Alright so I built a new PC and my video card 660 GTX was hardcrashing the PC and sometimes the video drivers would pop up saying the video card driver had to recover from not responding, other times the whole computer just freezes and I had to restart.
So I put in the 550 TI I have and the computer was working fine, so I thought the 660 must of broke right? well no because I put the 660 back into the old pc, and I am playing games just fine on it.
What possibly could be wrong with the new PC that one video card would work, the other doesn't?
I had reformatted the new PC twice to start over software wise, tried many drivers (like the one on my old computer that is working fine) and still had the issue so I just don't know how I could fix a "driver" issue if there was one on the new pc.
New PC :
Mobo : MSI z97 Gaming 5
Powersupply : Corsair CX600M 600w
Ram: Cosair Vengeance 8gb
CPU: i5-4460 LGA1150
Old PC
CPU : AMD Phenom II X4 940 Processor
Mobo : Asus M3A78
PSU : 500w
Ram : 8GB
I believe I have found out it is infact NOT the video card as you suggested by someone else. This is what I have done today so far;
I switched PCI-E slots in the motherboard of the NEW PC with the 660, Which cause even more issues then last time. The drivers were crashing and the computer freezing even at the desktop, I didn't even need to get into a game. I then changed the PCIE Power cord going into the card after trying another wire. Same issue.
Once that was a problem I put the 660 back into the OLD PC, It works fine, played 10 minutes of Metal Gear.
I put the 550 back into the FIRST PCI-E slot where the cards were going orginally, played 10 more minutes of metal gear, everything seems to be working fine. No crash at desktop, nothing.
I tried to take out my PSU from the old PC, it is embeded and I do not think I can take it out of the case. I don't think switching PSU's is an option for me.
Please help on what else I can do to trouble shoot, or is it obviously the PSU?
So I put in the 550 TI I have and the computer was working fine, so I thought the 660 must of broke right? well no because I put the 660 back into the old pc, and I am playing games just fine on it.
What possibly could be wrong with the new PC that one video card would work, the other doesn't?
I had reformatted the new PC twice to start over software wise, tried many drivers (like the one on my old computer that is working fine) and still had the issue so I just don't know how I could fix a "driver" issue if there was one on the new pc.
New PC :
Mobo : MSI z97 Gaming 5
Powersupply : Corsair CX600M 600w
Ram: Cosair Vengeance 8gb
CPU: i5-4460 LGA1150
Old PC
CPU : AMD Phenom II X4 940 Processor
Mobo : Asus M3A78
PSU : 500w
Ram : 8GB
I believe I have found out it is infact NOT the video card as you suggested by someone else. This is what I have done today so far;
I switched PCI-E slots in the motherboard of the NEW PC with the 660, Which cause even more issues then last time. The drivers were crashing and the computer freezing even at the desktop, I didn't even need to get into a game. I then changed the PCIE Power cord going into the card after trying another wire. Same issue.
Once that was a problem I put the 660 back into the OLD PC, It works fine, played 10 minutes of Metal Gear.
I put the 550 back into the FIRST PCI-E slot where the cards were going orginally, played 10 more minutes of metal gear, everything seems to be working fine. No crash at desktop, nothing.
I tried to take out my PSU from the old PC, it is embeded and I do not think I can take it out of the case. I don't think switching PSU's is an option for me.
Please help on what else I can do to trouble shoot, or is it obviously the PSU?
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