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UPDATE: I gave it a good dust (although not as good as I'd like since my air canister was a bit shit), popped the card back in and everything seems to be working fine! I've yet to test any games or benchmarks but the issues I was having before seem to be worked out.
So my PC is getting older now, probably 3 or 4.
It hasn't had consistent use for about a year, but prior to that I would use it daily, for 8+ hours a day. During the last 12 months I would jump on every 3 or so for a few hours.
Now I've just come back from being alway for a month and moved house, I turn my computer on and it's extremely slow, freezes periodically at times and the integrated graphics doesn't work.
I performed mem tests and chkdsk. No luck. All fine. It couldn't make it through a clean install of windows.
So I pull out my graphics card. It's dusty as hell and I don't have any air cannisters, so I figure, what the hell, let's try the integrated graphics again.
BOOM. Works like new.
Now I haven't put the card back in because I'm planning to give it a good dust, but here's my question:
Is this the Graphics Card or the power supply?
The reason I ask is because the symptoms make me think the rest of the system isn't getting enough power.
I've also moved house so maybe it's not getting enough juice?
Or is this a common symptom of graphics cards that are dusty.
Trying to pinpoint the issue before I spend $$$ on a new card.
For reference, my specs (from what I remember)
Intel i5 overclocking to 4.5ghz
650W thermaltake power supply
GTX 760
16gb corsair vengeance DDR3
CoolerMaster liquid cooling
Samsung 128gb sad
WD 1TB HDD
Asus Z87(?) Pro MOBO
So my PC is getting older now, probably 3 or 4.
It hasn't had consistent use for about a year, but prior to that I would use it daily, for 8+ hours a day. During the last 12 months I would jump on every 3 or so for a few hours.
Now I've just come back from being alway for a month and moved house, I turn my computer on and it's extremely slow, freezes periodically at times and the integrated graphics doesn't work.
I performed mem tests and chkdsk. No luck. All fine. It couldn't make it through a clean install of windows.
So I pull out my graphics card. It's dusty as hell and I don't have any air cannisters, so I figure, what the hell, let's try the integrated graphics again.
BOOM. Works like new.
Now I haven't put the card back in because I'm planning to give it a good dust, but here's my question:
Is this the Graphics Card or the power supply?
The reason I ask is because the symptoms make me think the rest of the system isn't getting enough power.
I've also moved house so maybe it's not getting enough juice?
Or is this a common symptom of graphics cards that are dusty.
Trying to pinpoint the issue before I spend $$$ on a new card.
For reference, my specs (from what I remember)
Intel i5 overclocking to 4.5ghz
650W thermaltake power supply
GTX 760
16gb corsair vengeance DDR3
CoolerMaster liquid cooling
Samsung 128gb sad
WD 1TB HDD
Asus Z87(?) Pro MOBO
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