Video card fried?

2009-08-30 15:15:24

#1

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

Earlier today I was in the other room (from where my computer is located) listening to music off of it when I heard it start to skip and stutter. I went into my studio to see what was causing the music to skip and saw the monitor was in sleep mode. I figured the computer had started to go into hibernate while the music was playing and caused it to skip. Even after hitting a few keys and moving the mouse the screen doesn't come back on for over a minute, when it finally does it's the blue screen of death telling me there was an error with my display device.

Upon rebooting the computer I found all the loading screens riddle with grey dots. I was also met with an error stating that it was unable to run "bootmngr" and that I had to restart. It was only after I removed my two auxiliary hard drives that the OS finally was able to boot. The OS loaded in the lowest resolution possible and a quick search into Device Manager shows that while my card is still detected it has been disabled by Windows because it was causing errors.

I've tried rolling back to older drivers, as well as updating to the newest ones, and even simply unplugging and re-installing the card.

Any ideas how to fix this or why it happened, or is the card completely shot?

Also, any idea what was wrong with the other hard drives or why the would keep the primary drive from booting the OS?

Help

edit: It also looks like the ram timings may be off too, could it be a motherboard issue if it is effecting so many devices?

Specs:

GPU - 8800 GTS G92
CPU - Q6600
RAM - 4x2GB DDR2 800
HDD - (primary) WD 250GB 7200RPM
- (secondary) WD 1TB 7200RPM
- (secondary) Seagate 250GB 7200RPM
PSU - Silverstone 750W

More details can be found here.

Last edited by OmniDeath (2009-08-31 09:53:55)

2009-08-30 15:45:36

#2

CrazeD: Member; +368|6933|Maine

The rest of your problems doesn't sound atypical to video card failure.

However, the grey dots could be faulty VRAM.

2009-08-30 15:48:49

#3

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

I'm taking my card to a friends to test it on a different machine in a bit. If it's fine then I'm leaning towards it being a motherboard issue since so many things were effected.

2009-08-30 15:49:50

#4

alexb: <3; +590|6200|Kentucky, USA

OmniDeath wrote:
motherboard issue

Especially if your RAM timings recently changed.

2009-08-30 23:05:45

#5

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

OmniDeath wrote:
I'm taking my card to a friends to test it on a different machine in a bit. If it's fine then I'm leaning towards it being a motherboard issue since so many things were effected.

The video card had the same errors even when used on a different build. That doesn't explain why everything else is messed up, or what caused it. Any ideas?

2009-08-31 04:52:01

#6

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6642|the land of bourbon

is your pc plugged into a power surge protector? i've seen a pc get messed up because of a power surge, and it started having all sorts of weird problems.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/36e1d9e36ae924048a933db90fb05bb247fe315e.png

2009-08-31 09:05:31

#7

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

steelie34 wrote:
is your pc plugged into a power surge protector? i've seen a pc get messed up because of a power surge, and it started having all sorts of weird problems.

I thought the power strip I was using had built in surge protection but upon searching the model online, I'm finding no proof of this.

Would that mean everything is fubar?

2009-08-31 09:21:29

#8

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6951|Devon, England

Power Surges aren't exactly a common occurrence, though.

Do you have a spare GPU to try in your system?

2009-08-31 09:29:57

#9

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6675|Finland

All specs please. But removing the two HDDs = boot sounds like problems on PSU front. Or PSU going bad has damaged gfx too.

e:
reset cmos
memtest
chdisk
different power and sata cable to HDDs
different sata connectors on mobo
one stick of ram
bla bla bla...

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2009-08-31 09:32:49)

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2009-08-31 09:45:36

#10

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

FFLink wrote:
Power Surges aren't exactly a common occurrence, though.

Do you have a spare GPU to try in your system?

I have a friend's I could use, but I'm hesitant to put it in and risk damaging his till I have a better idea of what caused mine to fuck up.

2009-08-31 09:52:28

#11

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
All specs please.

GPU - 8800 GTS G92
CPU - Q6600
RAM - 4x2GB DDR2 800
HDD - (primary) WD 250GB 7200RPM
- (secondary) WD 1TB 7200RPM
- (secondary) Seagate 250GB 7200RPM
PSU - Silverstone 750W

More details can be found here.

2009-08-31 15:44:26

#12

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
All specs please. But removing the two HDDs = boot sounds like problems on PSU front. Or PSU going bad has damaged gfx too.

e:
reset cmos
different power and sata cable to HDDs
different sata connectors on mobo (all the sata connectors were in use to begin with)
one stick of ram

I've tried these steps to no avail.

2009-09-01 06:19:39

#13

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6642|the land of bourbon

power surges might not be common, but they do happen. you're going to have to swap out the vid card to see if it's a mobo or gpu issue. maybe it will help, re-seating your cards isn't necessarily a bad thing.

2009-09-01 14:39:46

#14

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

steelie34 wrote:
power surges might not be common, but they do happen. you're going to have to swap out the vid card to see if it's a mobo or gpu issue. maybe it will help, re-seating your cards isn't necessarily a bad thing.

How will that help prove which it is? I've already tried the card in another tower and it has the same issue. Putting in a working card won't solve the ram or hard drive issues.

2009-09-02 11:12:07

#15

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6642|the land of bourbon

OmniDeath wrote:
steelie34 wrote:
power surges might not be common, but they do happen. you're going to have to swap out the vid card to see if it's a mobo or gpu issue. maybe it will help, re-seating your cards isn't necessarily a bad thing.
How will that help prove which it is? I've already tried the card in another tower and it has the same issue. Putting in a working card won't solve the ram or hard drive issues.

it will just help narrow down what needs to be replaced and what still works. if you're having multiple issues, it probably was some sort of power surge.

2009-09-03 09:01:27

#16

nickb64: formerly from OC (it's EXACTLY like on tv)[truth]; +77|5871|Greatest Nation on Earth(USA)

So, I was looking at the old thread, and I thought this quote might relate to your problems, but idk, as I'm not that skilled with tech issues:

aimless wrote:
Reciprocity wrote:
I was looking at the amp ratings for you GPU, says on the evga site that it requires a 12v rail @26amps. the 12v rails on your PSU are only rated @18amps. that may or may not cause a problem.
I don't think it will cause a problem. My 12V lines are only rated 18A and the 8800GT recommends 24A or some outrageous number. My computer runs fine, never crashed due to any video card problems.

2009-09-03 10:29:28

#17

woodrot: I Need A Dump; +25|6991|sunderland england

Does your screen look similar to mine in this thread ? http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=128615
if so its bad vram ull need another card m8

Last edited by woodrot (2009-09-03 10:30:09)

2009-09-03 14:32:05

#18

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

woodrot wrote:
Does your screen look similar to mine in this thread ? http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=128615
if so its bad vram ull need another card m8

Pretty much. Did you ever find out what caused your card to go bad? When mine went it seems to have screwed up a few other components as well.

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