Could use a way to confirm my GPU is dead before I replace it

Blackhammer20 · May 22, 2017

Hello

I have been having an issue with my GPU for a few months. It's been getting worse progressively.
It's Nvidia Geforce 760 GT.

- GPU driver would crash at random times, especially under stress, then (usually) recover
- It would sometimes result in a blue screen referring to GPU drivers
- Graphic artifacts would often show up prior to the crash (red/blue squares all over the screen in odd patterns)
- The fans are working as normal
- Never tried to overclock it or tried to change anything about it, except re-applying thermal paste shortly after problems began
- Started several months ago and was getting worse progressively

It came to a point where under any stress it would crash. The artifacts would show up before the OS even loaded.
Eventually I had to unplug it because an attempt to boot would always result in a blue screen (stating that gpu drivers crashed and failed to recover in time).

I tried re-installing the drivers several times, trying different version. No change.
I also tried plugging the GPU into a different slot on the motherboard. This lets me boot the system but all the problems return shortly.
Since I unplugged the GPU everything runs fine on integrated Intel graphics.

I would like to know, if it's definitely the GPU's fault, and if anything can be done to fix it or should I just get a new one?
I had some issues with the drivers installing incorrectly, so I have slight hope that maybe my drivers are all messed up and installing everything from scratch/formatting the OS would help?
If it's dead, would 'cooking' it possibly solve the issue? I'm really short on cash at the moment, so if I could get a few more weeks of life out of it I'd gladly try.

AleksiDj52 · May 22, 2017

Your GPU is not working properly because
1.It's an old model you have to change it
2.If it gives you errors while gaming like this (Nvidia OpenGL detected a problem..... Error code: 3) it means your GPU is going too die

that happened too me also 2 days ago I was play Need for Speed Rivals for 30 min. and it said (Nvidia OpenGL has detected a problem....... Error code: 3) and I said "my GPU is going too die I have to replace it"

jaslion · May 22, 2017

Blackhammer20 :

Hello

I have been having an issue with my GPU for a few months. It's been getting worse progressively.
It's Nvidia Geforce 760 GT.

- GPU driver would crash at random times, especially under stress, then (usually) recover
- It would sometimes result in a blue screen referring to GPU drivers
- Graphic artifacts would often show up prior to the crash (red/blue squares all over the screen in odd patterns)
- The fans are working as normal
- Never tried to overclock it or tried to change anything about it, except re-applying thermal paste shortly after problems began
- Started several months ago and was getting worse progressively

It came to a point where under any stress it would crash. The artifacts would show up before the OS even loaded.
Eventually I had to unplug it because an attempt to boot would always result in a blue screen (stating that gpu drivers crashed and failed to recover in time).

I tried re-installing the drivers several times, trying different version. No change.
I also tried plugging the GPU into a different slot on the motherboard. This lets me boot the system but all the problems return shortly.
Since I unplugged the GPU everything runs fine on integrated Intel graphics.

I would like to know, if it's definitely the GPU's fault, and if anything can be done to fix it or should I just get a new one?
I had some issues with the drivers installing incorrectly, so I have slight hope that maybe my drivers are all messed up and installing everything from scratch/formatting the OS would help?
If it's dead, would 'cooking' it possibly solve the issue? I'm really short on cash at the moment, so if I could get a few more weeks of life out of it I'd gladly try.

The moments artifacts start showing up before anything loads up you know you are screwed. That thing is dead.

AleksiDj52 · May 22, 2017

jaslion :

Blackhammer20 :

Hello

I have been having an issue with my GPU for a few months. It's been getting worse progressively.
It's Nvidia Geforce 760 GT.

- GPU driver would crash at random times, especially under stress, then (usually) recover
- It would sometimes result in a blue screen referring to GPU drivers
- Graphic artifacts would often show up prior to the crash (red/blue squares all over the screen in odd patterns)
- The fans are working as normal
- Never tried to overclock it or tried to change anything about it, except re-applying thermal paste shortly after problems began
- Started several months ago and was getting worse progressively

It came to a point where under any stress it would crash. The artifacts would show up before the OS even loaded.
Eventually I had to unplug it because an attempt to boot would always result in a blue screen (stating that gpu drivers crashed and failed to recover in time).

I tried re-installing the drivers several times, trying different version. No change.
I also tried plugging the GPU into a different slot on the motherboard. This lets me boot the system but all the problems return shortly.
Since I unplugged the GPU everything runs fine on integrated Intel graphics.

I would like to know, if it's definitely the GPU's fault, and if anything can be done to fix it or should I just get a new one?
I had some issues with the drivers installing incorrectly, so I have slight hope that maybe my drivers are all messed up and installing everything from scratch/formatting the OS would help?
If it's dead, would 'cooking' it possibly solve the issue? I'm really short on cash at the moment, so if I could get a few more weeks of life out of it I'd gladly try.

The moments artifacts start showing up before anything loads up you know you are screwed. That thing is dead.

Yea pretty much you have too change your GPU

geofelt · May 22, 2017

Looking for other possible problems:

What is the make/model of your power supply?
Over time, a cheap unit can cause problems when called upon to deliver higher power.

Since integrated graphics works, it says your monitor is good.

If you can, try testing using a known good 500w+ psu to eliminate that as a source of your problem.

Can you possibly be having an overheating problem?
Test is easy, remove the covers from the pc and direct a house fan at the innards.
See if that helps.

Ultimately, I think the graphics card is going bad.
If so, take this as an opportunity to upgrade graphics, say to something like a GTX1060
You won't feel so bad.

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