Heya people! I've read many threads about the same problem but none has so far solved mine.
History:
My graphics card is quite old, about 5 years. I used to encounter the same issue before, but I only kept on restarting PC until display came back, sometimes I adjusted/moved some wires and whatnot without knowing what they were for. So I thought there were just some loose connections inside (this was later confirmed when my 2nd hard disk drive kept on disconnecting due to those bad wiring).
Recently, I did some quite heavy video editing using (Premiere Pro & After Effects), I encountered several freezes and crashes while editing and while also rendering. I only forcefully closed the editors, and reboot PC every time it froze. I kept on doing this until I finished one big project. I realized my desktop's system was too weak for video editing.
Problem:
One day, display blacked out. Restarted my PC to no avail, display was still black. So I opened my PC to check the graphics card. There were too many dust inside (yeah my fault), so I cleaned them with a small paint brush (while also ignorant about static charge). I removed the GPU fan to clean it from dust without removing the graphics card from its PCIE slot. I also removed the two RAMs. I put everything back in place, then turned my PC on. All went back to normal.
So I made another video project. After few days, I encountered the same problem and did the same, except this time it was still dead. So I removed the graphics card from the slot, found more dust beneath the card, and in the slot. Put back in place, yet still, it was dead. Fan didn't spin more often than it did. Sometimes it was spinning sometimes it was not.
I now use the built-in integrated graphics card instead. I cannot open the NVIDIA control panel. It only says "A NVIDIA graphics card was not detected in your system." But if I look into SIW, the PC detects the graphics card.
The driver(s) are also "stopped."
PC Specs:
Graphics card: NVIDIA GT440
Built-in graphics: Intel(R) G41 Express Chipset
Motherboard: ASRock G41C-GS
PSU: Max combined wattage 550W
What I did so far:
Cleaned PC from dust
Connected to a different AVR but same PSU
Unplugged and plugged CMOS battery
Updated BIOS
Reset BIOS to default
Switched BIOS video default to PCIE
My own theories:
Insufficient power supply coming from socket (or whatever that's called)
Bad PSU (550W not enough for a budget graphics card?)
Damaged Graphics Card due to overheat (but fan is SUPPOSED to spin regardless)
BIOS not fully functioning and cannot detect graphics card?
SIW (the last software I installed prior to GPU's death) probably damaged the system?
Dxdiag before GPU died:
I appreciate all your response
History:
My graphics card is quite old, about 5 years. I used to encounter the same issue before, but I only kept on restarting PC until display came back, sometimes I adjusted/moved some wires and whatnot without knowing what they were for. So I thought there were just some loose connections inside (this was later confirmed when my 2nd hard disk drive kept on disconnecting due to those bad wiring).
Recently, I did some quite heavy video editing using (Premiere Pro & After Effects), I encountered several freezes and crashes while editing and while also rendering. I only forcefully closed the editors, and reboot PC every time it froze. I kept on doing this until I finished one big project. I realized my desktop's system was too weak for video editing.
Problem:
One day, display blacked out. Restarted my PC to no avail, display was still black. So I opened my PC to check the graphics card. There were too many dust inside (yeah my fault), so I cleaned them with a small paint brush (while also ignorant about static charge). I removed the GPU fan to clean it from dust without removing the graphics card from its PCIE slot. I also removed the two RAMs. I put everything back in place, then turned my PC on. All went back to normal.
So I made another video project. After few days, I encountered the same problem and did the same, except this time it was still dead. So I removed the graphics card from the slot, found more dust beneath the card, and in the slot. Put back in place, yet still, it was dead. Fan didn't spin more often than it did. Sometimes it was spinning sometimes it was not.
I now use the built-in integrated graphics card instead. I cannot open the NVIDIA control panel. It only says "A NVIDIA graphics card was not detected in your system." But if I look into SIW, the PC detects the graphics card.
The driver(s) are also "stopped."
PC Specs:
Graphics card: NVIDIA GT440
Built-in graphics: Intel(R) G41 Express Chipset
Motherboard: ASRock G41C-GS
PSU: Max combined wattage 550W
What I did so far:
Cleaned PC from dust
Connected to a different AVR but same PSU
Unplugged and plugged CMOS battery
Updated BIOS
Reset BIOS to default
Switched BIOS video default to PCIE
My own theories:
Insufficient power supply coming from socket (or whatever that's called)
Bad PSU (550W not enough for a budget graphics card?)
Damaged Graphics Card due to overheat (but fan is SUPPOSED to spin regardless)
BIOS not fully functioning and cannot detect graphics card?
SIW (the last software I installed prior to GPU's death) probably damaged the system?
Dxdiag before GPU died:
I appreciate all your response
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