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Is my video card dying?

ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
edited May 2010 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
I woke up this morning and booted up my PC to find...

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This!

I have a nVidia 8800GT. Up until now, it has worked just fine (going on 2 years or so). Never overheats, never does anything weird...I uninstalled the drivers, took out the card, put it back in, installed the drivers...which caused my PC to freeze when Windows booted, so now I'm running without them. Every time I try to install them, same thing happens (but I haven't tried it in Safe Mode).

So, any ideas on what is causing this? Is my card just done for?

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Looks like it's dieing. My card did something similar when it started overheating, before it completely gave up. If you've been over clocking, turn it down, but it might be too late

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  • SynthesisSynthesis Honda Today! Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    This will sound stupid, but if you could, try your monitor with something else, so you can rule out a failure on the part of the cable or the actual display.

    And while it probably wouldn't cause corruption that looks specifically like this, check the prongs on your monitor's cable itself (unless you're using HDMI, I suppose, in which case you wouldn't be able to see damage probably). Two stuck into the same port on the output side might lead to this....

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  • ScosglenScosglen Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I don't think an issue with the monitor would show up in a screencap, would it?

    My money is definitely on the card failing. If you can get your hands on another card to swap in and test that, it would give a bit more certainty to the situation.

    If not, I would check your warranty and call the manufacturer tech support/begin an RMA if you're still covered.

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  • SynthesisSynthesis Honda Today! Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Scosglen wrote: »
    I don't think an issue with the monitor would show up in a screencap, would it?

    Hah, yeah, in retrospect, it wouldn't. *facepalm*

    Then again, I didn't think a video card error would have either (at least the last one I had, but that was years ago). Obviously, it did in this case.

    Disregard my useless suggestion, I've been zoning out all day from sleep deprivation.

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Honestly I wasn't sure either, and with these red bars I had no way of knowing if the screenshot I took had them :P I figured someone would tell me if I was crazy

    Anyway, I don't think I have a spare videocard lying around to test it, so I guess the card is going 6 feet under

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Have you tried removing it and popping it back in? If so and it still does that then yeah, I guess it's dying. Atleast yours gave you some warning though. Mine just wouldn't work at all. :p

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Yeah I tried that twice, nothin'

    Well, thanks for the diagnosis everyone

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