUs.

And of course, system specs. Can't remember fully, will update when I get home.

Intel i5 4670-K 2,4 GHz
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 4G running in SLI
Asus Z-97 Pro Gaming motherboard
16 GB RAM DDR3
750 W PSU, Antec if I remember correctly
Win 10 Pro 64-bit

Motherboard is fresh out of the box, other ones are older.

Oh, also. Fixes I have tried:
Uninstalling and installing Nvidia drivers
Re-installing Win 7 multiple times
Running Microsoft Fix It for Windows Update. It also gave me errors on Win 7, couldn't find any updates after downloading SP1. That was the main reason I finally gave Win 10 a shot.

I guess that was about it. Thanks to anyone in advance!
 

Hecticael

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Jul 19, 2016
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1,510
Update: Disabled SLI from Nvidia control panel and everything is working as smoothly as they should. Is there some setting in bios that I should enable/disable or something from the control panel itself or is my SLI bridge faulty?
 

Hecticael

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Jul 19, 2016
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Well, isn't this a popular thread. I gave up and bought GTX 1070. Had two faulty GPUs.

I thought I would find some help from here but apparently not. Thanks for nothing.
 

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