[SOLVED] Is my GTX 970 dead?

[neo4evr]

Hi,
Yesterday when I was working the display suddenly went blank although the pc was running. I immediately shut down the pc and tried to run it again. Although the system was running, the display wasn't showing anything. Totally blank.
I switched the graphic card with my old HD4870 and the display was working fine. Again tried with the GTX 970 but no display.
What I find strange is that it didn't show any sign of dying, like artifacts or anything. Straight away went totally blank.
Is the graphics card dead?

 

[Captaingadget]

I take it it didn't show you the post screen? It might be a driver issue but it doesn't sound very good. See if you can boot into safe mode, that would rule out the drivers but it does sound like the card is dead.

 

[neo4evr]

It is displaying nothing at all. The screen indicator is blinking that's all. As a result I can't go into safe mode.
When I use my old HD6870 it is displaying all fine.
What I find strange is that it went dead instantly. No signs of artifacts or anything.

 

[sizzling]

It is displaying nothing at all. The screen indicator is blinking that's all. As a result I can't go into safe mode.
When I use my old HD6870 it is displaying all fine.
What I find strange is that it went dead instantly. No signs of artifacts or anything.

It can just happen with no warning. Out of interest which psu do you have? A poor quality psu can reduce the life of components.

 

[neo4evr]

It can just happen with no warning. Out of interest which psu do you have? A poor quality psu can reduce the life of components.

I have a 10+ year old Zebronics PSU 700W.
Also I notice a strange thing that even after turning off PC and unplugging it from mains, after 5 minutes or so the mobo light and other led s would glow for 5 to 10 seconds before turning off. Is this because of PSU malfunctioning?

 

[sizzling]

I have a 10+ year old Zebronics PSU 700W.
Also I notice a strange thing that even after turning off PC and unplugging it from mains, after 5 minutes or so the mobo light and other led s would glow for 5 to 10 seconds before turning off. Is this because of PSU malfunctioning?

I don’t know that psu but at 10 years it’s going to be past it’s prime. The mobo leds staying on doesn’t mean anything. I’d definitely replace the psu when getting a new gpu.

 

[neo4evr]

I don’t know that psu but at 10 years it’s going to be past it’s prime. The mobo leds staying on doesn’t mean anything. I’d definitely replace the psu when getting a new gpu.

Thanks a lot for your reply. I will change my PSU when I buy a new GTX 1660 Ti.
Can you suggest me the best PSU for my configuration :

AMD Ryzen 2600
Asus X470-F Gaming motherboard
GPU Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti
2 HDD SATA and Samsung 970 Evo SSD
16GB DDR4 RAM Gskill Trident 3600

Thanks a lot!