Is my graphics card dying?

Krippy550 · Apr 20, 2017

First of all, i'm sorry if this the wrong forum. It's my first time posting here.

As suggested above, i want to know if my graphics card is dying. I use an asus r7 260x oc 2gb and i encounter several problems for quite a long time now.

I get random BsoDs at all times, when gaming, when watching a video on youtube, when scrolling through facebook and in the last few days, i got at least 2 while IDLE.

The blue screen isn't normal either, the screen isn't the typical windows 10 bsod, it is weird, like a static effect is in place, i can see the

behind all of this to know that it wanted to show me a blue screen, but i can't even read anything behind all these weird effects.

But a blue screen can be cause by anything, so i ran my ram test etc., everything seems fine, i have the latest drivers installed.

Apart from the constant blue screens, i get weird graphics glitches in the grass in Elder scrolls online, the shadows never stick in place and sometimes the grass even streches into a straight line towards the sky. (as you can imagine this can be really distracting in forest areas and in some cases unplayable because of all the particles that are in the air)

Can anybody help me figure this out? I really need to know and i'm trying to avoid RMAing it to asus.

Makentox · Apr 20, 2017

Write full system spec. Have u overclocked anything? If not try to remove your 260x and use igpu to test.

Kenton82 · Apr 20, 2017

List your full specs if you can. And what are your temps showing whilst idle and under load?

Krippy550 · Apr 20, 2017

Makentox :

CPU: Amd Phenom II x6 1055t
Mobo: ASRock 970 pro3 R2.0
Gpu: asus r7 260x oc 2gb
Ram: 8gb furyX at 1333 OR 1600
PSU: Coolermaster silentproM 500w 80plus bronze

no i haven't overclocked anything, just the stock oc from asus,
i tried underclocking it once, no luck.

Krippy550 · Apr 20, 2017

Kenton82 :

CPU: Amd Phenom II x6 1055t
Mobo: ASRock 970 pro3 R2.0
Gpu: asus r7 260x oc 2gb
Ram: 8gb furyX at 1333 OR 1600
PSU: Coolermaster silentproM 500w 80plus bronze

Temps get a little bit more than 65-70 under full load (currently 55 with warframe in the backround idle)

Makentox · Apr 20, 2017

what message u can see when u get bsod? After u bsod and restarted your computer go to: Search "event viewer" > windows > system logs, find time stamp u got bsod and check what does it say.

zdbc13 · Apr 20, 2017

https://lifehacker.com/5823227/save-dying-video-cards-with-a-quick-bake-in-the-oven

Krippy550 · Apr 20, 2017

Makentox :

This is the screen i get, i even got one as i was trying to reply to you like 5 minutes ago

http://s32.photobucket.com/user/dimitrisargyropoulos18/media/IMG_20170420_144945_zpsgkiauei0.jpg.html

Makentox · Apr 20, 2017

Krippy550 :

Cant u see that pic u post is not readable? Still waiting for all things i asked.

Krippy550 · Apr 20, 2017

I see it's unreadable for you, i can't even read it myself when it happens
You want me to copy the event log and post it?

Krippy550 · Apr 20, 2017

Makentox :

Krippy550 :

Cant u see that pic u post is not readable? Still waiting for all things i asked.

The event is Kernel-Power id:41
But that would be cause by anything right?

Makentox · Apr 20, 2017

Yes well, you said you have graphical glitches in games so it must be a gpu. Is it possible for you to borrow a gpu to test?

Krippy550 · Apr 20, 2017

Makentox :

I'll borrow my brothers r9 280 and test it

johnbl · Apr 20, 2017

the memory dump is stored in the c:\windows\minidump directory.
you can put it on a cloud server like microsoft onedrive, share the file as public, and post a link.

you could also run whocrashed.exe or bluescreenview.exe to try an automated reading of the binary.

problem looks like a overheated or overclocked graphics card problem

Krippy550 · Apr 20, 2017

johnbl :

I have never overclocked the card, and the temps never exceed 70 under full load.
I underclocked it once, but the problem was still there.

Krippy550 · Apr 20, 2017

johnbl :

here is the file (BsoD)
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AsfmcaCA5UQng09lm40xOPeN3Xf7

And this is the file after a black screen ( i alt-tabbed to check the thread then i got a black screen and the pc restarted)
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AsfmcaCA5UQng1BMR4FWG6Yhfqjh

Makentox · Apr 20, 2017

Krippy550 :

johnbl :

here is the file (BsoD)
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AsfmcaCA5UQng09lm40xOPeN3Xf7

And this is the file after a black screen ( i alt-tabbed to check the thread then i got a black screen and the pc restarted)
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AsfmcaCA5UQng1BMR4FWG6Yhfqjh

none of your links are working

Krippy550 · Apr 20, 2017

Makentox :

Krippy550 :

none of your links are working

did you copy-paste the whole link? it works for me.

johnbl · Apr 20, 2017

bugcheck was the GPU not responding to directx.

try and fix the problems below and retest to see if you still bugcheck.

the old applecharger driver will not work correctly with your newer bios and usb drivers. It will cause data corruption in memory.

try to find a updated motherboard sound driver, the ones that shipped with windows 10 tend to conflict with the sound drivers provided for the video cards. (and it often will hang the gpu driver)

check the date of usb2ser.sys driver (you want one newer that about april 2013)

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remove this driver

\SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\AsrAppCharger.sys Tue May 10 01:28:46 2011

i would also remove these also:
\SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\AsrRamDisk.sys Mon May 19 02:56:13 2014
C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Drivers\AsrAutoChkUpdDrv.sys Mon Mar 10 03:33:09 2014
\SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\cfosspeed6.sys Wed Sep 9 03:07:42 2015

i would try to find a update for your motherboard sound driver:
\SystemRoot\system32\drivers\RTKVHD64.sys Wed Jul 15 03:16:44 2015

see if this one is newer:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Pro3%20R2.0/?cat=Download&os=Win1064

or look here:

:http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

machine info:
BIOS Version P2.80
BIOS Release Date 05/31/2016
Manufacturer ASRock
Product 970 Pro3 R2.0
Processor ID a00f1000fffb8b17
Processor Version AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor
Processor Voltage 8fh - 1.5V
External Clock 200MHz
Max Speed 2800MHz
Current Speed 2800MHz

Krippy550 · Apr 21, 2017

I can't remove the:

AsrAppCharger.sys and cfosspeed6.sys (i did remove everything else you suggested)

the usb2ser.sys says it was modified all the way back in 16/8/16

There aren't any newer versions there for the sound driver.

EDIT: I deleted AsrAppCharger.sys
EDIT2: I also deleted cfosspeed6.sys

Now i'll test the system for a couple of days, to see if the bsod problem was solved.
If i get 10+ days without a blue screen i'll mark this thread as solved.
But what if the problem was not solved? Then we lean towards the GPU?

johnbl · Apr 21, 2017

set the memory dump type to kernel so if you do get a bugcheck then it will store the proper info to debug the problem.
minidumps only record what is going on with one core of the cpu and does not show what your other hardware was working on.

Krippy550 :

Krippy550 · Apr 21, 2017

johnbl :

set the memory dump type to kernel so if you do get a bugcheck then it will store the proper info to debug the problem.
minidumps only record what is going on with one core of the cpu and does not show what your other hardware was working on.

Krippy550 :

I will. Hopefully i'll come back here in 10 days and mark it as solved!

Jacob12 · Apr 21, 2017

Try taking the GPU out and using the motherboard display port if it goes away its your gpu

Krippy550 · Apr 21, 2017

Jacob12 :

I'm currently trying to see if it's NOT my GPU, if the drivers i deleted make no difference i'll borrow my brothers r9 280 and test it from there. But hopefully it won't be needed.

Krippy550 · Apr 21, 2017

UPDATE!

Everything is still fine, no blue screens yet, but what i find weird is that the even the grass glitches are ALSO fixed.
I seriously have no idea. I REALLY hope this fixes everything lol

UPDATE 2!

I got another bsod, the same as before, temps were at 52 when it happened i was in-game browsing in the menus (Warframe).

Note: Today i noticed that one of my GPU fans didn't spin (noticed as i was blowing away the dust) while the PC was on, after a restart, both now spin normally

Seems like deleting the files didn't fix the problem, the fans are also a sign leading to the GPU... And a pretty strong one too..

Here is the Kernel DMP file
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AsfmcaCA5UQng1QuYVE_Fnky7HIi
(copy-paste the whole link, for some reason it doesn't highlight all of it)

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