Earlier today I was playing a game like normal, with nothing special or new, and I heard a pop come from my computer. I checked the inside and nothing looks broken, although my performance went down significantly. Since I have an APU, I also checked my CPU usage and it is higher than I have ever seen it go before. I am thinking what happened was my graphics card busted and my APU took over, explaining the decrease in quality and performance, and rise in usage. My graphics card is still relaying images and data to and from my computer and monitor, which has me confused. Is my graphics card busted?
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Busted Graphics Card?
- Thread starter Nalrincay
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nostall
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- Nov 28, 2012
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Shut down the PC. Pull out the graphics card and examine it for any visible damage; if you see any then you know that it is damaged or dead.
While the card is out, do a visual and smell test of the mother board; you'll be looking for obvious burn or scorch marks, melted PCB or solder, popped capacitors (the little cylindrical components soldered to the mobo, their tops should be flat not bulged or burst). Also, remove the auxillary ATX power wire (4 or 8 pin) and make sure nothing burned up in that connection, and do the same for the main board 24pin plug.
Check your fans for any damage.
Use a flashlight to look into the PSU (do NOT disassemble it for any reason) and sniff test it: any burned item or smell or melted item tells you it was the PSU that popped and more then likely something inside isn't working any more, even though power may still be produced. Your psu should be replaced if you find anything wrong with it.
If you find nothing wrong, BEfore reinstalling the video card, turn on the PC and take a look at usage and performance.
Now, do you have another PC into which you can install the suspect video card? If so, that is a good test to see if it still works properly.
While the card is out, do a visual and smell test of the mother board; you'll be looking for obvious burn or scorch marks, melted PCB or solder, popped capacitors (the little cylindrical components soldered to the mobo, their tops should be flat not bulged or burst). Also, remove the auxillary ATX power wire (4 or 8 pin) and make sure nothing burned up in that connection, and do the same for the main board 24pin plug.
Check your fans for any damage.
Use a flashlight to look into the PSU (do NOT disassemble it for any reason) and sniff test it: any burned item or smell or melted item tells you it was the PSU that popped and more then likely something inside isn't working any more, even though power may still be produced. Your psu should be replaced if you find anything wrong with it.
If you find nothing wrong, BEfore reinstalling the video card, turn on the PC and take a look at usage and performance.
Now, do you have another PC into which you can install the suspect video card? If so, that is a good test to see if it still works properly.
Just realised I left this unanswered after it fixed; sorry mate.
After rebooting it over and over and waiting a few days, it just went back to normal. Just like that. Whatever it was, it just fixed itself. Strangest hardware experience I've had thus far. Thanks for the answer, though. Hopefully it'll come in handy for anyone else who has a similar issue.
After rebooting it over and over and waiting a few days, it just went back to normal. Just like that. Whatever it was, it just fixed itself. Strangest hardware experience I've had thus far. Thanks for the answer, though. Hopefully it'll come in handy for anyone else who has a similar issue.
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