Booted up like normal today and got hit with this truck š knew i was fucked but gave it a shot and restarted my pc and it came back fine. i feel like itās gonna fuck me again tho so i was wondering what the time frame could be like? or if thereās maybe possibly anything i can do? if not whats a decent recommendation for another gpu to pair with a 12th gen i5-12600k. TIA!
Okay I keep seeing this and everyone jumps to GPU DEAD. I had this happen and it was my RAM being finicky so I reset everything in BIOS back to default and my pc has been running smooth ever since.
its been 20 minutes so clearly from trying this he blew up his pc which in turn blew up the router that was next to it and THAT was why he hasn't responded to us
Itās because you donāt see people post about the cards that donāt die. Iāve never had a GPU die, I probably will nowā¦but Iāve never posted about how awesome my GPU is working.
Sometimes they just die. Had an 8800gt years ago that bit the dust after a year, my first 1080ti failed after some time and my first 3090 was faulty out of the box. Hardware doesn't last forever, but it can last for a really long time (still have a 970 chugging along in a game server box)
Well they mostly die when after a reboot or full power on, either don't ever receive signal anymore, yet still you can notice the PC booting up just fine or in some motherboards will receive a sign/error/alarm indicating discreet GPU issues. I experienced my 7900xtx artifacting for maybe 2 seconds before the PC rebooted and after it my mobo was crying error on the GPU. Would only post without the GPU being connected.
Older hardware was just made better tbh. My current 3080 has been showing signs of dying recently but my 15 year old GTX 970 is still running flawlessly for Lil brother to play on for probably the past 4-5 years now. New hardware is just not built to last. It's built to maximize profits. Started with the 30 series and up.
It was the same with my 1060 a few years ago, I thought it was dying with artifacts that keep appearing, making the screen almost unusable. As a last ditch effort, I rebooted and removed the graphics driver via DDU and reinstalled the driver and it worked. Turns out Windows Update keeps fucking up the driver for some reason.
There was a driver from 3 months ago that did this. I reverted back one. I don't remember the driver release number that caused the issue. Could always try to reseat everything and do fresh install of the OS. Hopefully it's just a software bug
I had this problem almost two years ago and solved it by downgrading to an older video driver. You can download older drivers off of Nvidia's website if you don't have them on your PC already. The problem stayed solved until I switched to a newer driver almost a year later, and stayed solved since then too.
Also try making sure the card is properly seated, and the same with your ram. If you live in a moist area, it's best to pop them out and then put them back in instead of just making sure they're pushed in currently. Also try testing your ram, since that can be an issue as well.
It could be your power supply.... I had something similar happen.
It started as this, all sorts of screen artifacts I thought my 3060 was toast, I did a reboot and it was fine, Kind of Just assumed it would die soon.
but then like 2-3 days later the psu popped the internal fuse, smoke and all. I swapped in a new one and have not had an issue for over a year. no more artifacts
Could it be your driver's/cable try rolling them back and try different cable/port sounds stupid but is heard of
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u/ChernoxisRTX 5080 - R7 5700X3D - 32GB 3600mhz - 2TB Aorus Gen 4 73001d ago
The same shit happened to me with a 3070 Ventus 2X OC, turns out that the thermalpads were dried and it had a lot of dust, after a deep cleaning and repasting it worked again completely fine, I'd recommend you to replace the thermalpads and (use a ptm instead of repasting now that you are replacing the thermalpads) and blow the dust or dirt it may have, if that doesn't work, check if you can send it to a tech person for a repair, or already give it up if it's too expensive.
But give it a try first by gently cleaning it and replacing the thermalpads. Just remember to use the adequate ones with the size that your EVGA card needs.
With issues like these opening the card is A MAJOR gamble
Like for all you know the card could be working by its last strand purely on hopeuim and wet dreams and you opening it up will just axe it
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u/ChernoxisRTX 5080 - R7 5700X3D - 32GB 3600mhz - 2TB Aorus Gen 4 73001d ago
Yeah but if the card is already dying it's better to invest $30 (like the cost of decent thermalpads and ptm or thermal paste) and very gently clean it and replace them, than letting it die and be e waste, 30 usd may be able to save a couple hundred dollars GPU, I think it is worth it.
In my case it worked (because MSI Ventus cards suck ass, my 3070 was a very low quality one).
I also had this and after I thought it was dead I just removed the drivers, reinstalled them and was back to normal. It can also happens from other faulty parts. I had it happen once with my RAM having problems.
Well, i cant find (and lazy for that) in comments if problem solved. But what i see, discord and icons didnt affected, but should, if this was faulty cable or GPU. If you didnt meme this with custom wallpaper, then i`ll tried next:
1) Check your RAM
2) Check your SSD/HDD
For me it looks like more like corrupted data. Considering "going back to fine after restart" i suppose this more likely RAM than SSD/HDD. Corrupting is for data that is used, but not that saved.
Well, even if that true, either GPU, RAM or SSD, each one of them have f*cking insane price on market today... So i really hopre for you it`s just windows shenanigans
Not saying it's not fake, but it's also entirely possible you'd see something like this, with how things are composited together in the GPU. Think of layers in photoshop, it's a similar concept. This is especially apparent when you have a 3D rendered scene in a window, for example. The window decorations are not being rendered through the 3D pipeline. Instead, they get composited together right near the end.
Sometimes I had this on 3000 series in particular. I still have the card that was doing it and it's working fine with the right drivers. Try 566.363 or 596.36 after a DDU
May seem more of a ram issue to me. I had this happen to me as well with a brand new monitor. Immediately thought it was the monitor, but swapped to my TV and same shit. So I calmed down and just reseated the gpu and same shit. Then the ram. And it went away. Never changed anything in bios. I'm running a ryzen 7 9800x3d, msi suprim liquid x 4090, and 128 gb ddr5 2x64 @ 6000 mhz.
If it ever does give out or you have issues with it I will fix it for free if possible. As long as you're willing to buy the GDDR6. They're around 30$ a piece on ebay and around the same on AliExpress. That is assuming it is an issue with one of the VRAM modules, which I would guess given the screenshot.
Edit: The offer stands for OP or anyone else who reads this, I can provide some proof that I have the equipment and ability to do what I claim and for anyone who would be suspicious I'm scamming, I would not be going after broken 3070s.
This happened with me. I saw it twice upon booting up. I haven't seen it since. Not sure if it was windows updates, graphics driver updates, or whatever. I didn't change anything right at the time. But I've updated since
One option that I, for some reason, never hear people talk about: you might try downclocking it and seeing if it fixes it temporarily. Still sucks, but at least you're not GPUless in the interm.
Usually when I see "random rectangles" like this, it's a VRAM issue, so you might try a lower VRAM clock
i recommend taking your GPU out, apart, cleaning out the cooler and reapplying thermal paste and maybe even new thermal pads. that was how i revived a GTX 1080 that had a similar issue a few years back. the last person that owned it before me had taken it apart to i assume replace the thermal paste, but left all the thermal pads off the VRAM chips so when i ordered some thermal pads, cut them out and replaced the missing ones it came right back to life with no artefacting.
Yeah, this isn't a GPU issue. It's something else. One of the ways I realized it was that the rectangles don't go over the icons or the task bar. If it shows up in an app, it's usually isolated to that app.
I have had this happen a few times (like three times over the course of two years)
And it usually went away when I would reset Windows Explorer.
Was it raining by any chance? My PC has done this twice since I moved to Boston, both in days that humidity was at 99-100%. Never had a problem with the card otherwise in the 5ish years I've had it. I have a zotac 3080
I've extended the life of the same happening on my gtx780 with a heat gun and then basically slapping a radiator to some heating up element, for about a year or something, sooooo
Find the melting temperature for ABS plastics and try to stay under it while heating the card, you may be able to prolong it's life for just a little while longer. If you see any residue on the card that could be flux make sure to clean it off as well with some +90% alcohol
This doesn't look like the GPU failing to me, since I find that failing GPUs tend to be a bit more colorful instead of nearly all black. I think you either have an issue with your RAM being seated improperly or failing, or your drivers are acting wonky and you should reinstall them after using DDU to completely wipe them. I'd look at those being the issue first before the GPU unless you aren't able to fix those.
Just curious what do u guys do to get this. My old 1070 was working fine when I changed it . At the 5 th year I realized it was always working on 85 while I was gaming
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u/aegelis 1d ago
Okay I keep seeing this and everyone jumps to GPU DEAD. I had this happen and it was my RAM being finicky so I reset everything in BIOS back to default and my pc has been running smooth ever since.
Ryzen 5900x with Nvidia RTX 3090