THANKS! I got a EVGA and Gigabyte 970, and this got them to SLI together ! BF4 on a 144hz monitor with vsync on is so smooth!
PS: I'm on win10 and it wasn't working at first but I noticed it made a new nvlddmkm.sys in the folder with the patch. So I just copied the new file to the...
I placed the heatsink on the VRMs, I moved the computer into its place, I turned it on and it shorted, opened the case the heatsink metal was touching the circuit due to the adhesive not adhering. I guess "fell onto" was not the best phrasing to use, more like "slid off".
Not my exact card but this is the same model (literally no damage can be seen at all on mine, looked with a magnifying glass). After examining it closer last night I found some kind of residue on the VRMs that I think was left frorm the stock thermal pads that was causing the adhesive not to...