Graphics Card Issue

[RaccoTaco]

My GPU has been acting odd since they day I got it. It worked for a few hours the first day, but then it gave no signal the next day. What worked for the GPU was reseating it and by placing a piece of cardboard underneath to help the sagging (I don't know why it sags so much - both nails are screwed in).

I exchanged my GPU as a last resort since it continued to fail.. or at least that's what I thought happened. They sent me back the same one after a 10 day wait and stated that it worked fine for them. Well, I tried to use it on my PC, hoping that maybe they altered it a bit.. Nope, still the same issues. Right now it only works if I have a string attached from the top of the case to the bottom the GPU (to help the sag).

After 5 days of no issues (hurrah for the string), I got this pop-up error saying "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered". I panicked and tried to re-install my drivers for the GPU after roaming through some forums that had the same prompt appear - leading to a restart on my PC. Well, after that, I couldn't get a signal from my GPU again and had to reseat it and adjust the string to fix it.

I'm sorry for the somewhat long read and any grammar or spelling errors - I have 3 minutes to get to class as of now and trying to rush this. But anyways, my question is: Is there any other way to fix this issue? What could the problem actually be? <-- Sorry for the bluntness.

 

[RaccoTaco]

Oh right, and my MoBo is a Asus z97-a and the GPU is a EVGA GeForce GTX 760

 

[hang-the-9]

Sounds like a bad video card, but could be your power supply. What is the brand and model of the power supply?

If the card is bending, you need to return it and get another model, the PCB can be stressed and connections can crack if it's bent. Plus you have it being bent and have a heatting/cooling cycle going on with it at all times which is even worse.

 

[RaccoTaco]

Sounds like a bad video card, but could be your power supply. What is the brand and model of the power supply?

If the card is bending, you need to return it and get another model, the PCB can be stressed and connections can crack if it's bent. Plus you have it being bent and have a heatting/cooling cycle going on with it at all times which is even worse.

This is the PSU I have.

And when you mean by get another model, do you mean to get a completely different GPU or get the same one?

 

[hang-the-9]

Sounds like a bad video card, but could be your power supply. What is the brand and model of the power supply?

If the card is bending, you need to return it and get another model, the PCB can be stressed and connections can crack if it's bent. Plus you have it being bent and have a heatting/cooling cycle going on with it at all times which is even worse.

This is the PSU I have.

And when you mean by get another model, do you mean to get a completely different GPU or get the same one?

That is not a very good power supply. From a review of it:

"Overall, the Corsair RM750 was an across the board disappointment as it failed to complete our load testing today. However, if we ignore the fact that the unit failed and look at the tests it did complete we still don’t see a great power supply. For instance, in the voltage regulation, the 12v rail saw a total drop of 0.18v and the 5v rail saw a total drop of 0.11v during our testing."

I would not go for the same brand / model of card since you have issues with it sagging.

But you have two things here now, an iffy quality power supply or the video card causing the issue. If you have a friend with a gaming system, try your card there. If it works, we can be pretty safe it's a power supply issue, with reasonable % chance.