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Question I think my graphics card died, how can I make sure?

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  • Blue Screen
  • Computers
  • Graphics Cards
  • Windows 7
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March 1, 2014 8:51:21 PM

I came home today to my computer turned off. Tried to turn it back on but it either immediately restarts or I get a blue screen. Going into safe mode was the only thing that worked. After some work I uninstalled my graphics driver and went back to normal, and here I am now

I have not downloaded or updated anything in the past week. And scanned my computer for viruses.

I dont have a second computer or graphics card to test it. Any attempt to reinstall the drivers only brings back the blue screen (I tried a clean driver sweep with the latest version).

The blue screen: http://i.imgur.com/9M2A52h.jpg

I have a gtx 570 if that matters.

Any help would be great, thank you very much!

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a c 122 U Graphics card
a b $ Windows 7
March 1, 2014 9:51:47 PM

If you want to make sure that your GPU is dead, hit it with a hammer a few times. However, I don't recommend doing that if it is still under warranty.

Based on the BSOD information, this does indeed appear to be related to your graphics card. If you haven't changed anything or updated any drivers recently a failed GPU would be my first guess.

I recommend testing it in a clean environment such as a Linux LiveCD to see if the problems persist. If you do use a Linux LiveCD such as Ubuntu 13.10 you may need to install the NVidia drivers in order to test some 3D applications.
a b U Graphics card
March 1, 2014 10:07:09 PM

Can you go into safe mode and revert driver? NVIDIA driver 334.89 has been problematic and came out a couple of weeks ago?. I've had a few people re-use this with success:
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/71704...
I'm assuming you will first make sure 334.89 is uninstalled, then revert to 332.21 all in safe mode. Once stable, try out of safe mode and see if you are ok. Hopefully this works for you too. If not, try taking your gpu to the shop and see if they will do a free diagnostic (call first).
I agree with pinhedd but maybe let's try this first to make sure if you haven't already done something like this yet. Good luck!
March 2, 2014 11:42:16 AM

jnewegger23 said:
Can you go into safe mode and revert driver? NVIDIA driver 334.89 has been problematic and came out a couple of weeks ago?. I've had a few people re-use this with success:
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/71704...
I'm assuming you will first make sure 334.89 is uninstalled, then revert to 332.21 all in safe mode. Once stable, try out of safe mode and see if you are ok. Hopefully this works for you too. If not, try taking your gpu to the shop and see if they will do a free diagnostic (call first).
I agree with pinhedd but maybe let's try this first to make sure if you haven't already done something like this yet. Good luck!


I can go into safe mode, and i have uninstalled my old driver. I will try the one you suggested thank you.
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