faulty gpu

Forum discussion tagged with faulty gpu.
  1. Bobungo

    Question Did I receive a bad gpu?

    Hey all so I just added some new parts to my PC and I'm coming across a booting problem. I'll list my specs below, I'm at work so I apologize if I get something incorrect. So I bought a new gpu, (sapphire nitro plus 7900 xtx), a new PSU (seasonic tx 1000 prime), and upgraded my ram (2x32 gb...
  2. N

    Question Is my RTX 3060 Faulty?

    Hello, I recently got a EVGA RTX 3060 XC as an upgrade to my 1060. The card was working fine for a week or so and suddenly my PC crashed and when I restarted it, there were purple lines all over my monitor as Windows was starting up. Once windows was open the lines were gone, but the resolution...
  3. Java0296

    Question My EVGA gtx 970 died could it have been PSU

    Hello all i was wondering if you could help me sort this out. As a little bit of background i used to have my gpu on an older system and often had the problem that my pc would turn on but wont start and after many resets it would work normally. I changed all my components but my gpu and HDD and...
  4. buzzer3356

    [SOLVED] Problem's with GPU

    So I am new here and I just need help with the PC. So I am fixing my friends PC and I get "no signal" on my monitor and black screen every time I start a game or just randomly. The PC still works but I can't do anything. I thought that the GPU was the problem or something so I pulled it out and...
  5. N

    Question Bought a used GPU now pc doesn't boot, buzzing sound from psu.

    Ok so I bought a Gigabyte GTX 970 Xtreme 4Gb on carbonite from a respectable user (so far only has good ratings from people who previously traded with him) so I doubt he went out of his way to scam me but yeah here's what happens: I decided to start upgrading my pc a few months ago but I'm on...
  6. D

    Question Dead GPU?

    Hello, So 2 nights ago I was playing call of duty on my pc and it just shut off, and the RGB on my motherboard and GPU would flash as if its about to boot and couldn't, it seemed like it wasn't getting insufficient power so I believed it to be my power supply had died. I try an old cooler...
  7. L

    Question Faulty GTX 780 ti. blackscreen and purple lines

    My GTX 780 Ti recently stopped working properly, when I turned on my pc it loaded up the bios screen then when I tried to launch windows all I get is a black screen. So I took out the card and booted up with my onboard graphics and everything worked fine. After that, I used DDU to completely...
  8. monkeybean1304

    [SOLVED] Cleaning GPU contact pins with rubber/erasor- myth?

    So, going from my previous post here looks like may GPU is dead, most likely a Vram failure. Only had it for 1 day so not exactly expecting issues already. I was hoping to start the process of getting it RMA'd or replaced this weekend, but Amazon support have been... interesting. Probably doing...
  9. M

    [SOLVED] Is my GPU faulty or is it another component?

    Everytime i try playing any game, if its PUBG,H1Z1,GTA V, Or Fortnite, the game textures never load in, they either look like play doh or just dont load in completely, they do eventually load in most of the time but usually after 30 seconds - 45 seconds, im not very smart with how components...
  10. A

    Question Gtx 950m related stuff VN7 571G

    So yesterday I was replacing my thermal paste with conductonaut. The temps dropped from 103C ro 73C under load which was amazing. The laptop is Acer Aspire VN7 571G. Alright so I already know the risks of conductonaut and tbh it worked. I made sure nothing spilled onto the board and everything...
  11. R

    Question PC 'boots' to glitched screen, Is it a corrupted BIOS? How can I fix it?

    A sequence of issues has ended up bricking(?) my PC. I assume this a BIOS issue but I am not sure. I'd be very grateful to anyone who could help me resolve this problem, or even just explain why this has happened if a solution is not available. Much more information below: Running Windows 10...