Hi,
In the last few days, I experienced PC freeze with video artifacts, at random. It will freeze while surfing web, watching youtube, playing some games (not high-end games), or simply by wandering around (i.e. it froze up when I clicked properties on a folder).
I have a 8800GT card, since 2008. The PSU is 550W since 2010. Everything worked perfect since like 2 days ago. Now I'm praying it won't freeze before I finish writing this.
I installed FurMark. Any test I run, the PC will freeze in less than 10 seconds. The GPU temperature goes over 70deg C, but normally the temperature is around 64 (only by wandering around windows, no web, no youtube, no games, no movies).
Here is a file snapshot of GPU-Z sensor log, right before a freeze:
Date , GPU Core Clock [MHz] , GPU Memory Clock [MHz] , GPU Shader Clock [MHz] , GPU Temperature [°C] , PCB Temperature [°C] , GPU Temperature [°C] , PCB Temperature [°C] , Fan Speed (%) [%] , Fan Speed (RPM) [RPM] , Memory Used [MB] , GPU Load [%] , Memory Controller Load [%] , Video Engine Load [%] , VDDC [V] ,
2013-10-18 21:47:23 , 601.7 , 900.0 , 1512.0 , 63.0 , 45.0 , 55.5 , 45.3 , 30 , 1444 , 135 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1.0500 ,
2013-10-18 21:47:24 , 601.7 , 900.0 , 1512.0 , 63.0 , 45.0 , 55.5 , 45.3 , 30 , 1447 , 135 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1.0500 ,
2013-10-18 21:47:25 , 601.7 , 900.0 , 1512.0 , 63.0 , 45.0 , 55.5 , 45.5 , 30 , 1442 , 141 , 2 , 1 , 0 , 1.0500 ,
As you can see, almost no change. The temperature was 64deg C.
I opened the PC case and cleaned video card of any dust, cleaned the cooler also.
In my opinion, either the video card or the PSU are faulty. The question is... how to investigate which one? I don't have any other card or PSU to replace and test, and I can't get either one in the next few days, just for a test. Any idea on how to proceed, I would be grateful for!
GPU-Z:
http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/10/18/4cq.png
GPU-Z sensors:
http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/10/18/2uy.png
In the last few days, I experienced PC freeze with video artifacts, at random. It will freeze while surfing web, watching youtube, playing some games (not high-end games), or simply by wandering around (i.e. it froze up when I clicked properties on a folder).
I have a 8800GT card, since 2008. The PSU is 550W since 2010. Everything worked perfect since like 2 days ago. Now I'm praying it won't freeze before I finish writing this.
I installed FurMark. Any test I run, the PC will freeze in less than 10 seconds. The GPU temperature goes over 70deg C, but normally the temperature is around 64 (only by wandering around windows, no web, no youtube, no games, no movies).
Here is a file snapshot of GPU-Z sensor log, right before a freeze:
Date , GPU Core Clock [MHz] , GPU Memory Clock [MHz] , GPU Shader Clock [MHz] , GPU Temperature [°C] , PCB Temperature [°C] , GPU Temperature [°C] , PCB Temperature [°C] , Fan Speed (%) [%] , Fan Speed (RPM) [RPM] , Memory Used [MB] , GPU Load [%] , Memory Controller Load [%] , Video Engine Load [%] , VDDC [V] ,
2013-10-18 21:47:23 , 601.7 , 900.0 , 1512.0 , 63.0 , 45.0 , 55.5 , 45.3 , 30 , 1444 , 135 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1.0500 ,
2013-10-18 21:47:24 , 601.7 , 900.0 , 1512.0 , 63.0 , 45.0 , 55.5 , 45.3 , 30 , 1447 , 135 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1.0500 ,
2013-10-18 21:47:25 , 601.7 , 900.0 , 1512.0 , 63.0 , 45.0 , 55.5 , 45.5 , 30 , 1442 , 141 , 2 , 1 , 0 , 1.0500 ,
As you can see, almost no change. The temperature was 64deg C.
I opened the PC case and cleaned video card of any dust, cleaned the cooler also.
In my opinion, either the video card or the PSU are faulty. The question is... how to investigate which one? I don't have any other card or PSU to replace and test, and I can't get either one in the next few days, just for a test. Any idea on how to proceed, I would be grateful for!
GPU-Z:
http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/10/18/4cq.png
GPU-Z sensors:
http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/10/18/2uy.png
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