Is My GPU Dead?

[RezMePlz]

Hello, every time i put load on my GPU screen goes black and i have to hard reset. i can browse the web and view youtube videos with no artifacts or crashing but any heavy load immediately crashes the whole system

Dell studio xps 7100
amd II ahtlon x4 2.8ghz propus
his AMD HD 7950
modX 600w psu
8gb RAM
win7 64

 

[BrandonYoung]

Monitor GPU temperatures, and CPU temps for that matter, it could be thermally protecting itself, or faulting out causing a system lock.

This also could be related to the PSU not supplying enough power to your components.
If available, you could try different power cables to supply power to your GPU (avoid using 2 pcie power cables from the same leg of power).

Make sure you have the latest video drivers as well.

If this all looks good, you could check your RAM for issues by running Prime95 (lots of ram usage mode) or other various RAM scanning utilities.

Good luck!

 

[weedeater]

cheap power supply ??

 

[RezMePlz]

Thanks for the replies, the GPU stays very cool under 60C even after an hour of benchmarking,the cpu USED to get quite hot but has since been extremely clean, i think the PSU was a cheap brand @600W but its still pumping 12.3v.
I was going to RMA the card (since HiS says it comes with a 2 year warranty) and of course the seriel number "does not exist" since HiS offer almost no customer support, i really want to get this card fixed.

 

[RezMePlz]

cpu idling at 39c gpu idling at 33C, i cant put any real load on it as it crashes, then my MOBO beeps 6 times which, in the manul, indicated Video Card Failure

 

[RezMePlz]

I managed to wresltle an RMA code from HiS, prolly gonna send it back, unless someone can give me some false hope that its not faulty :O

 

[BrandonYoung]

Avoid cheap PSU's, there is a reason they are cheap, and if/when they fail, they can do damage to anything they are connected to. Spending an extra 100$ on a PSU could mean the difference between stability, and needing to buy a new cpu/mobo/ram/videocard because your PSU smoked them all.

I learned the hard way.

Good luck on the new card!

 

[RezMePlz]

psu is ocZ 600w, not sure of power suply uni t brand, just picked one that had the specs i needed!

 

[RezMePlz]

still trying to fix this card tho, same thing, the moment of heavy load cuts to black mobo beeps 6 times until hard reset

 

[RezMePlz]

Ma Specs:
Dell Studio XPS 7100
AMD Athlon IIx4 630 ((2.8GHz))
64 Bit Win-7
8gb RAB
HiS AMD HD Radeon 7950 (IceQ Boost turbo something commercialism idk)
ocZ Mod-X-Stream 600W power supply
Hey guys ive been having some serious graphical issue as of late.
Everytime i boot a game up (WoW 6.0 has been my dummy since its not so hard on the gpu) crashes within 5 seconds.
oh yea this is my bugchecker report
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 100000ea
BCP1: FFFFFA8009178760
BCP2: 0000000000000000
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6_1_7601
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 768_1

 

[BrandonYoung]

If you had another video card laying about (or friends/family) I would try replacing the 7950 and check if stability changes.
You could uninstall your graphics drivers, and reinstall the newest if you haven't tried this yet.

Are you able to put load on the CPU and maintain stability? (Prime95 or Intel Burn Test, etc..)

Have you tested Ram stability? (MemTest86)

Just because windows thinks its a gpu issue, doesn't necessarily mean that it is the true culprit.

Let us know, and good luck!

 

[RezMePlz]

Yeah i can use my old radeon 2600XT to game and its stable with no crashes., Ive re-installed the adm 14.12 drivers numerous times as well as a win7 reinstall and a couple of registry edits

 

[BrandonYoung]

Hmmm... If you get MSI Afterburner or similar software you could attempt to increase the voltage slightly to your GPU to see if this helps your stability at all. You may be able to do this through CCC, but its been awhile since my last ATI(AMD) card.
You could also try way under clocking your card with this utility, it may help as well, at least for diagnostic purpose.