HELP!!! GTX 1060 crashing

[williamxiron]

I recently bought a PC w/ a GTX 1060, so I installed windows onto the PC and then it was working all fine, then suddenly it all went wrong and the GPU fan stopped spinning and then there was no Display as (i think) the GPU had crashed. I restarted the PC by pushing the power button and pushed it again, it then started the GPU during the start screen, but after that screen the GPU instantly stopped working and now I don't know what to do!

Specs:
GTX 1060 6GB ROG STRIX
i5 7600k
H270M D3H mATX by Gigabyte
Hyper 212X CPU Air Cooler
16GB (2x8) RIPJAWS V DDR4
250GB Samsung EVO SSD
1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD
550W VS550 Corsair Power Supply

 

[blockhead78]

when you first encountered the problem, what were you doing?

were you just in windows, or gaming, or running something else?

After powering on after the suspected GPU crash, is the same problem as before as in PC is running with no display, or has the PC turned itself off?

Also, is it a pre-built PC, or did you put it together?

 

[williamxiron]

when you first encountered the problem, what were you doing?

were you just in windows, or gaming, or running something else?

After powering on after the suspected GPU crash, is the same problem as before as in PC is running with no display, or has the PC turned itself off?

I was downloading the drivers and half-way through it just crashed

 

[blockhead78]

if you remove the GPU and try and use the onboard graphics, does it boot in to windows ok?

 

[williamxiron]

if you remove the GPU and try and use the onboard graphics, does it boot in to windows ok?

Alright, I'll try, but I wasn't the one who built it I got someone to build it for me

 

[KahouAoki]

if you remove the GPU and try and use the onboard graphics, does it boot in to windows ok?

Alright, I'll try, but I wasn't the one who built it I got someone to build it for me

While you're in there, make sure that the card has the appropriate PCIE power cabled plugged in.

 

[blockhead78]

ah ok, if someone else built it... as well as the onboard graphics, double check all power connectors from the PSU and make sure they're connected properly

 

[atomicWAR]

Thank who ever built your PC for putting a horrible PSU in it. Those Corsair VS units are tier 6 I believe and should be avoided at all costs. I would replace it as soon as possible. As for your GPU issues. This could be PSU related or not. Try the iGPU as mentioned. If it still crashes it is likely the PSU is so bad or a bad load of windows (ie need to re-install).

 

[williamxiron]

Ahh, I just took out the GPU and there is no Display, I put the DVI-D cable into the motherboard, yet still no success, no display.

 

[blockhead78]

seeing as the display is only cutting out after the start screen, boot into the bios and make sure the onboard graphics are enabled

 

[williamxiron]

seeing as the display is only cutting out after the start screen, boot into the bios and make sure the onboard graphics are enabled

it doesn't show anything at all, no bios...

 

[blockhead78]

what about with the GPU installed, can you get to the bios?

 

[williamxiron]

what about with the GPU installed, can you get to the bios?

Ok, thanks, I booted windows perfectly without the GPU, now what?

 

[blockhead78]

ok, so that would suggest the most likely culprit is either the PSU or the GPU

easiest way to tell, try the GPU in another PC, or try another up to spec PSU in your system

 

[williamxiron]

Alright, thanks for the help blockhead78, but I think that I've resolved the problem, here's what I did, when I updated the driver it would turn off half way, but for some reason the display went over to the other integrated graphics, and now I've fixed the problem, but thanks for the help anyways!

 

[Grugbug]

I would still change out the PSU.