- Sep 2, 2013
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Hey guys, I was wondering if my graphic card has been fried. I was playing a game (minecraft) today morning, when my laptop screen froze, bunch of black dots appeared, the entire screen blinked couple times, and game turned unresponsive, with everything coming back to normal. I thought that was weird and started the game again, when same thing happened. But this time everything did not go back to normal, and BSOD appeared with the message: VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE.
Laptop then rebooted, and bunch of lines appeared on the screen that freaked me out. Here's a photo I took:
Windows then attempted system restore, which didn't work. I turned off my laptop at this point and turned it back on after waiting for about two hours. It turned on normally, with no dark spots, and I used it for about three hours. All I did during those three hours was listening to music via VLC and writing with Microsoft Word. Then same thing happened again - black dots, Video_Tdr_Failure, laptop restarting, and so on. This time after system restore for about 40 minutes (or automatic repair) the lines went away.
Is my card fried? I mean, if it's fried, how am I using it right now? But if it isn't fried, is there any way to stop this?
My laptop's spec is as follows:
VAIO VGN-FW490, bought September 2009
Windows 8 64-bit
4GB Ram
Mobile Intel Core 2 Duo P8700
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650, 1GB GDDR3
Both CPU and GPU idles at around 50 - 55C. Checked using gpu-z and Core Temp
Laptop then rebooted, and bunch of lines appeared on the screen that freaked me out. Here's a photo I took:
Windows then attempted system restore, which didn't work. I turned off my laptop at this point and turned it back on after waiting for about two hours. It turned on normally, with no dark spots, and I used it for about three hours. All I did during those three hours was listening to music via VLC and writing with Microsoft Word. Then same thing happened again - black dots, Video_Tdr_Failure, laptop restarting, and so on. This time after system restore for about 40 minutes (or automatic repair) the lines went away.
Is my card fried? I mean, if it's fried, how am I using it right now? But if it isn't fried, is there any way to stop this?
My laptop's spec is as follows:
VAIO VGN-FW490, bought September 2009
Windows 8 64-bit
4GB Ram
Mobile Intel Core 2 Duo P8700
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650, 1GB GDDR3
Both CPU and GPU idles at around 50 - 55C. Checked using gpu-z and Core Temp
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