Making sure it is not the PSU

airbus320

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Hello.

I had this series of BSOD (nvlddmkm), black screens, freezes, crashes with artifacts especially when I ran FSX and video player. (GPU is 9800GT, bought it 6 years ago).

I did what everyone would do, dozens of nvidia drivers, recreating new nvlddmkm file, reformat reinstall windows 7, reseat GPU, Ram sticks, PSU, clean up the dust on those parts by removing the fans, but no avail. One thing that may be a crucial clue is that the crash seemed disappearing for one day after reinstalling windows. But it struck me again.

Is my situation indicating that buying a new GPU is the most probable solution?

Thanks beforehand :)
 
Solution


Pull out the gpu plug your display cable into your motherboard if its ok then its your gpu fault.

airbus320

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You are right. Just got a new (and relatively cheap) GTX 750 Ti, all seem well now. I just realised my 9800GT is nearly 6 years old. It has been very very very reliable card. It manages everything I threw at it. Six years, I only cleaned the dust twice or three times.