Hi Everyone,
I've got a PCS desktop only 8 months old running a Palit GeForce GTX 980 Super JetStream with 16GB of memory, i7-5820 CPU. Windows 8.1 (though I have had the same problems in 10 before reverting back to 8).
Up to a few weeks ago everything was fine, then I started getting this error: first the monitor input disappears followed a second or so later by the sound. The PC does not reboot itself and things like the DVD drive still open and close but I need to cycle the power before the machine can do anything.
To begin with I would get this after several (5-6) hours of playing anything (principally Civ 5 via Steam, but also Hearthstone). Now it appears after just a few minutes, or is even instant with lots of games (Tomb Raider, Batman Arkham City, SimCity). Nothing else seems to recreate the error, though, including some serious GPU-heavy 3D rendering (Daz 3D / LuxRender), and other heavy memory users like digital audio workstations. Just games seem to do it. Happens using Steam, Battle.net and Origin, all of them.
I have got the latest NVidia drivers. Temperatures are absolutely fine before the error, which happens even if my machine has just been switched on and I run a game. Windows isn't saving a crash dump that I can see.
Any help will be gratefully received!
Stuart
I've got a PCS desktop only 8 months old running a Palit GeForce GTX 980 Super JetStream with 16GB of memory, i7-5820 CPU. Windows 8.1 (though I have had the same problems in 10 before reverting back to 8).
Up to a few weeks ago everything was fine, then I started getting this error: first the monitor input disappears followed a second or so later by the sound. The PC does not reboot itself and things like the DVD drive still open and close but I need to cycle the power before the machine can do anything.
To begin with I would get this after several (5-6) hours of playing anything (principally Civ 5 via Steam, but also Hearthstone). Now it appears after just a few minutes, or is even instant with lots of games (Tomb Raider, Batman Arkham City, SimCity). Nothing else seems to recreate the error, though, including some serious GPU-heavy 3D rendering (Daz 3D / LuxRender), and other heavy memory users like digital audio workstations. Just games seem to do it. Happens using Steam, Battle.net and Origin, all of them.
I have got the latest NVidia drivers. Temperatures are absolutely fine before the error, which happens even if my machine has just been switched on and I run a game. Windows isn't saving a crash dump that I can see.
Any help will be gratefully received!
Stuart
