Hey Job. I figured out the problem. It turns out that the latest driver update for the gtx 970 gpu was causing this problem. I rolled back to the previous version and everything works fine now. Thanks for the help.
Hello Denys. I figured out the problem. It turns out that the latest driver update for the gtx 970 gpu was causing this problem. I rolled back to the previous version and everything works fine now. I appreciate your help!