Frying a brand new GTX 980 ti

[gpufrier]

I just got my GTX 980 ti and acidentally boosted the core clock up by 400 mhz but kept the voltage ok at 1,25v.

But my computer crashed and I got a black screen, then I could Not keep on windows for longer than 10 minutes without the screen simply freezing and the only way out would be a hard reboot.

Now Its forever stuck on the starting windows screen and even if I swap videocard nothing changes or happens, I cant even format it.

I have a spare PSU, videocard and ram. What should I try or do

Got Overclocking fail notice now I can boot the system for some reason

 

[gpufrier]

Things that I can do: tinker in the bios
Things that I can't do:everything else, I cant go beyond starting windows or even to repair it

 

[Chugalug_]

What motherboard do you have?
Mosts motherboards have a CMOS button or a CMOS jumper, which can be activated to reset the clocks and data on your motherboard itself.
This is the go-to solution for overclocking, as it is likely to happen at one point or another due to voltage crashes.
A tip when overclocking in the future, between clocks run stress tests like Heaven for at least 10-15 mins before going again, as this is a good way to check for artifacts, which signifies that you need more voltage.
Keep in mind the max recommended temps and voltages for your card to ensure you do not overclock too high, and take a look at forums for results on cards like yours so you have a realistic idea of what to aim for!

 

[apk24]

Do you have an integrated GPU? If so you could enable a setting in BIOS called iGPU Multi-Monitor or something similar. Plug in your monitor to the iGPU, leave the 980 ti in the system (just not plugged into a screen).

Use whatever you were using to OC the GPU to reset the defaults.

If that doesn't fix, try reinstalling VGA Drivers or updating the VGA BIOS.

If nothing else, you should have a working system with the broken part still connected to diagnose the issue. And someone on here smarter than me could help diagnose it.

 

[apk24]

What motherboard do you have?
Mosts motherboards have a CMOS button or a CMOS jumper, which can be activated to reset the clocks and data on your motherboard itself.
This is the go-to solution for overclocking, as it is likely to happen at one point or another due to voltage crashes.
A tip when overclocking in the future, between clocks run stress tests like Heaven for at least 10-15 mins before going again, as this is a good way to check for artifacts, which signifies that you need more voltage.
Keep in mind the max recommended temps and voltages for your card to ensure you do not overclock too high, and take a look at forums for results on cards like yours so you have a realistic idea of what to aim for!

I was under the impression OP was OCing the GPU, not CPU. In my experience those don't come with a reset bios button/jumper unless it's one of those designed for OC dual bios ones.

 

[Chugalug_]

Do you have an integrated GPU? If so you could enable a setting in BIOS called iGPU Multi-Monitor or something similar. Plug in your monitor to the iGPU, leave the 980 ti in the system (just not plugged into a screen).

Use whatever you were using to OC the GPU to reset the defaults.

If that doesn't fix, try reinstalling VGA Drivers or updating the VGA BIOS.

If nothing else, you should have a working system with the broken part still connected to diagnose the issue. And someone on here smarter than me could help diagnose it.

Based on what the OP is saying, he can't access the bios or files as he cannot actually boot his computer to any screen due to crashing at the windows prompt.
CMOS is typically the only option in these cases.
The reason being is that you COULD just boot on the iGPU, and reset but the voltage and settings would still be applied to the graphics card, resulting in the same result when attempting to boot with the GPU installed.
The best and safest way to ensure that all information regarding the OC is removed both mobo and GPU side is to CMOS reset with the graphics card installed.
The only reason I say this is because I had a client in past who had done as you specified, and the settings were still applied to the graphics card, causing crashes even though he was booting with the integrated GPU.

 

[gpufrier]

I tried what you guys told me, and so far I managed to boot.

As apk24 said, I hard reseted the VGA bios directly and as soon as the computer booted I got a "overclock failed" message..but isn't that supposed to be only for CPU or RAMW?


I don't get what happened sincerely, my system is still deeply unstable and Im running some tests.

What caused all this was a mistake OC, I accidentaly reached 1640 Mhz in the core on my g1 gaming.

Then I got a black screen and then the windows would freeze and shut down.

But after a while it'd steadly crash in the "starting windows" hellish colours.

Could it possibly be that I damaged the core of the video card by ocing that hard?

The temps were fine, it was at 70 degrees around that

The asic score is 70%

 

[apk24]

Do you have an integrated GPU? If so you could enable a setting in BIOS called iGPU Multi-Monitor or something similar. Plug in your monitor to the iGPU, leave the 980 ti in the system (just not plugged into a screen).

Use whatever you were using to OC the GPU to reset the defaults.

If that doesn't fix, try reinstalling VGA Drivers or updating the VGA BIOS.

If nothing else, you should have a working system with the broken part still connected to diagnose the issue. And someone on here smarter than me could help diagnose it.

Based on what the OP is saying, he can't access the bios or files as he cannot actually boot his computer to any screen due to crashing at the windows prompt.
CMOS is typically the only option in these cases.
The reason being is that you COULD just boot on the iGPU, and reset but the voltage and settings would still be applied to the graphics card, resulting in the same result when attempting to boot with the GPU installed.
The best and safest way to ensure that all information regarding the OC is removed both mobo and GPU side is to CMOS reset with the graphics card installed.
The only reason I say this is because I had a client in past who had done as you specified, and the settings were still applied to the graphics card, causing crashes even though he was booting with the integrated GPU.

Hmm, interesting. I was under the following impressions, lmk if I'm wrong:

• 
  ■GPU Oc settings were stored on the GPU's BIOS not on the mobo's BIOS
  ■because of the way most of the GPUs clocks and voltage governors work, unless there was load on the card it wouldn't actually push it's voltage/clock higher than base, so would not crash the system

In any case, that procedure worked for me when I OCed my 960 too high accidentally pushing up its core clock by 2GHz and when I pushed my Radeon 5450 too far.

 

[Chugalug_]

Do you have an integrated GPU? If so you could enable a setting in BIOS called iGPU Multi-Monitor or something similar. Plug in your monitor to the iGPU, leave the 980 ti in the system (just not plugged into a screen).

Use whatever you were using to OC the GPU to reset the defaults.

If that doesn't fix, try reinstalling VGA Drivers or updating the VGA BIOS.

If nothing else, you should have a working system with the broken part still connected to diagnose the issue. And someone on here smarter than me could help diagnose it.

Based on what the OP is saying, he can't access the bios or files as he cannot actually boot his computer to any screen due to crashing at the windows prompt.
CMOS is typically the only option in these cases.
The reason being is that you COULD just boot on the iGPU, and reset but the voltage and settings would still be applied to the graphics card, resulting in the same result when attempting to boot with the GPU installed.
The best and safest way to ensure that all information regarding the OC is removed both mobo and GPU side is to CMOS reset with the graphics card installed.
The only reason I say this is because I had a client in past who had done as you specified, and the settings were still applied to the graphics card, causing crashes even though he was booting with the integrated GPU.

Hmm, interesting. I was under the following impressions, lmk if I'm wrong:

• 
  ■GPU Oc settings were stored on the GPU's BIOS not on the mobo's BIOS
  ■because of the way most of the GPUs clocks and voltage governors work, unless there was load on the card it wouldn't actually push it's voltage/clock higher than base, so would not crash the system

In any case, that procedure worked for me when I OCed my 960 too high accidentally pushing up its core clock by 2GHz and when I pushed my Radeon 5450 too far.

Sorry, I got a bit over the top with my explanation there!
More or less, the motherboard stores all information regarding clocks and voltages directly in its cached memory.
The CMOS button is essentially a factory reset which deletes these overclocks from its memory, meaning that it boots everything at stock speeds, essentially reverting any overclocking done.
MSI Afterburner or any other software does not store the clocks, it simply keeps them in profiles and alters the BIOS data.
The reason I say use CMOS is because it is the most efficient and effective way to ensure that your PC is reset to working settings.

 

[Chugalug_]

I tried what you guys told me, and so far I managed to boot.

As apk24 said, I hard reseted the VGA bios directly and as soon as the computer booted I got a "overclock failed" message..but isn't that supposed to be only for CPU or RAMW?


I don't get what happened sincerely, my system is still deeply unstable and Im running some tests.

What caused all this was a mistake OC, I accidentaly reached 1640 Mhz in the core on my g1 gaming.

Then I got a black screen and then the windows would freeze and shut down.

But after a while it'd steadly crash in the "starting windows" hellish colours.

Could it possibly be that I damaged the core of the video card by ocing that hard?

The temps were fine, it was at 70 degrees around that

The asic score is 70%

I doubt that you damaged your card unless the temps were above 80-85c.
Do what I said and use the cmos button or cmos jumper on your motherboard if it has one, and make sure the GPU is plugged in.

It is the most effective way to remove overclocks and revert settings.
What model motherboard do you have?

 

[apk24]

Sorry, I got a bit over the top with my explanation there!
More or less, the motherboard stores all information regarding clocks and voltages directly in its cached memory.
The CMOS button is essentially a factory reset which deletes these overclocks from its memory, meaning that it boots everything at stock speeds, essentially reverting any overclocking done.
MSI Afterburner or any other software does not store the clocks, it simply keeps them in profiles and alters the BIOS data.
The reason I say use CMOS is because it is the most efficient and effective way to ensure that your PC is reset to working settings.

Now that I think about it, that makes sense that mobo and not the card would store OC data. If you OC a card on one machine and move it to another, it shouldn't hold it's OC.

Still leaves the point of an unloaded GPU being highly unlikely to cause a system crash though.

 

[Chugalug_]

Sorry, I got a bit over the top with my explanation there!
More or less, the motherboard stores all information regarding clocks and voltages directly in its cached memory.
The CMOS button is essentially a factory reset which deletes these overclocks from its memory, meaning that it boots everything at stock speeds, essentially reverting any overclocking done.
MSI Afterburner or any other software does not store the clocks, it simply keeps them in profiles and alters the BIOS data.
The reason I say use CMOS is because it is the most efficient and effective way to ensure that your PC is reset to working settings.

Now that I think about it, that makes sense that mobo and not the card would store OC data. If you OC a card on one machine and move it to another, it shouldn't hold it's OC.

Still leaves the point of an unloaded GPU being highly unlikely to cause a system crash though.

The fact of the matter is, even if the GPU isn't active in the system, if it is plugged in it will be consuming a load of sorts, albeit a lower one.
Can't really justify it myself, but its how it happens! ^.^
The motherboard will still recognize it as a device and apply the OC, much like plugging in a USB, the system will recognize it and load files anyway.
I like to think of it akin to a power plug; leaving it plugged into a wall off still draws power even though it is not in use.
Hope I cleared things up!