Is my video card a paper weight now?

2010-10-08 23:08:14

#1

A12345: Member; +77|6713

8800gts 320mb
windows 7

started artifacting on desktop, device manager came up saying hardware was being installed (dont know why, ive been running all my hardware for a few weeks in windows 7 and before that for nearly four years with vista), pc shuts down

i start it back up and on boot it has this weird pattern of a stacked "+-" next to a "v", also a "h" made up of "/"s followed by "1/4"

so it looks like +-v h 1/4 repeating, which fills up the right half of the screen, it runs through the startup before the os flashes, when the os comes up the -+v h 1/4 goes away and i get about four vertical columns of broken blue lines filling the screen, the os starts its load then black screen and nothing

i can boot into safe mode, but the blue lines still show up, uninstalled the latest drivers and reinstalled and still the same deal

dont have another card to test out, will try reseating and cleaning tomorrow, so in the mean time what do you guys think, card dead? bake it? suggestions? goodnight

2010-10-08 23:18:08

#2

CC-Marley: Member; +407|7072

dead

2010-10-09 02:42:37

#3

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7015|PNW

Should still meet most mfg warranties if you didn't overclock beyond allowed specs.

2010-10-09 12:11:42

#4

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7087|Reykjavík, Iceland.

And if it isn't still in warranty, put it in the oven at 200°C for 10 minutes. Seriously.

2010-10-09 12:55:00

#5

A12345: Member; +77|6713

nothing helped, out of warranty, hello oven

2010-10-09 13:14:22

#6

Brasso: member; +1,549|6874

Sydney wrote:
And if it isn't still in warranty, put it in the oven at 200°C for 10 minutes. Seriously.

this

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1421792

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2010-10-09 13:43:23

#7

GR34: Member; +215|6788|ALBERTA> CANADA

IF its dead and not under warranty what do you have to lose by putting it in the oven?

Why can I never spell correctly

Last edited by GR34 (2010-10-09 13:45:47)

2010-10-09 14:33:05

#8

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7015|PNW

A12345 wrote:
nothing helped, out of warranty, hello oven

That's kind of unusual for a relatively recent card, unless you forgot to register it (or overclocked the crap out of it). I was able to RMA my BFG Tech 6800U/OC for years.

2010-10-09 14:48:08

#9

A12345: Member; +77|6713

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
That's kind of unusual for a relatively recent card, unless you forgot to register it (or overclocked the crap out of it). I was able to RMA my BFG Tech 6800U/OC for years.

unfortunately i missed the registration period so im out of luck there

been doing so many things today, just started baking, will have results in an hour or so

Last edited by A12345 (2010-10-09 15:12:37)

2010-10-09 17:14:00

#10

A12345: Member; +77|6713

wow crazy i baked it for about 9 minutes at 392F and it works perfectly now, unbelievable

i still need to get some paste for the gpu though, so i wont be running it full on until i get some

Last edited by A12345 (2010-10-09 17:18:08)

2010-10-09 17:29:33

#11

Brasso: member; +1,549|6874

A12345 wrote:
wow crazy i baked it for about 9 minutes at 392F and it works perfectly now, unbelievable

i still need to get some paste for the gpu though, so i wont be running it full on until i get some

that's fucking amazing, yet another success story

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2010-10-09 17:34:11