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Blackscreen Graphics Crashes

Tags:
  • Crash
  • Graphics
  • Gigabyte
  • black screen
  • Nvidia
  • Gtx
  • windforce
Last response: in Graphics & Displays
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August 11, 2013 3:11:39 PM


System Specs:
OS: Win 7 ultimate 64bit
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed
MB: GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-D3H
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K CPU
Cooler: CORSAIR H80
RAM: Patriot Viper 3 8GB
Video Card: GIGABYTE GV-N670OC-2GD GeForce GTX 670
PSU: Antec HCG-900 900W
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FAES 1TB 7200 RPM
SSD: Intel 320 Series SSDSA2CW160G3K5 2.5" 160GB
Optical Drive: ASUS 24X DVD BurnerPeriphery:
Monitor: Acer G235HAbd 23'' and Acer AL2016W
Keyboard: Logitech G710+
Mouse: Logitech G600
Router: D-Link Wireless N750

Problem:
When I launch some 3D applications (specifically occuring with Dota2) the game will go through the menu, launch, and then when it gets in to the game the screen will do one of two or three things.

The most common is a flicker, that will come back to a black screen with audio, but no video.

The second most common, which mainly occured in WoW, though not every time it was run, but much more rarely. I get a checkerboard pattern, or complete loss of texture, followed by the black flicker and program crash.

Lastly, some times the screen simply locks up and the program crashes.

Steps taken to correct the issue:

I am running the most current drivers and have updated every iteration since I purchased the card, no changes at all between drivers.
The video card was RMA'd to gigabyte: they found nothing wrong and sent it back.

I have changed power settings, it actually crashed more and on more applications when the power was changed to 'prefer maximum performance'
the video card is currently sitting in the second PCI-E slot in my motherboard, it crashed more frequently in the first slot.

I've changed the RAM speed around, it is most stable at 1866mhz

Ideas:
Memory or MB maybe?



I just ran dota2 to confirm the error:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: AppHangB1
Application Name: dota.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 51f15fdd
Hang Signature: 44f9
Hang Type: 0
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033 Additional
Hang Signature 1: 44f9a3b0e101444d9b1dfdd761a2885e
Additional Hang Signature 2: f712 A
dditional Hang Signature 3: f7124167258759ed7c0812de123b783b
Additional Hang Signature 4: 44f9 Additional
Hang Signature 5: 44f9a3b0e101444d9b1dfdd761a2885e
Additional Hang Signature 6: f712
Additional Hang Signature 7: f7124167258759ed7c0812de123b783b


I also ran a temperature monitor and voltage monitor during the even. temp at crash was 46c, and voltage never wavered. .987v throughout.

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