I think my video card just died.

Omgwtfbbqkitten · Nov 5, 2016

Ever since updating my Nvidia drivers to 375.70 I have been getting frequent driver failures. Usually the driver recovers without issues, but very rarely caused a reboot. I have been getting those failures for sometime with most of the new drivers, but it usually only happened occasionaly and rarely ingame.

Well I got a random system reboot and my PC refused to launch Windows. It would only go so far as the Windows 7 loading screen and freeze.

I was able to boot up in safe mode fine, but the system would not boot otherwise. So because I suspected the problem was caused by the Nvidia drivers I uninstalled them and when I rebooted the PC would boot up normally.

I tried re-installing different drivers and doing so would not allow me to boot the PC again, so am I correct in assuming the GPU is dead?

I don't know how to test it otherwise.

The card is an old EVGA GTX 460 SC.

TechyInAZ · Nov 5, 2016

The drivers could be too new. The GTX 460 is a VERY old card by now and Nvidia GeForce has stopped supporting that card years ago.

Roll back to the previous driver you know was stable.

elbert · Nov 5, 2016

Check to see if you have a compatible driver first. There is a second possible cause of PSU but most likely its the GPU. Do you have anyway to test the video card? Maybe an old working system or a buddy can test? Anyways you could get a cheap 1050 an blow the 460 away for only about $109.
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Omgwtfbbqkitten · Nov 5, 2016

TechyInAZ :

I did try using 296.10 and 314.22 and Windows wouldn't load.

elbert :

The PC is still functioning though. Could the problem be the specific cable currently plugged in to power it? I could try connecting it to the other one. Or maybe the PCI slot itself?

elbert · Nov 5, 2016

Na if it were the PSU it would be the PSU dieing. I would first check the drivers to make sure the version is compatible with the video card. Then test the GPU.

TechyInAZ · Nov 5, 2016

elbert :

Agreed.

If you do manage to find the proper driver that will work with your 460, run something like furmark and/or heaven valley for a hour or two if it crashes (stock settings no overclock right?) then your card is going bad.

neblogai · Nov 5, 2016

I've been having this issue for maybe a year now. Win7, Zotac GTX470 AMP. Got worse when I started using same system/OS with another motherboard, even worse for some reason after I transferred that same OS from HDD to SSD. Cleaning all the drivers through Guru3D tool helped to return it to very usable level, where driver just restarts a few times a day. I have not tried this GPU in another PC, but using different PSU did not change anything. Driver crashes mostly from a lot of use of Youtube on Firefox, and when watching movies (MPC-HC) sometimes. Almost never happens in gaming. I'm upgrading nVidia drivers to latest once every 4 months or so.

Omgwtfbbqkitten · Nov 5, 2016

Well I couldn't figure out a way to get it to work. I tried installing it to a different slot and made sure everything was connected right.

The card must be dead, but the GPU fan is still running and I am still able to use the computer to type this, so it is weird.

The only thing is I can't install drivers or run full-screen.

TechyInAZ · Nov 6, 2016

Omgwtfbbqkitten :

It's probably about time anyways that you get a new GPU. A bottom of the line GTX 1050 for $100 will be lightyears better than that 460.

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