Weird issue GPU crashes in idle/low use but when works perfect while load / gaming /benchmarks

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I bought this Gigabyte GTX 760 on ebay really cheap, seller stated when pc powers on GPU keeps crashing.

I thought he was talking about the common "nvidia drivers has stopped " issue but now i see what he meant, the GPU has the weirdst issue ive seen, as stated in the tittle GPU crashes or makes my pc crashes randomly, if im not gaming , it can crash just 1 min after pc boots or 30 min after, its just random.

by crash i mean it can just put black screen and stays stuck there until i manually restart the pc,, some times it also get back to life after some secounds and says nvidia driver has stopped
working. but most of the time it just stays on the black screen.

also while in idle there are small green dots and lines on all the screen,

i managed to use the pc normal by running furmark burn in test in the backgroudn XD while i use the pc

have you any suggestions? i want to try all with software / firmware before apply hot air to the PCB

thanks in advanced
 
Solution
lets see if this helps...

> download display driver uninstaller from guru3d...run it and uninstall all current drivers...
> power off the system and reset the cmos battery...
> clean the card properly for dust accumulation...
> power on the system and update the bios to the latest one, but before that, keep a copy of the older bios, in case the new one doesnt work...(optional)
> now go to the nvidia website and download the latest drivers for the card and install them...
> along with that u should update ur...vcredist, c++ redistributable, directx, and .net framework...

let us know wat happns...
lets see if this helps...

> download display driver uninstaller from guru3d...run it and uninstall all current drivers...
> power off the system and reset the cmos battery...
> clean the card properly for dust accumulation...
> power on the system and update the bios to the latest one, but before that, keep a copy of the older bios, in case the new one doesnt work...(optional)
> now go to the nvidia website and download the latest drivers for the card and install them...
> along with that u should update ur...vcredist, c++ redistributable, directx, and .net framework...

let us know wat happns...
 
Solution
thanks for trying to help, but seems like i fixed it, i flashed an older bios downloaded from techpowerup web page and seems to be running fine in low use no more green dots lines ore black screens,