- Jan 10, 2014
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HI.
My beloved GTX 760 Recently ran into some issues. I sometimes get artifacts. Sometimes, the PC boots fine, and I can play a few games, but, also sometimes it boots and gets artifacts all over. I have never OC'D the card and I have always cleared out the dust. Sometimes, when the artifacting gets too bad, the nVidia drivers stop and then I have to manually switch the PC off, when, nine times out of ten, it boots with artifacts and sometimes it doesn't boot at all. I know that the drivers or clock settings are not to blame, as it gets artifacting in the BIOS. I have tried many methods to repair it like putting it in the oven to resolder the chips, which worked the last time, but then the next day, I fired the PC up and it had the dreaded artifacts again.
At this point I am thinking of giving up. I cannot RMA the card as it is well out of warranty, and I really don't have the money to buy a new 760 or upgrade.
Any help will be very appreciated.
System specs follow.
Amd FX-4170 At stock clocks,
nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (Upgraded from an ASUS HD 6850)
CiT 700w PSU. (Yeah, I know it's crappy, but it has lasted me around 2 years)
8GB DDR3,
ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 Mainboard.
Thanks in advance for any help.
My beloved GTX 760 Recently ran into some issues. I sometimes get artifacts. Sometimes, the PC boots fine, and I can play a few games, but, also sometimes it boots and gets artifacts all over. I have never OC'D the card and I have always cleared out the dust. Sometimes, when the artifacting gets too bad, the nVidia drivers stop and then I have to manually switch the PC off, when, nine times out of ten, it boots with artifacts and sometimes it doesn't boot at all. I know that the drivers or clock settings are not to blame, as it gets artifacting in the BIOS. I have tried many methods to repair it like putting it in the oven to resolder the chips, which worked the last time, but then the next day, I fired the PC up and it had the dreaded artifacts again.
At this point I am thinking of giving up. I cannot RMA the card as it is well out of warranty, and I really don't have the money to buy a new 760 or upgrade.
Any help will be very appreciated.
System specs follow.
Amd FX-4170 At stock clocks,
nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (Upgraded from an ASUS HD 6850)
CiT 700w PSU. (Yeah, I know it's crappy, but it has lasted me around 2 years)
8GB DDR3,
ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 Mainboard.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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