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desertwinds

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Hi guys! I'm coming here in search for your help. First I'll add my comp specs.

Motherboard: AsRock z77 Extreme 4-M
Processor: Intel i5 3570k
Ram: 8 GB Corsair 1600 MHZ
Hard Disk: 500 GB Sata III
Graphic Card: EVGA gtx 670


If you guys need anything else to know tell me.
Alright so I got this computer by January and around March the graphic card broke and I had to RMA it. A week ago it happened again, I was playing Borderlands 2 when all of a sudden my monitor went black and everything stopped, except for the card's fan which went at full speed; but luckily all I had to do this time was change the pci slot where the card was and it started working again. Today it happened one more time, this time playing Neverwinter, but there is no change in the card if I use a different slot or not, the card just turns on it's fans at full speed and no display.

Also I have been keeping track of the card's temperature constantly since the first RMA and I must say that it never went hotter than 69° Celsius

What do you guys think? Is there something I can do or do I have to RMA this one too?

Thanks in advance.
 
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That 12v voltage fluctuation seems to be within acceptable limits, although just due to the fact that it's an...
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Seems like if all you had to do to fix the first crash was change the slot where the card is seated, I would suggest that it's not the cards, it's likely the motherboard. Unfortunately, there's no "easy" way to test this...
 
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desertwinds

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Ah I see Neospiral. Well the people from EVGA answered me and they said that my previous card was totally fine. So yeah its definitely either my motherboard or my PSU. One thing they mentioned was something about my 12v rails spiking above 12.5v could be a problem. So I started monitoring my 12v rails and it goes from 12.355 to 12.408 every now and then. A friend of mine just checked my PSU and he told me that this one wasn't completely new, it seems that it was repaired and sold to me as new. Could this be the source problem? Any suggestions on how could I test either the motherboard or the PSU?

Thanks for your answer.
 
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That 12v voltage fluctuation seems to be within acceptable limits, although just due to the fact that it's an incredibly easy thing to do, you might want to try a different power supply before doing anything else. If you go buy a PSU tester it won't really tell you anything other than whether the individual rails are supplying power. I really think it's the motherboard, though. The north and south bridges of most motherboards are on somewhat separate circuits, which would tend to explain how your PCIe slots could be wonky but you've seen no odd behavior out of your CPU or RAM.
 
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