Possible graphics card malfunction?

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I Have a GTX 970 FTW and a 3 monitor setup. Recently my 3rd monitor would stat up, shut down and repeat with each time a green flickering ligh would appear each time before it would shut off. Also while playing CSGO, Sometime the game would freeze and kick me out forcing me to restart the game. The final straw was today when i was playing CS the game just froze and the entire PC Restated. Any help would be appreciated :)
 
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You could still have some faulty hardware such as a 2nd hard drive or a bad stick of ram. You can unplug everything you dont need to boot and see if it becomes stable. Also, remove all ram and install 1 stick at a time until the system locks down to find the bad stick of ram.

If none of the above works I would still recommend you using DDU uninstaller to remove your current video card drive and download the latest and reinstall, then reboot and test again. Drivers sometimes become corrupt and need a fresh install.

The very last thing could be unstable voltages on your psu to your video card or motherboard.

There's not a simple fix that can be suggested because so many things can cause your systems symptoms. It will be trial and...
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Have you installed any new software or drivers or other hardware components that may be causing a conflict in your system? If so, unplug and uninstall anything related to it and retest your system. You can also unplug any unneeded hardware to run your system such as hard drives, sound cards, usb devices etc and see if that helps.

Use DDU uninstaller to remove your current video card driver and download the latest version and reinstall. Reboot and test.

Also, are you overclocking your cpu or video card? Set back to default settings and see if that stabilizes your rig.

 
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I Havent done anything no OC and haven't added anything
 
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You could still have some faulty hardware such as a 2nd hard drive or a bad stick of ram. You can unplug everything you dont need to boot and see if it becomes stable. Also, remove all ram and install 1 stick at a time until the system locks down to find the bad stick of ram.

If none of the above works I would still recommend you using DDU uninstaller to remove your current video card drive and download the latest and reinstall, then reboot and test again. Drivers sometimes become corrupt and need a fresh install.

The very last thing could be unstable voltages on your psu to your video card or motherboard.

There's not a simple fix that can be suggested because so many things can cause your systems symptoms. It will be trial and error and will take a little time to work through troubleshooting to figure it out.
 
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