zotac gtx titan broken? Dots and green lines

[wexo]

Hi! I have a computer with specs :

MSI X79A-GD45-Plus
Corsair CX750M, 750W PSU
Intel Core i7-3820 Processor
Seagate Firecuda 2TB 7200rpm 64MB
Samsung SSD EVO 500gb
Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 CL10 1600MHz VENGEANCE
ZOTAC GTX TITAN 6GB

which suddenly crashe the other day. It started with dots all of a sudden,

and then on upstart the whole computer just froze. It was green lines all over the screen and i couldnt even turn num lock on or off on keyboard.

I downloaded new windows on an usb and reinstalled the computer. After updating drivers, it crashed again when i started a game. From here on what i noticed is that its dots and purple/transparent lines / dots when the card runs on deafult windows installation, but after i install drivers for the GPU it crashes with green lines directly on startup.

I have tried with a different card, an old AMD card from my brothers old computer and it works without problem.

I have also tried 2 different screens. And im using hdmi cables.


Is there even a small chance that it is not broken ? Can i maybe do something in bios or can it be something else causing it?

Best regards,

 

[jacobweaver800]

Hi! I have a computer with specs :

MSI X79A-GD45-Plus
Corsair CX750M, 750W PSU
Intel Core i7-3820 Processor
Seagate Firecuda 2TB 7200rpm 64MB
Samsung SSD EVO 500gb
Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 CL10 1600MHz VENGEANCE
ZOTAC GTX TITAN 6GB

which suddenly crashe the other day. It started with dots all of a sudden,

and then on upstart the whole computer just froze. It was green lines all over the screen and i couldnt even turn num lock on or off on keyboard.

I downloaded new windows on an usb and reinstalled the computer. After updating drivers, it crashed again when i started a game. From here on what i noticed is that its dots and purple/transparent lines / dots when the card runs on deafult windows installation, but after i install drivers for the GPU it crashes with green lines directly on startup.

I have tried with a different card, an old AMD card from my brothers old computer and it works without problem.

I have also tried 2 different screens. And im using hdmi cables.


Is there even a small chance that it is not broken ? Can i maybe do something in bios or can it be something else causing it?

Best regards,

Sounds like data artifacting to me, it could be the card is dying, the original titan is getting pretty old. Try a different port on the card or if its overclocked turn of the overclock.

 

[wexo]

Its not overclocked, has tried all ports, no difference. :/

It just happened so suddenly.

 

[toshibitsu]

I've had that happen to a card before. It was also sudden. It rapidly got worse. I tried the 'oven trick' and applying new thermal paste(did not work)... at least that trick did not work with that particular card. I had tried it another time before with a video card from an imac that was doing the same thing(it worked then).
you could always give it a try: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Temporarily+repair+a+lost-cause+graphics+card+by+heating+it+up+in+an+oven/2240