Hi guys,
So I have a PC (specs below) which is a couple of years old now (as you'll see with the specs). Recently the PC crashed while playing a game, with the game going pixelly before the crash so I assumed graphics card issue. I booted it up again and anytime small GPU stress was added (like a game being played) it would crash and my PC would restart. I checked the temperatures of everything incase the Tjmax was reached, but nothing even close (everything at a cool 30 degrees C)
I tried then to update the drivers, just in case, on the card. I updated to the latest stable GeForce drivers, but during installation when the screens went blank (at the usual part of installing a GPU driver) the PC stayed blank for a couple of minutes, before crashing and re-booting itself. This cycle continued of crashing (now) after the BIOS and rebooting, eternally.
The PC works when using on-board graphics only. I wiped the drivers from the machine and rebooted the machine with the card in, and the DVI cable connected to the card and it somehow works fine (I assume its onboard graphics going through the card to the DVI cable).
I presume my card is kaput, but was wondering a about a second opinion in case it's salvageable and it's just a firmware issue or something. I would rather not fork out on a new card only for it to be some other weird issue..
Many Thanks for any help, it will be greatly appreciated.
Specs:
i7 (Sandybridge) 2600K @3.40GHz
GTX 560 ASUS GPU
8GB Corsair RAM
1TB Seagate HDD.
So I have a PC (specs below) which is a couple of years old now (as you'll see with the specs). Recently the PC crashed while playing a game, with the game going pixelly before the crash so I assumed graphics card issue. I booted it up again and anytime small GPU stress was added (like a game being played) it would crash and my PC would restart. I checked the temperatures of everything incase the Tjmax was reached, but nothing even close (everything at a cool 30 degrees C)
I tried then to update the drivers, just in case, on the card. I updated to the latest stable GeForce drivers, but during installation when the screens went blank (at the usual part of installing a GPU driver) the PC stayed blank for a couple of minutes, before crashing and re-booting itself. This cycle continued of crashing (now) after the BIOS and rebooting, eternally.
The PC works when using on-board graphics only. I wiped the drivers from the machine and rebooted the machine with the card in, and the DVI cable connected to the card and it somehow works fine (I assume its onboard graphics going through the card to the DVI cable).
I presume my card is kaput, but was wondering a about a second opinion in case it's salvageable and it's just a firmware issue or something. I would rather not fork out on a new card only for it to be some other weird issue..
Many Thanks for any help, it will be greatly appreciated.
Specs:
i7 (Sandybridge) 2600K @3.40GHz
GTX 560 ASUS GPU
8GB Corsair RAM
1TB Seagate HDD.
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