Graphic Card broken?

Xelcion

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Hello,

A couple of weeks ago I had 2 weeks off, I decided to game 2 weeks long. After those 2 weeks I moved my desktop from my parents home to my own home. (in the trunk of a car, Good secure surrounded by my dirty cloths) When I came home I plugged everything in and started up my PC.
After starting up my game played for like 20 min and all of a sudden my Computer gets a black screen. In the past week I had, Light white/pink screen, No screen at all (Hdmi made no connection with screen) sometimes the pc just drops and restart automaticly. sometimes it my screen just drops but I still hear the sound then after a couple second the computer shut down.
on a rare ocation my computer just restore it self with the message ''Nvidia didn't respond Windows fixed it'' (or something like that) I even had a period if my pc started up I only saw the windows mark and it crashed right away (computer still running but Screen has no connection)

When I try to play a simple game or watch a video I can do that nothing wrong with it. I can play 4 hours without crashing. Then I open facebook for example then the computer crashes (not all the time but sometimes).
For example I start up Payday or FF14 after a X amount of time the pc crashes, Can be 10 min can be 1 hour. (1hour at the max)

Graphiccard: MSI Geforce 660 TwinFrozr III 2gb
and I have my compleet pc for 1,2 year now.

Thats kinda all information I have.

Things I tried to do:
removed Card then put it back in
Cleaned the PC
Graphic drives are updated.
Switched cables and other electicity plug.

So what is the problem?
I supect something with my power or my graphiccard.



p.s.
I had my screen powercable and my Pc Power cable switched by accident. (screen is 240W and pc is 600W) Well. That can be the issue right?
 
Solution
The colors suggest a gpu related crash may be a symptom of something else or you just have a failing card. Just checking the core temps will not tell you everything especially if the memory is going bad or failing VRMs.

Xelcion

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it's not really a Color issue, if it crashes it just have a color. I don't have for example, if I read a forum and I have a pink overlay of that color. I just don't have anything to see only the color :p.

For the record, MY GPU is is 32Celcius
and CPU is around 41 Celcius
 

stokes1790

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My hunch is that you are having a heat or power issue. What kind of temperatures is your cpu/gpu at under load- I'm assuming those temps are idle? A lot of after market heat sinks specifically ask you to remove heatsink before transporting and to reapply thermal paste once you re- set up the computer. I'd also make sure the RAM is seated properly too, in addition to all power connectors.

If its not a heat issue it could be a psu , you didn't list the make/model it could be dying and the transportation was just coincidence, or a bumpy ride exacerbated the situation.

If its not heat or power then my guess would be either a driver issue, or a part is failing.
 

Xelcion

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MY GPU Temp is : 45Celcius While Gaming
My CPU Temp is : 40 - 50 Celcius while gaming