Possible graphics card failure?

2009-02-16 14:44:56

#1

aimless: Member; +166|6389|Texas

I was playing quake 3 today when all of a sudden everything on my computer froze. I thought it was just some random crash so after I rebooted I opened up quake again. This time the game wouldn't load and my computer froze on a black screen. After booting up again, the mobo graphic (gigabyte for me) had speckles of color all over it. The POST screen had the sigma sign all over it and now every time windows tries to load up it freezes.

I tried booting into safe mode and there are many anomalies on my screen, red/green/blue dots everywhere.

I have done absolutely nothing to my computer for the past month except add a few mp3s to it, it's an offline computer.

My card was overclocked to the 8800GT SC specs, (650Mhz core, etc.)

Specs:

Intel E6750 @ 3.2GHz
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
2GB Mushkin DD2-800
8800GT @ 650MHz
575w PSU
Sound Blaster Audigy SE
Three HDDS
1 DVD Drive

Is there anything else I can try to rule out a graphics card failure or could it be anything else?

2009-02-16 14:50:11

#2

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6678|Finland

My card was overclocked to the 8800GT SC specs, (650Mhz core, etc.)

did you set it to load those cloks automatically? flashed the gfx card with those clocks? sounds like oc failing ya.

edit: and brand of your PSU?

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2009-02-16 14:53:54)

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2009-02-16 14:58:15

#3

aimless: Member; +166|6389|Texas

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
My card was overclocked to the 8800GT SC specs, (650Mhz core, etc.)
did you set it to load those cloks automatically? flashed the gfx card with those clocks? sounds like oc failing ya.

edit: and brand of your PSU?

It was set to load the clocks when Windows started, through RivaTuner.

PSU is Broadway or some off brand. Could it be a PSU failure?

2009-02-16 14:59:10

#4

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6764|so randum

scale back the clock?

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2009-02-16 15:00:44

#5

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6678|Finland

aimless wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
My card was overclocked to the 8800GT SC specs, (650Mhz core, etc.)
did you set it to load those cloks automatically? flashed the gfx card with those clocks? sounds like oc failing ya.

edit: and brand of your PSU?
It was set to load the clocks when Windows started, through RivaTuner.

PSU is Broadway or some off brand. Could it be a PSU failure?

PSU or gfx card. I'm leaning towards your gfx card as its OC'ed.

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2009-02-16 15:03:38

#6

aimless: Member; +166|6389|Texas

FatherTed wrote:
scale back the clock?

I tried but the only way to get into windows is through safe mode and RivaTuner won't open up for me to change the clocks back.

I figured it couldn't be the overclock since evga sells the card at this speed. Also I had the fan run stock at 70% and it never went over 80°C in any game.

2009-02-16 15:05:20

#7

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6678|Finland

It doesn't matter that EVGA sells hand picked 8800GT at those clocks... and CPU back to stock. Another possible fault. remove rivatuner in safe mode.

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2009-02-16 15:05:56

#8

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6764|so randum

aimless wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
scale back the clock?
I tried but the only way to get into windows is through safe mode and RivaTuner won't open up for me to change the clocks back.

I figured it couldn't be the overclock since evga sells the card at this speed. Also I had the fan run stock at 70% and it never went over 80°C in any game.

I might be wildly wrong, but isn't 80c with 70% fan quite high?

Swear my 4850 only hits 70c on full load with 40% fan

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2009-02-16 15:07:30

#9

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6678|Finland

FatherTed wrote:
aimless wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
scale back the clock?
I tried but the only way to get into windows is through safe mode and RivaTuner won't open up for me to change the clocks back.

I figured it couldn't be the overclock since evga sells the card at this speed. Also I had the fan run stock at 70% and it never went over 80°C in any game.
I might be wildly wrong, but isn't 80c with 70% fan quite high?

Swear my 4850 only hits 70c on full load with 40% fan

nah it depends a lot of the fan/heatsink design etc. for example my 8800GTX loads at 88c at 100% fan speed but its still hardly audible as the fan is awsome

edit: for comparison try running your HD 4850 fan at 100%... might not be very silent

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2009-02-16 15:09:37)

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2009-02-16 15:14:40

#10

aimless: Member; +166|6389|Texas

Yeah the card is rated to 100c so I figured 80 was still safe.

Reverting to stock cpu clocks did nothing. RivaTuner uninstalled in safe mode, reboot, still no.

2009-02-16 15:16:00

#11

r2zoo: Knowledge is power, guard it well; +126|6860|Michigan, USA

FatherTed wrote:
aimless wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
scale back the clock?
I tried but the only way to get into windows is through safe mode and RivaTuner won't open up for me to change the clocks back.

I figured it couldn't be the overclock since evga sells the card at this speed. Also I had the fan run stock at 70% and it never went over 80°C in any game.
I might be wildly wrong, but isn't 80c with 70% fan quite high?

Swear my 4850 only hits 70c on full load with 40% fan

Hardly, My old 7600GT went in the 70-80 range under load normally with 50-70% fan. The 8 series tended to run a bit warmer if I recall properly.

That said I've run a 7300GT at 112C for a few hours with a burntout fan. Depends on how the card is built and how your case airflow works

On topic, sounds like the card for sure, given the evidence(underload, overclocked, etc at time of failure). PSU would generally throw you into a reboot or shutoff, or at least in my experience. Fan still perfectly operational on the card? A blown fan has killed a couple of my previous cards.

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2009-02-16 15:16:41

#12

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6678|Finland

aimless wrote:
Yeah the card is rated to 100c so I figured 80 was still safe.

Reverting to stock cpu clocks did nothing. RivaTuner uninstalled in safe mode, reboot, still no.

reseat the gfx card....
if your PSU has another PCI-E 6-pin connector... switch to that

edit: and run memtest too...

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2009-02-16 15:17:25)

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2009-02-16 15:42:25

#13

aimless: Member; +166|6389|Texas

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
aimless wrote:
Yeah the card is rated to 100c so I figured 80 was still safe.

Reverting to stock cpu clocks did nothing. RivaTuner uninstalled in safe mode, reboot, still no.
reseat the gfx card....
if your PSU has another PCI-E 6-pin connector... switch to that

edit: and run memtest too...

Reseating was the first thing I tried, and I only have one 6pin connector.

Memtest complete with 0 errors.

2009-02-16 15:49:01

#14

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6678|Finland

do you have any other gfx card around? even some old pci one?

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2009-02-16 16:01:40

#15

aimless: Member; +166|6389|Texas

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
do you have any other gfx card around? even some old pci one?

If I did I would have tried replacing it :\

I sent in an RMA to evga, I think my card is still under warranty.

2009-02-16 16:04:39

#16

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6678|Finland

ya its very likely the card being faulty... sucks but hopefully you get it working with new one.

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2009-02-16 16:42:36

#17

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aimless wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
do you have any other gfx card around? even some old pci one?
If I did I would have tried replacing it :\

I sent in an RMA to evga, I think my card is still under warranty.

IF you registered, you'd have a lifetime warranty.

Worst thing I hate about some EVGA customers.

"WAAAAAAAAA I CAN HAS CARD FOR FREE I NOT REGISTERED WAAAAAAAAAA"

2009-02-16 18:46:19

#18

aimless: Member; +166|6389|Texas

The first thing I did when I plugged in the card was register

I just noticed that after having my computer off for several hours, the num pad lock light was still lit on my keyboard. The computer was definately off and not in standby or hibernate. Light went out after pulling the psu power cord. Could this give more evidence to a psu problem?

2009-02-16 20:06:20

#19

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6263|The Mitten

aimless wrote:
The first thing I did when I plugged in the card was register

I just noticed that after having my computer off for several hours, the num pad lock light was still lit on my keyboard. The computer was definately off and not in standby or hibernate. Light went out after pulling the psu power cord. Could this give more evidence to a psu problem?

Or a Mobo issue, maybe....

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2009-02-16 20:10:26

#20

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6831|NYC / Hamburg

Did you ever try dropping the clocks?

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2009-02-16 20:17:52

#21

aimless: Member; +166|6389|Texas

max wrote:
Did you ever try dropping the clocks?

Yes I dropped the clocks of the cpu and gpu back to stock. Didn't touch memory timings either.

2009-02-16 20:54:19

#22

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|6980

reset the bios battery maybe?

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2009-02-16 20:59:36

#23

aimless: Member; +166|6389|Texas

[TUF]Catbox wrote:
reset the bios battery maybe?

I've restored the bios to failsafe defauts and then optimized defaults if that's the same as resetting.

Last edited by aimless (2009-02-16 20:59:55)

2009-02-16 22:14:32

#24

KuSTaV: noice; +947|6775|Gold Coast

This happened with my Leadtek Winfast 8800GTX.

Got an ASUS ENGTX260 to replace

Is there any dust or dirt around it?

noice

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2009-02-17 00:43:15

#25

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6831|NYC / Hamburg

aimless wrote:
The first thing I did when I plugged in the card was register

I just noticed that after having my computer off for several hours, the num pad lock light was still lit on my keyboard. The computer was definately off and not in standby or hibernate. Light went out after pulling the psu power cord. Could this give more evidence to a psu problem?

not really. Many mobos supply the keyboard with power, even when the PC is off so that you can turn the PC on with a certain key combination

I'd just RMA the card. While possible, I doubt that it's a PSU problem. If the PSU is so broken that it can deliver enough power for the GPU in safe mode, you'd also experience problems with your other components due to a lack of power

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