Is it my GPU or RAM?

Jackal65

Jackal65

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Hi everyone I am running a 3060 ti and got it from Woodware. I believe the GPU is still under warranty but I will have to check.

Here is the problem. On my Main and second screen I will black blocks around my Icons and folders and on my second Screen the background will disappear and become black. Then when I move my mouse over it, the back ground will become practically visible again. I have no viruses, driver is up to date. Bios is up to to date.

Can it be my RAM? The bigger problem it is intermittent. So am I due for the new Computer and GPU?
 
Sounds like it could be artifacts caused by a loose cable connection or faulty cable
 
Did you have a different GPU installed before that one? If so, which one?

You could try using DDU to fully uninstall all previous GPU drivers and then do a fresh install after a restart. May just be a driver conflict or something.

Otherwise try a different HDMI port on the GPU and/or screen.

Possibly a different cable as well.
 
airborne said:
Sounds like it could be artifacts caused by a loose cable connection or faulty cable
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This, and the second display is turning off because when it gets loose windows is confused about which is the primary display. Check by swapping cables or using different ports?
 
On Post the second display is the main display but I switch it around in windows itself. I will do all the recommended stuff like cable check, and driver update but good news is the GPU is still good 2 years on it so we have time.
 
1st step is check physical cabling/connectors and re-insert GPU and RAM.
Do ramtest to check after that.

Next is update GPU/Mainboard drivers.

If it still gives an issue try another GPU. If it works fine then it's a faulty GPU.
 
What happens when you open a word or excel document in full screen , or anything else ?
 
Longboi said:
1st step is check physical cabling/connectors and re-insert GPU and RAM.
Do ramtest to check after that.

Next is update GPU/Mainboard drivers.

If it still gives an issue try another GPU. If it works fine then it's a faulty GPU.
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Updating the GPU driver right now might be a bad idea apparently according to YouTube there might be something wrong with it not sure what yet but saw it on a short. Right now it seems to be working. It might have been a memory problem I am going to test that today.
 
Jackal46 said:
Updating the GPU driver right now might be a bad idea apparently according to YouTube there might be something wrong with it not sure what yet but saw it on a short. Right now it seems to be working. It might have been a memory problem I am going to test that today.
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I had this issue once with an RTX3070. It was a combination of a driver issue and Windows 10. It happened shortly after an upgrade from one GPU to another. I used a utility to remove the driver completely and then reinstalled the drivers from scratch. Never saw the issue again
 
Jackal46 said:
Updating the GPU driver right now might be a bad idea apparently according to YouTube there might be something wrong with it not sure what yet but saw it on a short. Right now it seems to be working. It might have been a memory problem I am going to test that today.
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Ag nee man.

Updating your GPU driver to the latest nVidia or Ryzen version is not a bad idea. The updates usually contain bugfixes and optimisations. Sometimes a previous update introduces a minor bug and the next Version fixes it (in addition to optimisations on both versions for newer games and OS's).
 
Does your CPU not have build-in graphics?
If so just remove the GPU and see if the issues disappear?
 
Jackal46 said:
Updating the GPU driver right now might be a bad idea apparently according to YouTube there might be something wrong with it not sure what yet but saw it on a short. Right now it seems to be working. It might have been a memory problem I am going to test that today.
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Bro it's not even April what's with the April Fool's pranks?
 
rather just spend R100k and buy a new PC :ROFL:

Or you can fault find. Try just one screen, replace HDMI cables, format PC and start again with a clean Windows copy, update drivers, etc etc etc.
 
Restart the PC in safe mode and see if the basic display driver behaves similarly. Work with the results from there
 
Soul Assassin said:
It gets installed by default now, I think as of 2 drivers ago.
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Can you not untick it from the install options or uninstall it afterwards like with geforce experience?

EDIT: Just had a look at the driver page,
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Did the following, used DDU to uninstall the driver. Installed just the driver from Nvidia. Same problem.
Plugged in a spare GPU I had 1080ti did the same thing? Plugged in other ram did the same thing. Ripped my m.2 out plugged it into another PC did the same thing. Can it be the m.2? Well will find that out as soon as the stores open next year I will then get a cheap m.2 from the store and install windows do a test then. I suspect it might be the mother board at first but once the m.2 did the same thing on another PC well I think I found my smoking gun. I think it is still under warranty.

Will phone the supplier in the new year find that out. But yea didn't think it was the M.2 until I tested it. Tested the GPU in a known Good PC and didn't make any trouble at all.
 
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