im running windows 8.1; i havent had any of these issues;
Im running 3 980 EVGA's with 3 ROG's;
I have found that windows 7 has the worst support in new hardware. It might work, but it doesnt work well. Once i went to windows 8.1 w/up everything worked so much better.
The only issue i have had, it now that i have the ROG's it takes about 2 minutes for the computer to shut down. Meaning, it sits at a black screen for 2 min before the PC turns off. This only started when i got the ROG's nothing else changed. I just live with it.