Someone had tried to answer me in my first thread, but they seemed to have forgot. Since then I did some troubleshooting. Since my roommate is out of town I swapped his GPU with mine, and now my computer boots just fine without the blue lines. This leads me to believe that my GPU is in fact busted, but I want to make sure I'm not missing anything.
The old thread is here with some relevant info/screenshots: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2144691/windows-boot-crash-scii-blue-lines-display.html
What I'm trying to figure out is WHY my GPU crapped out. I don't want to buy a new one just to have the same issue happen again and fry it. I'm thinking either:
A) My GPU overheated. I'm not sure what my core temps were, but my GPU and PSU were both pretty hot to the touch after I turned my computer off.
B) My PSU was insufficient for my GPU. My PSU is an Antec 500W and my GPU was a Radeon HD 6850.
What I'm wondering is if my graphics card is actually busted. I can't test it in my roommates computer because it doesn't look like he has the power for it (my PSU had a cord connected to the GPU, and my roommates machine doesn't have the same cord). I'm hoping its just a power supply issue, because stronger power supplies are much cheaper to buy.
Please help!
EDIT: I also downloaded SpeedFan which is measuring my computers internet temperatures, but I'm not sure where the readings are coming from. They're marked Temp 1,2, and 3, but I'm not sure what that means.
The old thread is here with some relevant info/screenshots: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2144691/windows-boot-crash-scii-blue-lines-display.html
What I'm trying to figure out is WHY my GPU crapped out. I don't want to buy a new one just to have the same issue happen again and fry it. I'm thinking either:
A) My GPU overheated. I'm not sure what my core temps were, but my GPU and PSU were both pretty hot to the touch after I turned my computer off.
B) My PSU was insufficient for my GPU. My PSU is an Antec 500W and my GPU was a Radeon HD 6850.
What I'm wondering is if my graphics card is actually busted. I can't test it in my roommates computer because it doesn't look like he has the power for it (my PSU had a cord connected to the GPU, and my roommates machine doesn't have the same cord). I'm hoping its just a power supply issue, because stronger power supplies are much cheaper to buy.
Please help!
EDIT: I also downloaded SpeedFan which is measuring my computers internet temperatures, but I'm not sure where the readings are coming from. They're marked Temp 1,2, and 3, but I'm not sure what that means.
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