GPU busy dying?

CamiKaze

CamiKaze

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I am getting some strange artifacts on my Sapphire HD7950 lately.

The pc used to boot into windows, after 2 hours or so, the pc freezes and makes a strange sound.

I then try to reboot and I have all these colours/artifacts on the screen.

I removed my card and plugged the hdmi cable into my motherboard and everything seems fine.

Put the graphics card back in and the colours/artifacts start to display again. It doesn't even boot into Windows, it goes straight to the bios.
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Yup,that's a dying Graphics card.

Baking works,but it just prolongs the inevitable.
Also with every bake,the duration of it working properly becomes shorter.
 
CamiKaze said:
The pc used to boot into windows, after 2 hours or so, the pc freezes and makes a strange sound.
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strange sound would generally be a power supply related issue.. if the sound you hear is a high pitched whine or squeal I would look into the power supply as well.. maybe that it is just passed its age in providing sufficient power to the graphics card..
 
WAslayer said:
strange sound would generally be a power supply related issue.. if the sound you hear is a high pitched whine or squeal I would look into the power supply as well.. maybe that it is just passed its age in providing sufficient power to the graphics card..
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The sound does not come from the PC case but from the speakers of the Home Theatre system that it is connected to.

It's an 850w PSU.
 
CamiKaze said:
The sound does not come from the PC case but from the speakers of the Home Theatre system that it is connected to.

It's an 850w PSU.
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okay, that makes the sound completely irrelevant to the issue and only leaves a dying gfx card.. the way you phrased it made it sound like it comes from the PC..
 
WAslayer said:
okay, that makes the sound completely irrelevant to the issue and only leaves a dying gfx card.. the way you phrased it made it sound like it comes from the PC..
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Sorry I typed the whole thing on Tapatalk so my text is a bit crappy.
 
Artifacts can mean your capacitors are dying. Check the card for swelled/boiled out caps. Happened to an old Radeon card I had, replaced the caps and got some useful life out of it (just keep in mind hobby grade caps are not meant for such high frequency so expect about 6 months)
 
gertvanjoe said:
Ok OP what did you do
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I just took it out and it's laying on the couch. I bought a 1080ti and should hopefully get it by mid Feb.

I just didn't expect my card to go out that way. Thought it was immortal.
 
CamiKaze said:
I just took it out and it's laying on the couch. I bought a 1080ti and should hopefully get it by mid Feb.

I just didn't expect my card to go out that way. Thought it was immortal.
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Ja today my gpu (old af) also proved it is not immortal. Yesterday get my first bsod in like win 7 existence, today pc kept on crashing. So I suspect either one of the two hottie fans died and lo and behold gpu fan kaput. So now I'm running on onboard gfx till I can source a fan.
 
CamiKaze said:
I just took it out and it's laying on the couch. I bought a 1080ti and should hopefully get it by mid Feb.

I just didn't expect my card to go out that way. Thought it was immortal.
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Nice upgrade!

I'm busy waiting for my 2600k to die...
 
I have the same issue on my R9 280x, think it had enough of my **** now

All seriousness, GPU's have a fairly limited lifespan, it's probably time for me to replace my GPU.
 
Tested it on my brothers PC, the GPU is f'cked.
Time to move on. :cry:

Can't get a damn 1080ti in this country thanks to all the miners.
Will wait for the 2080ti probably but need something in the meantime.
 
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