Something Is Killing My Video Cards

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Geaboy Official

Geaboy Official

Reputable
Jan 6, 2015
4
0
4,510
Hi everyone, I have a custom desktop that had a GTX 660 fail in it ... A week later I purchased a GTX 760 thinking having 2 monitors may be to much stress for it even though it always ran cool....today I wake up and boot my pc and the same issue happens

When I turn on the computer it gets stuck before the boot phase where it normally shows my graphics card logo... click the restart button (after a few times) everything boots just like it should....

But now alot of my graphics aplications and software dont like my video card ...Sony Vegas, Adobe After Effects etc.... if I take out my graphics card everything boots normally and runs smoothly

I recently replaced my CMOS battery before I installed my new GTX 760 thinking it may be that funky little guy messing with things

So my question is "What is killing my graphics cards?" I never even get close to running them at high temp nore do I run games at highest graphics or do super super heavy graphics related things and no I dont overclock .... anyone have an idea?? Thanks

Gigabyte G1.Sniper z87 LGA 1150
Intel i-5 4670k
16GB of 2133mHz RAM
60GB SSD Kingston
500GB HDD Seagate
Corsair CX750M 750watt PSU (modular)
Corsair H100i water cooler
7 Fans

Had a PNY GTX 660 (fried) fails to boot computer

Has A MSI GTX 760 (not responding with random programs and failure to boot computer)
 
Solution
Eximo
Under what conditions did you get these values? Idle wouldn't prove much. You might want a benchmarking application running in the background while checking.

Also that is a basic test. DC meters, like the system has onboard, will essentially show you the average voltage. They won't measure ripple and other power supply problems.

There is always the potential that when the first card died it damaged something on the motherboard.
Sort by date Sort by votes
Eximo

Eximo

Titan
Ambassador
May 27, 2010
25,839
4,186
139,340
Agreed. Fire up some monitoring software (Hardware Monitor) and check the 12V value when the video card is plugged in vs when it isn't. Also check the 12V values in the BIOS. Better yet if you have a volt meter / multimeter handy, check directly.

If it dips significantly below 12V you likely have a faulty supply. CXxxxM series are usually decent since they switched to CWT as the manufacturer, but they still use relatively cheap components, particularly in the main capacitors.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Geaboy Official

Geaboy Official

Reputable
Jan 6, 2015
4
0
4,510


Thanks Eximo and bootcher thats very likely ... before I checked up on your answers I just remembered that the day my first video card failed I moved my computer to a new Surge Suppressor is it possible this suppressor caused my PSU to fail?? First thing im doing is switching back to my old suppressor and ill check my rail voltage

 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Geaboy Official

Geaboy Official

Reputable
Jan 6, 2015
4
0
4,510
So when I do this what V values am I looking for?? As far as I see when testing PSU's people dont get a flat 12V 5V or 3V am I looking for values that are significantly low like 2 or 3 V off ?? or more around the lines of .5-1V off values?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Eximo

Eximo

Titan
Ambassador
May 27, 2010
25,839
4,186
139,340
Under what conditions did you get these values? Idle wouldn't prove much. You might want a benchmarking application running in the background while checking.

Also that is a basic test. DC meters, like the system has onboard, will essentially show you the average voltage. They won't measure ripple and other power supply problems.

There is always the potential that when the first card died it damaged something on the motherboard.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom