Specs:
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3
CPU: AMD FX-6300
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: ASUS RADEON R9 290
PSU: Seasonic S12II-620 Bronze 620W
First things first, my PC started acting up a while ago, constant blue screens after turning on any video stream for the first time, after the BSOD it worked properly. After the seasonal dusting, this issues usually went away for a couple of months, then started to occur again.
Recently, the GPU flat out decided to give up, won't boot past the Windows 7 animation. During the bootup, I can briefly see the Motherboard image and it is slightly pixelated (more than it already is); no weird lines across the screen or anything.
I took the GPU out, vacuumed it a bit, as usual, then put it back in - nothing, same as above.
I borrowed another GPU from a friend, an R9 270, and it works properly, so I don't think it's a Motherboard issue.
I took my 290 out again, cleaned it properly with pressurized air from a compressor, cleaned off the excess burned out thermal paste with
isopropyl alcohol and applied a new blob then put it back in. It booted normally the first time, in 640x480 resolution (or whichever is when the driver isn't recognized) and it prompted me to restart after it installed something for the GPU. After that restart however, it went dead again. Same story with the pixelated motherboard screen, not booting past the Win7 animation, and a new weird oscillating sound from the case.
At this point, I have no idea what course of action to take anymore, any help would be appreciated.
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3
CPU: AMD FX-6300
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: ASUS RADEON R9 290
PSU: Seasonic S12II-620 Bronze 620W
First things first, my PC started acting up a while ago, constant blue screens after turning on any video stream for the first time, after the BSOD it worked properly. After the seasonal dusting, this issues usually went away for a couple of months, then started to occur again.
Recently, the GPU flat out decided to give up, won't boot past the Windows 7 animation. During the bootup, I can briefly see the Motherboard image and it is slightly pixelated (more than it already is); no weird lines across the screen or anything.
I took the GPU out, vacuumed it a bit, as usual, then put it back in - nothing, same as above.
I borrowed another GPU from a friend, an R9 270, and it works properly, so I don't think it's a Motherboard issue.
I took my 290 out again, cleaned it properly with pressurized air from a compressor, cleaned off the excess burned out thermal paste with
isopropyl alcohol and applied a new blob then put it back in. It booted normally the first time, in 640x480 resolution (or whichever is when the driver isn't recognized) and it prompted me to restart after it installed something for the GPU. After that restart however, it went dead again. Same story with the pixelated motherboard screen, not booting past the Win7 animation, and a new weird oscillating sound from the case.
At this point, I have no idea what course of action to take anymore, any help would be appreciated.
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