GPU keeps dying on me

kimccino

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Hi,

My computer boots to desktop but only stay on for about 2 minute and no blue screen, no warning, monitor suddenly goes black with message saying no signal detected and after few seconds, my computer reboots every time.

If I take my Gpu out and use my iGPU, it works fine. Easy fix right? my GPU card is dead.

But the reason I am posting here requires some exposition.


I have a decently aged rig here; i7 2700k,
Asus P8z68-v Pro/gen3,
Gtx 580

But just 1 year and 10 month ago, I bought gigabyte gtx 1070 g1(they were cheap back then too, paid $440 from amazon). Oh man my computer was revitalized with them 1070s and just a week ago, my monitor tells me no signal detected while playing rainbow six siege(on that bootup, there was a win10 update), then computer freezes and shuts off. Since after that, upon boot ups, monitor tells me no signal detected(no I didnt plug on to igpu). if I unplugged 1070 and plug on motherboard dvi, signal detected.

I know GPU don't just die after working fine year and half, but assuming the Gpu was dead, I tried everything except plugging the 1070 on diff rig because I have no secondary computer. I visited some small local computer repair shop and they couldn't fit 1070 in their case so we gave up.. ridiculous I know. but believe me, I tried everything else, cleaning dust, reinstall ram powers gpu(except cpu), CMOS reset, BIOS set to PCI-e/PCI, plugged gpu on diff Pcie ports, clean installed driver using DDU, used different monitor, tried dvi and hdmi cords.

What can I do? so I contacted Amazon and to my suprize, they offered me a refund after using it for 1yr and 10 month. Its nice gesture and a great customer service but guess what, that exact same model rightnow is $660.. literally 50% more expansive than almost 2 years ago. But I agreed on the refund because I assume the card was dead.

Now to my original query, I dusted my old gtx 580 and installed it. It worked fine for what it was, worked for just less than a week and now I get about 2 minute of desktop time.

It could be that about 5 year was a short but probable life expectancy for an unlucky GPU or something else in my rig is messing up my GPUs.

I don't know computer components enough to tell if my issue is a CPU, MB, or RAM issue. I am hoping it is RAM but is there anyone that could shed some light on this matter? or is it just my 1070 was short stick and also coincidentally my gtx580 died just after a week?

just to clear out some points, with no dedicated GPU, computer runs fine, cpu temp is very stable, HDD running solid, no blue screen so power is still good. Maybe RAM and CPU could be crossed out because computer its self works fine..? My limited conclusion is the MB but I am generally an idiot so please help.

I thank you everyone who bothered to read my incoherent story. I hope someone can guide me on pinpointing the true issue here.
 

jacobweaver800

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What powersupply are you using? I think that may be the issue, the 580 is a fairly power hungry card, much more power than the more powerful 1070. try cleaning dust out from inside the PSU, just don't take it apart as the capacitors stay charged for awhile and can be deadly if you short the pins. Use an air duster or air compressor with low pressure to clean it thoroughly and try again. If not you may want to look into a new power supply as it may not be capable of outputting enough power anymore.
 

kimccino

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Thanks for quick response.

I built my current rig with 580 about 5 years ago, used it for close to 3~4 years till I bought 1070. It is corsair HX750w. During the attempt to fix, I vacuumed and brushed, I will go out and get compressed air as you have suggested tomorrow morning.
 

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I had an issue when overclocking one of my PC's GPU, it ended up drawing too much power and had the same issue you have, I cleaned it and was able to overclock it even farther, It may not be dust and the PSU could be dying, if you have a multi meter I would test it, or get it tested to make sure it can output what it needs. Also, with compressed air be careful, if you tilt them or turn them upside down they shoot out supercooled liquid which could kill your PSU or shock you badly or stop your heart, PSU's are serious business. Just keep the can straight up or use an air compressor if you have one.
 
on your power supply if it a few years old. run hardware info set it for logging and sensor make sure the 12v rail is holding. if you have a friend with a volt meter connect it to the gpu and watch the 12v power if it drops under load the power supply it at fault.
 

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come on you should know better than to blame Nvidia Before blaming before blaming a PSU Company. Just sad
 

kimccino

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look, when 1070 first started not working, the rig worked fine without it and also much more power hungry 580 worked fine too. How could I have suspected it was the PSU?

Hopefully I can feel like I sold my 1070 second hand for a good price to fund those gtx 2000s or 1100 series.
 

kimccino

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update*

I just visited pretty big computer store around here, asking if they could test my PSU.

yeah they say the PSU looks good, nothing noticable.

if power is out of question, whats my option? my GPU both died within a week?
 

kimccino

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@smorizio

is hardware info a program? like cpuid hw monitor?

rightnow, i have my computer running with no dedicated GPU attached because plugging 580 still resets my computer within 2 minutes.

should I test on heavy game without dedicated card? it certainly stays on for 8+hours playing bunch of movies and yiutube video atm.
 

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You act like it is impossible for Nvidia to have a card bad from the factory, you should know better before saying that statement.