Question What are the chances that my old motherboard damaged my GPU?

Jun 24, 2023
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Due to my new PC suffering from issues caused by a poorly optimized bios update, and me thinking I got a bad motherboard, I got my new GPU and put it in my old PC because I had no other PCs I could use in the house while waiting for a replacement motherboard. This PC used to be my main rig until I experienced bad frame drops in all my games after taking apart my PC and cleaning it with a compressed air can. I believed that I only damaged the GPU and that everything else was fine.

When I started playing KOF XV with my GPU in my old PC I noticed I was having the same frame rate issues. I assumed that this might have been caused by the CPU maybe being damaged too, or maybe the motherboard got damaged. When I assessed that the problems with my new PC were caused by a bad bios update and not the motherboard itself, I installed an older bios version on my new motherboard and I installed my new GPU back into it.

After that I noticed that I started facing similar frame issues that I faced on my old computer that did not have with my new PC before putting my new GPU into my old motherboard. To test this I always cancel the character Kyo's orochinagi super into his climax super in KOF XV. If it is smooth with no issues then that means the GPU is running perfectly, if it drops to 50 frames it means that my GPU is suffering an issue. I did the test and I suffered a frame drop to 50 frames that I did not experience before I put my neq GPU into the my old motherboard on my previous PC build. This doesn't always happen though. It happened after I was done installing Windows again on my new PC, before I restarted the computer again when I received the message, "please restart your PC to finish setting up PCI bus." Just to be absolutely sure there's no driver issues, I reinstalled Windows yet again and made sure I restarted the PC and installed all necessary drivers before I played the game. On the first time I tried I noticed the game dropped to 53 frames when I did the sequence I mentioned earlier, but now I can't repeat the sequence again and it seems to be smooth, but I'm not so sure that the problem went away for good.

I don't know what else to do. Just to be extra sure I even using an object I found that could reseat my GPU so that it's not sagging as much, but I heard that a sagging GPU is not enough to impact performance and all does is prevent strain on the PCIE bracket. I've been having so many problems with this PC that at this point I'm thinking of just selling everything back and rebuilding from scratch. It really sucks because besides my PC not booting in the very beginning when I first turn it on I had no issues, but ever since my first BSODs that occurred since my first reinstall ofWwindows I've been having nothing but issues. I'm really frustrated.

Here are my PC specs:

CPU: Ryzen 5 7600X
CPU cooler: Thermalrite Peerless Assassin 120 SE
Motherboard: MSI B650M-A Wifi
Ram: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM 32 GB
SSD: SAMSUNG 980 PRO and Team Group T-Force Vulcan 500 GB
GPU: SAPPHIRE PULSE 6700 XT
PSU: CORSAIR RM750x
Chassis: Corsair 4000D air flow
OS: Windows 10
Monitor: Dell 144 Hz gaming monitor FHD 24-in monitor
The age of the PSU is not even 30 days old.
 
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Lutfij

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In all of that, you didn't mention the specs to your build. We don't memorize people's specs.

When posting a thread of troubleshooting nature, it's customary to include your full system's specs. Please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model.
 
Due to my new PC suffering from issues caused by a poorly optimized bios update, and me thinking I got a bad motherboard, I got my new GPU and put it in my old PC because I had no other PCs I could use in the house while waiting for a replacement motherboard. This PC used to be my main rig until I experienced bad frame drops in all my games after taking apart my PC and cleaning it with a compressed air can. I believed that I only damaged the GPU and that everything else was fine. When I started playing KOF XV with my GPU in my old PC I noticed I was having the same frame rate issues. I assumed that this might have been caused by the CPU maybe being damaged too, or maybe the motherboard got damaged. When I assessed that the problems with my new PC were caused by a bad bios update and not the motherboard itself, I installed an older bios version on my new motherboard and I installed my new GPU back into it. After that I noticed that I started facing similar frame issues that I did not have before putting my new GPU my old motherboard. To test this I always cancel the character Kyo's orochinagi super into his climax. If it is smooth with no issues then that means the GPU is running perfectly, if it drops to 50 frames it means that my GPU is suffering an issue. I did the test and I suffered a frame drop to 50 frames that I did not experience before I put my old GPU into the new GPU. This doesn't always happen though. It happened after I was done installing Windows again on my new PC, before I restarted the computer again when I received the message, "please restart your PC to finish setting up PCI bus." Just be absolutely sure there's no driver issues I reinstalled Windows yet again and made sure I restarted the PC and installed all necessary drivers before I played the game. On the first time I tried I noticed I dropped the 53 frames when I did the sequence I mentioned earlier, now I can't repeat the sequence again and it seems to be smooth but I'm not so sure that The problem went away for good. I don't know what else to do. Just be extra sure I and even using an object I found that could receipt my GPU so that it's not sagging as much, but I heard that a sagging PC is not enough to impact performance and all does is put more strain on the GPU pins. I've been having so many problems with this PC that at this point I'm thinking of just selling everything back and rebuilding from scratch. It really sucks because besides my PC not booting in the very beginning when I first turn it on I had no issues, but ever since my first BSODs for my first reinstall windows I've been having nothing but issues. I'm really frustrated.
What a wall of text, I suggest you use some spaces next time if its a long post, you'd have a better chance of someone taking the time to read and help.

Anyway, if the board mess up from a bad bios update or some other forum of software issues, the GPU shouldn't be harmed in anyway, the only real way it could mess the GPU up if you were running something that then tried to update the GPU bios, but typically they work or they don't. Or a power delivery issue can harm a GPU, like a short, even a brown out can hurt a GPU, though rare.

I suspect that you got a driver issue, and or software issue. I'm willing to bet you didn't reinstall windows with a motherboard replacement, typically you can swap boards and be fine, but that doesn't always go smoothly or without its problems, best to reinstall the OS if you haven't already.

Plus I'd like to get more info about your system, the OS, Ram, mother board, GPU and PSU and what games are you running thats problematic?

Good Luck!
 
Jun 24, 2023
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In all of that, you didn't mention the specs to your build. We don't memorize people's specs.

When posting a thread of troubleshooting nature, it's customary to include your full system's specs. Please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model.
Sorry for not adding more info. I made sure to update my text to add this info.
 
Jun 24, 2023
61
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35
What a wall of text, I suggest you use some spaces next time if its a long post, you'd have a better chance of someone taking the time to read and help.

Anyway, if the board mess up from a bad bios update or some other forum of software issues, the GPU shouldn't be harmed in anyway, the only real way it could mess the GPU up if you were running something that then tried to update the GPU bios, but typically they work or they don't. Or a power delivery issue can harm a GPU, like a short, even a brown out can hurt a GPU, though rare.

I suspect that you got a driver issue, and or software issue. I'm willing to bet you didn't reinstall windows with a motherboard replacement, typically you can swap boards and be fine, but that doesn't always go smoothly or without its problems, best to reinstall the OS if you haven't already.

Plus I'd like to get more info about your system, the OS, Ram, mother board, GPU and PSU and what games are you running thats problematic?

Good Luck!
Thank you for the comment. I actually reinstalled Windows on my old motherboard because I was using a sayer drive I used to use my old motherboard to store videos of my new motherboard. I reinstalled windows on my new PC and I face these issues afterwards, so the installation of Windows can't be the problem I think. I tried the minimal install of AMD adrenalin and just the drivers alone and that had no impact on the frame rate issues. In fact when I first installed windows I sued the full install of AMD adrenalin and had no frame rate issues even while streaming live on twitch at high settings. The fact that I am having inconsistent frames without even streaming is very concerning. I mainly play KOF XV. I made sure to reinstall windows using a USB drive. Like I said I still have a couple of days to return my items. If there are any issues now is the time as opposed to after 30 days where I might not be able to return anything.
 
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