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| Processor | Intel Core i7 9700KF @4.4 |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | Gigabyte Z390M Gaming |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-U9S / NA-FC1+Noctua and Be Quiet! Fans |
| Memory | Corsair LPX DDR4 32GB 3200MHZ |
| Video Card(s) | Asus Dual RTX 3060 12GB |
| Storage | Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVMe |
| Display(s) | MSI G244F + Dell P1914S |
| Case | Be Quiet! Pure Base 500 Black |
| Audio Device(s) | A] Onboard > Logitech Z623 B] Denon DRA-295 > JM Lab Cobalt 810 |
| Power Supply | EVGA G+ 650W with APC 1400VA UPS |
| Mouse | Asus Strix Carry + Corsair MM300 |
| Keyboard | Ducky One 2 TKL MX Silver |
| Software | Win 10 64Bit |
So i was playing a game with SLI, and i noticed odd black flashes randomly occurring on screen. I just kind of ignored it and kept playing as it was only visual and nothing more. But of course i was intrigued/worried.
Then after that gaming session i came back into the same game and the black flashes were worse now, and i was only on the main menu, and now the game has crashed and i had to hit ctrl+alt+dlt to quit the game.
I ran Valley Benchmark and whilst doing that my screen was all green colored, and i thought one or both of my GPU's might be damaged.
So i disabled SLI, tested with one card, and all was working normal. Then i tested the second card on its own after i swapped out the first card and it too was working fine. So i was happy my cards were ok. But with both running together in SLI, my system now restarted itself when i tried to run Valley.
So i gave things a rest and tried to run Valley in SLI later that night. Things were now working ok, so i decided to wiggle my SLI bridge where it connects to the first GPU, and as i did that the image on my screen would flicker, so i then knew that my SLI bridge must be faulty. Hence when using SLI, and sending data between the two cards through a faulty bridge, problems were occurring.
Thats when i found a brand new spare bridge in my spare parts box, connected it, tested SLI, no issues, i even wiggled the bridge whilst running Valley, but now there was no screen flickering, and everything was running smooth.
So in all the years i have used SLI, i have not had a bridge become faulty, or worn out. But hey now i can say i have. I wonder if it just got worn out somehow, i mean they are kinda flimsy, just a simple ribbon cable with a connector on either end. But i also wonder if because the bridge is next to where hot air is vented out of my video cards, if that hot air blowing on the bridge caused it to become worn out in some capacity?
Either way this was an interesting lesson. And luckily i bought one of the fancy Nvidia SLI Bridges about a week ago to use in my system, so that should be here in the next day or so, so i hope that a solid bridge will be more durable compared to the regular ribbon style of bridges ive been using previously.
Then after that gaming session i came back into the same game and the black flashes were worse now, and i was only on the main menu, and now the game has crashed and i had to hit ctrl+alt+dlt to quit the game.
I ran Valley Benchmark and whilst doing that my screen was all green colored, and i thought one or both of my GPU's might be damaged.
So i disabled SLI, tested with one card, and all was working normal. Then i tested the second card on its own after i swapped out the first card and it too was working fine. So i was happy my cards were ok. But with both running together in SLI, my system now restarted itself when i tried to run Valley.
So i gave things a rest and tried to run Valley in SLI later that night. Things were now working ok, so i decided to wiggle my SLI bridge where it connects to the first GPU, and as i did that the image on my screen would flicker, so i then knew that my SLI bridge must be faulty. Hence when using SLI, and sending data between the two cards through a faulty bridge, problems were occurring.
Thats when i found a brand new spare bridge in my spare parts box, connected it, tested SLI, no issues, i even wiggled the bridge whilst running Valley, but now there was no screen flickering, and everything was running smooth.
So in all the years i have used SLI, i have not had a bridge become faulty, or worn out. But hey now i can say i have. I wonder if it just got worn out somehow, i mean they are kinda flimsy, just a simple ribbon cable with a connector on either end. But i also wonder if because the bridge is next to where hot air is vented out of my video cards, if that hot air blowing on the bridge caused it to become worn out in some capacity?
Either way this was an interesting lesson. And luckily i bought one of the fancy Nvidia SLI Bridges about a week ago to use in my system, so that should be here in the next day or so, so i hope that a solid bridge will be more durable compared to the regular ribbon style of bridges ive been using previously.
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