- Nov 15, 2014
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So last night, I fired up a Heroes of the Storm game and then my screen went out and got a No Signal screen on my monitor. I then hard reset my PC and when restarting, my entire screen was red and distorted as it asked me if I wanted to boot my PC into Safe Mode or Start Windows Normally. I reseated my GPU and tried the other PCI slot and was still unsuccessful, so I plugged in my HDMI cable to the integrated graphics port and rolled back my NVIDIA drivers. After rebooting and plugging back into my GPU, it worked fine for a few hours and then the same thing happened. Occasionally, the card wouldn't even be detected and the only way to get display on my monitor was if I plugged it in through integrated graphics. I started an RMA with MSI so I have to send the card out tomorrow. However, this is where it gets interesting.
I went out and bought a GTX 660 (I got a good deal on it; $100 clearance at Best Buy because it was EOL for 6 months). I went home and installed it and now it wasn't even being detected. I swapped PCI slots and tried everything but my BIOS wasn't even detecting the card. Frustration ensued and I completely cleared the CMOS. Voila, GTX 660 is detected and working great.
Because I experienced issues with both cards, could it be possible that it's just my motherboard that's dying? I've never experienced the red screen of death, so I'm not sure if it's a known issue that throws the signals of a dying GPU. Here are images if it helps.
http://i.imgur.com/Z2xsdtv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ui68gJi.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/FWHVHyc.jpg
I went out and bought a GTX 660 (I got a good deal on it; $100 clearance at Best Buy because it was EOL for 6 months). I went home and installed it and now it wasn't even being detected. I swapped PCI slots and tried everything but my BIOS wasn't even detecting the card. Frustration ensued and I completely cleared the CMOS. Voila, GTX 660 is detected and working great.
Because I experienced issues with both cards, could it be possible that it's just my motherboard that's dying? I've never experienced the red screen of death, so I'm not sure if it's a known issue that throws the signals of a dying GPU. Here are images if it helps.
http://i.imgur.com/Z2xsdtv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ui68gJi.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/FWHVHyc.jpg
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