Constant display driver has stopped responding

fuxdalaggyc0m · Dec 12, 2015

Display driver constantly crashing, started few days ago where my steam games would crash after awhile, today hearthstone also started crashing, and fuzzy lines and coloured patches started appearing on the screen. I decided to reinstall amd drivers and took out my graphics card and cleaned the inside of my case. On startup the fuzzy lines are already visible and the display driver would constantly crash, and even bsod.
System specs
i5 3570K
ASUS Z77 P8-V LK
MSI HD7870 TWIN FROZR ( NOT OVERCLOCKED)
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX
60GB INTEL 330 SSD , 500GB TOSHIBA HARDDRIVE
P.S. tried scanning for virus malware, gpu temperature seems normal, recently did a fresh windows install, there are still fuzzy lines even in safe mode

seems to be a problem with gpu as after connecting dvi cable to the motherboard the problem seems to disappear

BadActor · Dec 12, 2015

Download and run Driver Sweeper. Then reinstall the latest driver and see if that helps.

http://www.guru3d.com/content-page/guru3d-driver-sweeper.html

fuxdalaggyc0m · Dec 12, 2015

BadActor :

already did that

BadActor · Dec 12, 2015

You could try downclocking the card a little and see what that does.

fuxdalaggyc0m · Dec 12, 2015

BadActor :

not exactly sure how to do that..?

BadActor · Dec 12, 2015

This vid might help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ux1EJvc_10

Turn the clocks down a little at a time to see if the artifacting and crashing stop.

fuxdalaggyc0m · Dec 12, 2015

BadActor :

connecting directly to motherboard now as connecting to graphics card would cause display driver crash and blue screen after like 10second, tried safe mode, but no option to underclock when using safe mode with msi after burner?

BadActor · Dec 12, 2015

Sounds like the graphics card or possibly the PSU is going out. Have you tried taking the video card out and running onboard graphics? What are your system voltages?

fuxdalaggyc0m · Dec 12, 2015

BadActor :

yea im using the onboard graphics now, working fine.
what do u mean system voltage?

BadActor · Dec 12, 2015

The 12+, 5 and 3.3 voltages from your PSU. Should be available in your Bios or by running a program like Speccy.

fuxdalaggyc0m · Dec 12, 2015

BadActor :

erm i think my gpu has pretty much died at this point, cant even boot up with it connected, had to unplug the power from gpu just to boot up, isit recommended to try to reflow the gpu?

BadActor · Dec 12, 2015

It could still be the PSU if the video card is drawing more than the PSU can supply or the voltages are off. Reflowing a circuit board is a last ditch effort if you can't RMA it, and it has a pretty low success rate. Test your card in another system first.

Sinistercr0c · Dec 12, 2015

Sounds more like a PSU issue to me. You haven't told us what make your PSU is nor its rated wattage. Could you supply?

fuxdalaggyc0m · Dec 12, 2015

Sinistercr0c :

erm not sure what is the rated wattage, it says +12V Single Rail Design, but here's the psu model if it helps
http://www.fsplifestyle.com/product.php?LID=1&PSN=380

fuxdalaggyc0m · Dec 12, 2015

BadActor :

is there anyway to test if theres problem with the psu?

BadActor · Dec 13, 2015

You can use a PSU tester or swap it with a known good one. If you could find the voltages I asked for above, that might give an indication. The quality of that PSU is suspect, not even listed on Tom's PSU Tiers Chart.

fuxdalaggyc0m · Dec 13, 2015

BadActor :

are this the voltages your looking for?

BadActor · Dec 13, 2015

Yep, thanks. Unfortunately, it doesn't confirm the PSU is bad, the voltages look OK. Try the card in another system. If it works, I would then replace the PSU.

fuxdalaggyc0m · Dec 13, 2015

BadActor :

is there anyway to test the psu? as i don't have another system, can't even boot with the graphics card, hence i disconnected the power from the graphics card, or maybe i should try it on another pcie slot?

Humdot · Dec 13, 2015

I used to get this problem too, I think it kind of sorted itself out, I can't remember what I did exactly. Try installing windows updates, and removing / replacing your video card. I think I did something like that at the time.

BadActor · Dec 13, 2015

If you have a local PC shop, they may be able to properly test it for a small fee. Same for the video card. I don't like telling people to start throwing parts at a problem, but sometimes it's the most expedient thing to do. I keep several different rigs around just to test components.

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