Question BSOD; DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION. GPU driver's fault or no?

[GUMSHi]

Hi, I'm running a PC with an i5 4590 and a used mining card called the P106, roughly equivalent to a GTX 1060 6GB. I got the card close to two years ago and it ran very well until about August of this year where it randomly stopped working. a BSOD happened and it showed VIDEO TDR FAILURE or something like that. I tried to fix it by using different drivers but no luck. The card refused to even be recognized by the system. This week, out of sheer curiosity I tried it again and it actually worked. The system recognized it and I was able to play a few games with little to no issues. But then it BSOD'd again. Now it says DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION which after some reading online, is apparently about some drivers being bad.

To be very clear, the driver I use is obviously modified by modders because this sort of card isn't exactly conventional, Nvidia doesn't acknowledge these cards as actual graphics card for people to play games on. It doesn't even have display output so I'm using my iGPU as a passthrough. Seems weird but if any one of you is familiar with similar cards, you'll know that that's just how these cards work. The driver for the card could very well be the culprit. BUT, my question is; why did it randomly stop working months ago? Why did it work fine for nearly two years? Could something else be the culprit?

Device manager knows it exists whenever it's plugged in, but it says that Windows stopped it from working because of code 43. I got the card for 20 bucks, I got my money's worth but I still want to know. If anyone would like to help investigate, here's the link for the minidump.

Thanks in advance,
Signed
Broke dude from third world country where GPUs are stupid expensive so he had to resort to using this sketchy card to play vidya

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[Lutfij]

Device manager knows it exists whenever it's plugged in, but it says that Windows stopped it from working because of code 43.
Fire up GPU-Z see if there are zero(0)'s in fields where there should be numbers.

a used mining card called the P106
Mining cards are hit or miss, more on the miss side of things.

 

[GUMSHi]

Device manager knows it exists whenever it's plugged in, but it says that Windows stopped it from working because of code 43.
Fire up GPU-Z see if there are zero(0)'s in fields where there should be numbers.

a used mining card called the P106
Mining cards are hit or miss, more on the miss side of things.

They are zeroes, yes. To add more context; I have tried using different drivers and they do sometimes work. GPUZ would show actual values, not zeroes. Nvidia control panel would be usable too. Until I try to play something and then it crashes. Once the system restarts, THEN the GPUZ is filled with zeroes and the device manager says code 43 again.

Mining cards are hit or miss, more on the miss side of things.
Right, I knew the risk going in. But why was it a bullseye for a year and a half. Why did it miss only recently, out of the blue. If the card died completely I would understand, but it didn't. This is what I'm trying to understand.

 

[Lutfij]

They are zeroes, yes.
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Once the system restarts, THEN the GPUZ is filled with zeroes and the device manager says code 43 again.
That GPU is a goner.