Blue screen on startup (no error?)

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TehDust

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Hey all,

Until a few days ago my graphics card was working just fine. Was playing GTA V and suddenly the monitor went black (audio kept going). I rebooted the system but after that I wasn't able to fully boot the system anymore.

After the Windows 7 (64bit) 'Welcome' screen it just goed (light) blue. No errors on that screen, and I can't do anything. I can boot my PC in safe mode with no problems, got rid of all my graphic card drivers and reinstalled them but that also didn't work. I still get the same 'blue' screen

There were 3 events registered in event viewer at the time I was playing GTA and it went black. But that were 'the last errors'.

Is my graphics card finished?
 
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Darkbreeze
I'd start with replacing the PSU. That's a pretty low end off brand unit. Definitely not for use with an aftermarket GPU card. Maybe fully 60% of similar issues we see are due to similar low end units. I'd be scared to even run a low end desktop on one of those. Get a tier 1 or 2 unit as listed at the following link. Any Tier 1 or 2 unit (Even Tier 3 if you absolutely HAD to use one would be a lot better than what you've got) of 500w or more is fine for that card.


PSU Tier list: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html



The fact that it runs fine on minimal generic drivers in safe mode, but not otherwise, reinforces this probability. A lot of systems with a failing or really, really cheap PSU will boot in...
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TehDust

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Hello Darkbreeze,

Asus HD6870
8GB of RAM
Asus mobo (if you need to know what model I have to look that up)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz

My PSU is a MS-Tech MS-N850-VAL
 
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I'd start with replacing the PSU. That's a pretty low end off brand unit. Definitely not for use with an aftermarket GPU card. Maybe fully 60% of similar issues we see are due to similar low end units. I'd be scared to even run a low end desktop on one of those. Get a tier 1 or 2 unit as listed at the following link. Any Tier 1 or 2 unit (Even Tier 3 if you absolutely HAD to use one would be a lot better than what you've got) of 500w or more is fine for that card.


PSU Tier list: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html



The fact that it runs fine on minimal generic drivers in safe mode, but not otherwise, reinforces this probability. A lot of systems with a failing or really, really cheap PSU will boot in safe mode but as soon as full use drivers are loaded, they crap out.
 
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