One day I was gaming, Going good, no issues for over 6 months with an SLI set up, and then my computer froze, and turned off. when I tried to start it back up, It took a very long time to load up, almost 4 times longer than normal. When it did, the desktop resolution looked like 800x600 with little blue dots on the top 2/3s of the monitor and the precision x saying basically "incorrect hardware" and windows default drivers trying to install but failing everytime. Started trouble shooting (swapping cards, uninstalling/reinstalling drivers, changing cords and monitors) and realize that my original EVGA 780 SC, that I had purchased the February after their release, was the issue. The second one I had purchased in February of this year, Loaded up windows just fine with no dots or anything. After a few more swaps, the Dots changed to lines (if i can attach a picture, I will attach a similar looking picture, I seem to have lost my own pictures) Tried contacting EVGA with no luck, just a referral to check this forum out. I did fins the reflow method, and tried it. I really don't think I left it in for long enough, but It seemed to work a little better until a driver install restart, that took it back to the "broken" stage.
My question is, Should I try again? Reflow it for closer to 10 minutes or just give up and continue playing on one card, like I have been for a few months now? I realize that SLI isn't all that supported anymore, but I did notice an almost double frame jump when I was running both.
The rest of my hardware is as follows ( can be more specific if needed)
i5-7600k factory clock
16gb G.skill Ram
Msi SLI PLUS z270 Mobo
EVGA supernova 750w
EVGA 780 SC ACX2.0 3GB 1x now, 2x at time of failure.
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