- Jun 25, 2012
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Hi everyone,
My PC is about 5 years old and has been running perfectly up till about 6 months ago. I will be playing a game or browsing the internet and my screen will go black and EventViewer gives me the "nvlddmkm has stopped responding and has successfully recovered." I have tried every kind of fix I can find online (scanned the HDD, tested the RAM, changed the theme, changed the power settings, changed my nvidia settings etc) and nothing has worked so far although I have reduced the error substantially - it used to happen 2-3 times a day, now it's more like once a month although still very frustrating.
I use MSI Afterburner to monitor my GPU fan speed and I have been using Speccy to check my other system temps and they all seem fine - not too hot, only up to about 49 degrees celsius or so). The only thing I have been wondering is if perhaps my power supply is beginning to fail. Though the system is 5 years old and the GPU only 3 years old, the power supply is about 8 years old as I frankensteined it from my old computer. It makes a slight buzzing noise when I put my ear up close to it and the other night I couldn't even get the computer to turn on - it was just totally black. The HDD light would go on and I could hear the fans working but no display. Before I purchased the system I carefully researched the PSU I would need etc and it's been totally fine up until 6 months ago. Do I just have to bite the bullet and get a new power supply?
Specs are as follows -
GIGABYTE GA-H55M-S2V MATX VGA motherboard
6GB RAM
2TB HDD (gaming) 160GB HDD (OSS)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz 8MB LGA1156
EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX670 2GB video card
Windows 7 64-bit
Silverstone 500w PSU
Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Cheers
DL
My PC is about 5 years old and has been running perfectly up till about 6 months ago. I will be playing a game or browsing the internet and my screen will go black and EventViewer gives me the "nvlddmkm has stopped responding and has successfully recovered." I have tried every kind of fix I can find online (scanned the HDD, tested the RAM, changed the theme, changed the power settings, changed my nvidia settings etc) and nothing has worked so far although I have reduced the error substantially - it used to happen 2-3 times a day, now it's more like once a month although still very frustrating.
I use MSI Afterburner to monitor my GPU fan speed and I have been using Speccy to check my other system temps and they all seem fine - not too hot, only up to about 49 degrees celsius or so). The only thing I have been wondering is if perhaps my power supply is beginning to fail. Though the system is 5 years old and the GPU only 3 years old, the power supply is about 8 years old as I frankensteined it from my old computer. It makes a slight buzzing noise when I put my ear up close to it and the other night I couldn't even get the computer to turn on - it was just totally black. The HDD light would go on and I could hear the fans working but no display. Before I purchased the system I carefully researched the PSU I would need etc and it's been totally fine up until 6 months ago. Do I just have to bite the bullet and get a new power supply?
Specs are as follows -
GIGABYTE GA-H55M-S2V MATX VGA motherboard
6GB RAM
2TB HDD (gaming) 160GB HDD (OSS)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz 8MB LGA1156
EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX670 2GB video card
Windows 7 64-bit
Silverstone 500w PSU
Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Cheers
DL
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