Graphics corrupted at Boot up (570 SOC)

Raysito22

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I'm getting a weird problem sometimes when doing a cold boot up. The thing is I get "little" corrupted graphics at boot up screen, as if the characters on screen were low pixelated. Then, Windows just won't start up, showing me the beautiful BSOD.

This has happened since day 1 with my new rigg:

Asrock P67 Fatal1ty
G.Skill 4x4 GB DDR3 CL8 Ripjaws X
Crucial M4 128 GB SSD
Gigabyte 570 GTX SOC

Is there a problem with my graphic card? Should I get it RMA'd? Am I missing something? Thanks.

BTW: I've already reinstalled drivers, the whole W7 OS, unplugged and cleaned the computer...right now my whole system is a brick, I can't even get to W7 safe mode as I used to do (after getting to safe mode and restarting the PC, things used to work fine).
 

Raysito22

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BTW, BSOD shows nvlddmkm.sys problem, so yes, it's the graphics card I'm having trouble with. The thing is, I don't know if it's because of a faulty card, faulty drivers, or whatever. Sure temperature isn't a problem (40ºC, in my room it's close to 30º so it's quite good), neither is dust (completely new build, already cleaned up). Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.