So, what do you think the issue is?

[IndyColtsFan]

So, I recently installed a 980 Ti in the rig in my sig. For the last week or so, the system has performed extremely well. Yesterday, while gaming, I had two instances where the monitors went into sleep mode and I had to physically reboot the PC. The event log appears to show the NVidia driver crashing, so I thought it was just a driver issue.

Well, it happened a third time. I could still hear sound from the PC in my headphones (friends on teamspeak) but I couldn't get the display to come back on and the keyboard was unresponsive. So once again, I powered it off. Unfortunately, the PC will now not show ANY display when I power it back on - the fans and lights come on but no display is shown and the monitors go into sleep mode.

Also, previously, I'd have to hold down the power button 7 seconds to power the PC off. Suddenly, when I touch the power button, it goes off immediately. What does it sound like to you guys? Power supply? Motherboard? Graphic card? Unfortunately I have to travel on business today and won't be able to troubleshoot until next weekend. The good news is that I do have a new PS I can try (EVGA 1000 W) and I have my old GTX 780 Lightning that I can swap in (I can still return the 980 Ti) to see if it is really the graphic card, but I am worried that it is the motherboard.

 

[maddogchen]

Try taking out the graphics card and re-inserting it. Then leave the PC case open where you can see the motherboard lights and start up the PC and see if it your motherboard will POST. If it doesn't, hopefully there are some LED lights that will indicate which step it failed to POST. Grab your motherboard manual and see what it means.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Try taking out the graphics card and re-inserting it. Then leave the PC case open where you can see the motherboard lights and start up the PC and see if it your motherboard will POST. If it doesn't, hopefully there are some LED lights that will indicate which step it failed to POST. Grab your motherboard manual and see what it means.

Yeah, I will definitely do that. Of course it HAD to pick the night before I leave for a business trip to go south. I almost pulled the trigger on a CPU and motherboard upgrade in December - in retrospect, I probably should have.

 

[MrTeal]

Yeah, I will definitely do that. Of course it HAD to pick the night before I leave for a business trip to go south. I almost pulled the trigger on a CPU and motherboard upgrade in December - in retrospect, I probably should have.

Do you have any other computers with a PCIe slot that you can test it in?

While a driver issue might have been a culprit for the first round of behaviour, not turning on at post is a pretty serious problem. You could also the using the backup BIOS (if there is one) and using a different port on the card to see if it works with another output.

 

[vailr]

Try: uninstall the video card driver, then re-install the latest nVidia driver version 361.43.
Use the Custom option & only install the video and audio drivers, leaving out the 3 or 4 other items, such 3D vision, etc.
Also: double-check the owner's manual, that your motherboard supports PCIe 3.0.
Or: use the free program GPU-Z:
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Do you have any other computers with a PCIe slot that you can test it in?

While a driver issue might have been a culprit for the first round of behaviour, not turning on at post is a pretty serious problem. You could also the using the backup BIOS (if there is one) and using a different port on the card to see if it works with another output.

Yes, I have another PC I can test it in, just haven't had the time. I was hoping just the PSU is having issues.