[SOLVED] Three Bad Gpu's in a row?

[SaltLight]

I bought a refurbished zotac 1080ti in August, and, after 2 weeks, I started having problems. I concluded that it was the gpu and I got a refund. In September, I bought a refurbished Zotac 2080. Again, I had issues. After much research, troubleshooting, and talking to tech support, I concluded that it was the gpu again. At this point I figured that the refurbished Zotac gpu's were no good. So, I bought an Evga 2080 from a seller on ebay. It is still under warranty and the seller claimed that the card was tested and 100 percent working. I received the card and, again, I am having issues. The issues with each card were different. The first had pc shutdowns, bsod's, and game crashes. The second had artifacting in games, game crashes, and bsod's. My third had games crashes, two bsod's, and horrible artifacting, even in the bios and startup. I play games on my pc with intel integrated graphics and I have no issues whatsoever. Could it be possible that I got three bad gpu's in a row? I called technical support all three times, and each time, I was told that it sounded like a bad gpu.

My system specs are

intel i5 9600k

msi z390 gaming plus

patriot viper 256gb m.2 nvme

seagate 2tb 7200 rpm hdd

evga b5 750watt bronze psu

16gb (2 x 8gb) team t force vulcan z ram ddr4 3200mhz cl16

Please help, thanks

 

[Nemesia]

The problem with used / refurbished GPU is that you never know how they were used before you buy them. Your issues could have been 3 faulty GPU or it could be your PSU, motherboard PCIe slot.

When you buy a GPU and it gives you issues like that you try that GPU in another system. If it does the same thing you immediately know it's the GPU. If the GPU works fine in another system you know it's your motherboard slot or your PSU etc.

 

[SaltLight]

The problem with used / refurbished GPU is that you never know how they were used before you buy them. Your issues could have been 3 faulty GPU or it could be your PSU, motherboard PCIe slot.

When you buy a GPU and it gives you issues like that you try that GPU in another system. If it does the same thing you immediately know it's the GPU. If the GPU works fine in another system you know it's your motherboard slot or your PSU.

I don't have another system to test it in. However, I have tried both PCIE slots on my mobo with the same issues. I am also using a new, second psu which I know works as well. You think its just that they were refurb or used that I would get three bad gpus on a row?

 

[Nemesia]

I don't have another system to test it in. However, I have tried both PCIE slots on my mobo with the same issues. I am also using a new, second psu which I know works as well. You think its just that they were refurb or used that I would get three bad gpus on a row?

Yes I think that the fact that they were refurbished and used could have been the issue here but I can't tell you for sure of course.

This is why I said to test the GPU in another system. You tried the other PCIe slot which is rare to get 2 faulty PCIe slots at the same time so the conclusion that it was the 3 GPU's is reinforced a bit.

What is the other PSU you tested?

I'm sorry I can't tell for sure that it's the GPU's because they weren't new. If you told me you bought 3 new GPU's and they all started to artifact and give you issues inside a month it would not have been the same situation.

 

[SaltLight]

I used a montech beta 650w at first. I upgraded to an EVGA B5 750 watt

 

[Nemesia]

I used a montech beta 650w at first. I upgraded to an EVGA B5 750 watt

When did you switch from that PSU to the new EVGA? That montech beta 650w is an horrible PSU. it's worth like 45 bux and 45 bux PSU should be avoided

Was it after the first GPU? After the second? third? Or after the 3 of them?

 

[SaltLight]

When did you switch from that PSU to the new EVGA?

Was it after the first GPU? After the second? third? Or after the 3 of them?

It was after the first when the second one started acting up

 

[COLGeek]

This seems like a possible motherboard and/or power issue (resulting from the original very poor quality PSU). The motherboard is the common denominator here.

 

[SaltLight]

The problems with each gpu were different though. If it were the mobo, the issues with each would be the same

 

[COLGeek]

The problems with each gpu were different though. If it were the mobo, the issues with each would be the same

Understood, but the likelihood of three defective GPUs in a row seems very low. So, we start looking at what was common between the configurations.

By the way, are you overclocking anything (CPU, GPU, or memory)?

 

[SaltLight]

No. The only form of overclocking would be Xmp

 

[COLGeek]

No. The only form of overclocking would be Xmp

It is certainly possible that you received three defective GPUs, it just seems very improbable. Having access to a known good GPU, or alternate system to check your GPUs in would be really helpful right now.

What GPU are you using now?

 

[SaltLight]

Im currently using integrated graphics, as my current gpu is giving so many issues. The gpu I have is an EVGA Rtx 2080 Xc gaming

 

[COLGeek]

Im currently using integrated graphics, as my current gpu is giving so many issues. The gpu I have is an EVGA Rtx 2080 Xc gaming

The eBay purchased one? Do you know if it is still under warranty?

 

[SaltLight]

Yes, it is.

 

[SaltLight]

I could send it back for a working replacement from EVGA. If I still have problems I guees it must be my mobo then.

 

[COLGeek]

I could send it back for a working replacement from EVGA. If I still have problems I guees it must be my mobo then.

That would be my guess. Good luck on the RMA.

 

[SaltLight]

Thanks, I will keep you guys posted on what happens. Hopefully its just a bad gpu. It would stink if I had to totally gut my whole computer and send back the mobo.