Gtx 680 Graphics card problem

villanut

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Hi All,

I'm hoping someone can offer me some advice,about 2 weeks ago my son knocked a drink over that went on my pc.
I turned it off quickly and opened it up but some had gone inside and was on the top of the gpu,I cleaned off what I could and made sure it was dry before turning it back on and wasn't expecting it to work again.

To my surprise everything worked fine and I thought it had been my lucky day,but about a week later the pc crashed,I didn't see a blue screen or anything as the screen went off but after installing who's crashed it says it's a Nvidia driver error.

This has since happened several times and I'm at the stage where I want to be sure it's the card before I buy another.

The things I've tried to get to the bottom of the problem are-uninstalling the drivers,removing completely with Driver Sweeper and installing the latest drivers.
I've taken the card out checked it over (I found out some milk residue is still on the card, I removed what I could and put the card back in)

I've never had this problem before the spill so is this as simple as the card is now faulty?
Also I should point out the card doesn't overheat whilst using it,is there anything else I can do to make sure it's a faulty card before buying another or is it fairly safe to assume it's the card?

This is the Who crashed report-



crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\032813-20623-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: nvlddmkm.sys (nvlddmkm+0x9336AC)
Bugcheck code: 0x116 (0xFFFFFA8013F90010, 0xFFFFF880095E36AC, 0xFFFFFFFFC000009A, 0x4)
Error: VIDEO_TDR_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys
product: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 314.22
company: NVIDIA Corporation
description: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 314.22
Bug check description: This indicates that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 314.22 , NVIDIA Corporation).
Google query: NVIDIA Corporation VIDEO_TDR_ERROR




 

imomun

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Yes it looks like 99% the card has developed some internal fault becuse of liquid even if it was milk :)

Theres 1% chance it could be the PSU. If you have another PC you can use or borrow, you could also try the graphics card in another PC would be the best way to test the card.

I would get this as soon as replaced as I dont want this problem leed me in to defects in any other pc components.

Dont run it to be safe, electronic components are all linked together so the disease (fault) can affect others (PC Parts).

Hopeully the new card will ressolve your issue unless the card has already transfered the fault in to other parts of your PC.

Also do check the Motherboard & Rams with magnifying glass to find any more possible milk splash.

Thanks