Question Is GPU Dead?

[Magnus_Vale]

PC was showing artifacts after only being open for about 30 minutes then I tried restarting it by using the power button but im unable to boot up it as it only shows black screen.

First. It was trying to open it and monitor has a signal but it still black screen.

Then I tried removing the GPU then inserting it again but its not showing anymore its just no signal.

Any solution or any other idea what might be the problem except the gpu?

Specs:
R5 3600
16Gb RAM
MSI GTX 1070 One-fan
1TB nvme and a 240gb SSD

 

[COLGeek]

What is the make and model of your PSU?

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

im unable to boot up it as it only shows black screen

how do you know the system is not booting with only a black screen?

do the motherboard and peripherals still power up properly and show any available lights?
does the motherboard have an onboard readout for boot codes, errors, etc?

have you tried another display, another video output cable to this display, and a different video output port from the GPU?

 

[Magnus_Vale]

how do you know the system is not booting with only a black screen?

do the motherboard and peripherals still power up properly and show any available lights?
does the motherboard have an onboard readout for boot codes, errors, etc?

have you tried another display, another video output cable to this display, and a different video output port from the GPU?

Yup, all peripherals are working. It actually managed to "fix" itself when i stopped using it for about 4hrs but then it came back.

I managed to find the problem that a gpu driver is causing it, then i tried to reformat it since i cant get into the windows screen to safe boot it.

Now my problem is if all gpu driver arent working and causes artifacts, is my gpu cooked?

 

[Magnus_Vale]

What is the make and model of your PSU?

Its a Silverstone SF600 can't get into higher tier psu since i live in a 3rd world country whose budget is only for surviving

 

[Magnus_Vale]

Its a Silverstone SF600 can't get into higher tier psu since i live in a 3rd world country whose budget is only for surviving

Im actually hallucinating and infact the psu is a 500w. It's a Silverstone Strider Essential 500w

 

[stonecarver]

Yup, all peripherals are working. It actually managed to "fix" itself when i stopped using it for about 4hrs but then it came back.

The fixed itself caught my eye.

PC was showing artifacts after only being open for about 30 minutes

Both of these have something in common. The card starts out working than goes south.

Have you checked the card for dust bunnies and hair clogging the GPU cooler exhaust fins.

In a full check also look at the CPU for dust build up as well.

Word of caution if you do open up pc to clean unplug from the wall and than hold down the power button for 20 seconds to drain left over power in power supply.

Also don't let the fans spin if you blow it out.

 

[Magnus_Vale]

The fixed itself caught my eye.

Both of these have something in common. The card starts out working than goes south.

Have you checked the card for dust bunnies and hair clogging the GPU cooler exhaust fins.

In a full check also look at the CPU for dust build up as well.

Word of caution if you do open up pc to clean unplug from the wall and than hold down the power button for 20 seconds to drain left over power in power supply.

Also don't let the fans spin if you blow it out.

Just rested and now the pc wont open, like fans no spinning or no lights on the pc but the keyboard and mouse is lighting up. Is this still a gpu problem or psu?

 

[stonecarver]

Just rested and now the pc wont open

Can you please give more information on what you have or have not did to PC since I posted .

 

[Magnus_Vale]

Can you please give more information on what you have or have not did to PC since I posted .

All i did is reformatting the pc until i encounter the gpu driver problem, after not fixing my problem i just went to sleep hoping that it might fix itself again. Because my logical thinking is that it was a heat problem.

 

[Magnus_Vale]

Can you please give more information on what you have or have not did to PC since I posted .

Im actually deep cleaning the pc rn after i read your message.

 

[Magnus_Vale]

HOLY. just cleaninng the gpu and found out that the mosfet and the gpu black thing is full of dust and cotton 😭

 

[stonecarver]

Take your time and pay attention while your cleaning the GPU.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

cleaninng the gpu and found out that the mosfet and the gpu black thing is full of dust and cotton

may want to work on adding some extra filters to the case in any space that dust/debris can enter.

years ago for older systems i always kept a large roll of very fine mesh screen handy.
would just cut sections out to the size necessary and attach them in areas that had openings or where filters had too large of holes.

 

[Magnus_Vale]

Take your time and pay attention while your cleaning the GPU.

I fixed it by rollbacking into an older driver specifically the 497.29 Driver. It seems that newer than that makes my screen garbo.

And it works fone now but i shall monitor it to see its longevity

 

[Magnus_Vale]

UPDATE: It only fixed momentarily, the issue came back

 

[stonecarver]

HOLY. just cleaninng the gpu and found out that the mosfet and the gpu black thing is full of dust and cotton 😭

Okay we now have something to work with here. The first issue is the card has been cooking itself but for how long.

By running the GPU so hot the thermal paste will dry out much faster.

So by cooking the card as a by product will also put strain on power supply.

You could install MSI Afterburner and set the fan curve to 65-75% and see if you get stable.
https://www.msi.com/Landing/afterburner/graphics-cards

If MSI Afterburner does nothing to stabilize card you will have to go deeper with solution.

Me I would take the GPU apart and do a clean and repaste the GPU chip. Thermal pads are a 50/50.
But before you get into all that one I would test PC with a borrowed power supply or if you can just test card in another PC