Hi guys. I have an Asus P8Z68-V LE motherboard and a GTX 670. Up till two days ago everything was functioning perfectly - and has been functioning perfectly for 1.5 years (I was using Nvidia 335.23 driver). I then updated the driver to the more recently released 337.88 version-Clean Install. After this update I started getting BSOD with error code 50. I looked this error up and according to most people this error is caused by faulty hard drive, faulty RAM or faulty VRAM. I then decided to uninstall the Nvidia 337.88 display drivers.
As a result of this the BSOD stopped occurring but something very strange started happening. My computer would randomly detect the graphics card. Sometimes after a restart the graphic card will be detected. Other times it will not be detected and the computer will start using the onboard Intel graphics card. In my Bios I do have the primary display set to pcie as opposed to igpu. I then decided to format and reinstall windows, just in case this was some driver issue. Now the issue is that the motherboard is simply not recognizing the GTX 670 card and keeps reverting to onboard intel graphics (BSOD has not occurred since the uninstall of the Nvidia 337.88 display drivers).
The gtx 670 is properly connected to the power supply. I can see its fan running when the computer starts.
In BIOS even if I set the primary display to PCIE, the computer loads the Onboard Intel Card and the device manager does not detect gtx 670. In fact, reloading the BIOS (after a restart) shows that primary display has switched back to AUTO. This seems to imply to me that the motherboard simply does not detect the gtx 670 and when I force it to load graphics from PCIE, it reverts to AUTO so that something can be displayed via the onboard graphics card (I might be wrong about this-this is a hunch).
My motherboard also has 2 PCIE slots. One blue one, which is the primary slot -it is recommended to use this slot if using one card, and a secondary black slot. The card is not being detected in either of these slots.
Is it possible that a simple driver update has ruined my graphics card? The card was functioning fully well 2 days back. In fact I was playing Assassin's Creed Black Flag on Very High settings. I remove dust regularly from my computer. My GTX 670, prior to this, was idling at a temp of 45 celcius and under load would go as high as 65 celcius.
I would really appreciate it if someone can help me out.
As a result of this the BSOD stopped occurring but something very strange started happening. My computer would randomly detect the graphics card. Sometimes after a restart the graphic card will be detected. Other times it will not be detected and the computer will start using the onboard Intel graphics card. In my Bios I do have the primary display set to pcie as opposed to igpu. I then decided to format and reinstall windows, just in case this was some driver issue. Now the issue is that the motherboard is simply not recognizing the GTX 670 card and keeps reverting to onboard intel graphics (BSOD has not occurred since the uninstall of the Nvidia 337.88 display drivers).
The gtx 670 is properly connected to the power supply. I can see its fan running when the computer starts.
In BIOS even if I set the primary display to PCIE, the computer loads the Onboard Intel Card and the device manager does not detect gtx 670. In fact, reloading the BIOS (after a restart) shows that primary display has switched back to AUTO. This seems to imply to me that the motherboard simply does not detect the gtx 670 and when I force it to load graphics from PCIE, it reverts to AUTO so that something can be displayed via the onboard graphics card (I might be wrong about this-this is a hunch).
My motherboard also has 2 PCIE slots. One blue one, which is the primary slot -it is recommended to use this slot if using one card, and a secondary black slot. The card is not being detected in either of these slots.
Is it possible that a simple driver update has ruined my graphics card? The card was functioning fully well 2 days back. In fact I was playing Assassin's Creed Black Flag on Very High settings. I remove dust regularly from my computer. My GTX 670, prior to this, was idling at a temp of 45 celcius and under load would go as high as 65 celcius.
I would really appreciate it if someone can help me out.
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