Nvidia GTX 780 Ti Stopped Working

Bluefve

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Mar 3, 2016
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Hello --

I've had my GTX 780 Ti for about a year now without issue, however early this week I got a 1x BSoD after loading a game that reported "Video Scheduler Internal Error." A few days later, it became constant on every game load.

As a first troubleshooting step, I uninstalled the driver and performed a clean re-install. Since that point, Windows forcibly disables the device, reporting "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)" when viewing it in the Device Manager. Re-enabling the device shows an attempt by the system to boot it, as the screen flickers, but remains disabled by the end of it. I've subsequently tried numerous combinations of uninstalling and reinstalling while in safe mode (the installer doesn't allow me to, oddly enough -- citing an issue with C++ Redistributable) -- and rolling back to older drivers. I've also tried resetting Windows 10 back to default and still no change.

I am able to "use" my PC though under the disabled driver (or under the generic Windows driver) without much problem, if I don't choose to render 3D of course. So I'm uncertain if it's a hardware issue. Just in case, I've checked the case and fans seems to spin appropriately and there's been a recent dust cleaning, too. BIOS is also up-to-date, says Dell.

Any advice?

Thanks for your time.
-Derek