- Jun 23, 2012
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Hey everyone! I haven't been on this site in years, so I hope I'm posting in the right place (if not, feel free to move it).
I think my GPU (Sapphire Nitro R9 390 8GB) has died, I'd just like to hear your thoughts on whether that's really what's going on since I haven't really done any troubleshooting in a long time. I guess I'm hoping for some miracle. Here's what happened:
About two weeks ago, my PC started suddenly getting black screens and freezing - sometimes with whatever audio was going on at the time stopping immediately, sometimes it lasted for maybe a minute until I tried to click something (with a black screen). There'd be a sudden cutoff with some kind of short audio distortion. Most of the time I'd have around a dozen chrome tabs and a few programs open, maybe a non-intensive game. At first I thought something was going on with the RAM, since someone mentioned it could be overheating, but I was in the middle of my exams and didn't have time to check. The only thing that would solve the problem was forcing the PC off and turning it back on again - which temporarily fixed it until it stopped working again. I tried to reset the RAM overclocking profile to auto, because ever since I built the PC I'd get an overclocking failed error on boot once every couple of months. Didn't help.
Yesterday, I was playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider, performance was great, nothing out of the ordinary, and it happened 4 or 5 times, sudden black screens with no way to interact with the PC, frozen, and each time I'd have to reset the computer. I kept an eye on the thermals and load, everything seemed fine. Finally, it refused to turn back on.
Today, I started troubleshooting, trying to disconnect different parts one by one and see what works, making sure to reseat them properly; the RAM, GPU, even cleaned the CPU fan heatsink and applied new thermal paste etc... I even tried changing the PSU/GPU power cable. I can't try another PCIe slot because the card is too big to fit, the hard drive bay is in the way. It finally booted when I connected to the integrated GPU on the motherboard. The GPU fans aren't spinning, can't see it on the device manager. So I think it finally died on me. Right now I'm running DisplayPort from the motherboard with only one monitor instead of my usual two, and I'm feeling a bit hopeless - I can't afford to get a quality replacement atm. So I guess my dreams of gaming during my break in-between semesters died before it even started.
The GPU is old, and it was starting to show its age with regards to in-game settings. I bought it new back in 2015, so it's lasted quite a long time, I know, but up until this point it was still performing flawlessly.
System specs:
i5 6600k
R9 390 8GB
2x8GB Corsair DDR4 (can't remember which model but can find out if needed)
Corsair Vengeance 650M PSU
ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming Motherboard
Windows 10 Pro x64bit, build 19043.1466
Thanks for any help or insight.
I think my GPU (Sapphire Nitro R9 390 8GB) has died, I'd just like to hear your thoughts on whether that's really what's going on since I haven't really done any troubleshooting in a long time. I guess I'm hoping for some miracle. Here's what happened:
About two weeks ago, my PC started suddenly getting black screens and freezing - sometimes with whatever audio was going on at the time stopping immediately, sometimes it lasted for maybe a minute until I tried to click something (with a black screen). There'd be a sudden cutoff with some kind of short audio distortion. Most of the time I'd have around a dozen chrome tabs and a few programs open, maybe a non-intensive game. At first I thought something was going on with the RAM, since someone mentioned it could be overheating, but I was in the middle of my exams and didn't have time to check. The only thing that would solve the problem was forcing the PC off and turning it back on again - which temporarily fixed it until it stopped working again. I tried to reset the RAM overclocking profile to auto, because ever since I built the PC I'd get an overclocking failed error on boot once every couple of months. Didn't help.
Yesterday, I was playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider, performance was great, nothing out of the ordinary, and it happened 4 or 5 times, sudden black screens with no way to interact with the PC, frozen, and each time I'd have to reset the computer. I kept an eye on the thermals and load, everything seemed fine. Finally, it refused to turn back on.
Today, I started troubleshooting, trying to disconnect different parts one by one and see what works, making sure to reseat them properly; the RAM, GPU, even cleaned the CPU fan heatsink and applied new thermal paste etc... I even tried changing the PSU/GPU power cable. I can't try another PCIe slot because the card is too big to fit, the hard drive bay is in the way. It finally booted when I connected to the integrated GPU on the motherboard. The GPU fans aren't spinning, can't see it on the device manager. So I think it finally died on me. Right now I'm running DisplayPort from the motherboard with only one monitor instead of my usual two, and I'm feeling a bit hopeless - I can't afford to get a quality replacement atm. So I guess my dreams of gaming during my break in-between semesters died before it even started.
The GPU is old, and it was starting to show its age with regards to in-game settings. I bought it new back in 2015, so it's lasted quite a long time, I know, but up until this point it was still performing flawlessly.
System specs:
i5 6600k
R9 390 8GB
2x8GB Corsair DDR4 (can't remember which model but can find out if needed)
Corsair Vengeance 650M PSU
ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming Motherboard
Windows 10 Pro x64bit, build 19043.1466
Thanks for any help or insight.
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