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Hey guys!

Everything started one year ago, when I still used Win8.1 Pro. Things were good. Games ran absolutely fine and buttery smooth. I had ZERO issues. Then, one day, I was playing some random game and my PC froze and the screen turned black. Well, it didn't actually freeze because I could still hear my friends talking but I couldn't see anything. After 6-10 seconds of black screen it would turn to a random color (pink, blue, green...) and there was nothing I could do. Actually, mashing CTRL+ALT+DEL would fix it sometimes but it wasn't that common. By doing that I would see my screen again and on the bottom right side of the screen a popup would say "Nvidia Display Driver 3xx.xx has just recovered...". Because of that I initially thought it was a driver issue. I cleaned my PC of ANY Nvidia Drivers and installed an older version hoping that would do the trick. It didn't work. Then I downgraded to Win7, where I had zero or at most very few issues. I kept using Win7 up until a few weeks ago, when I decided to upgrade do Win10. My hopes were high, because everything worked fine on the installation and initial setup stages. Then, when I hit the desktop screen for the first time, it took Windows Update 5 minutes to download the latest drivers for my GPU and boom. As soon as the drivers were installed my PC froze. I even tried reinstalling Win10 with the ethernet cable unplugged, disable Win Update and manually install the GPU driver but as soon as I installed it froze. I have NO IDEA of what to do to fix this. I need help. Big time. Thanks!

GPU: GTX Titan 6GB

PSU: EVGA Supernova 750G2

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k

RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16gb (4x4)

STORAGE: 2x Kingston 120GB SSD / 1x WD 2TB HDD

CASE: Corsair Obsidian 800D with 8 Corsair SP120/140 fans

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Hey guys!

Everything started one year ago, when I still used Win8.1 Pro. Things were good. Games ran absolutely fine and buttery smooth. I had ZERO issues. Then, one day, I was playing some random game and my PC froze and the screen turned black. Well, it didn't actually freeze because I could still hear my friends talking but I couldn't see anything. After 6-10 seconds of black screen it would turn to a random color (pink, blue, green...) and there was nothing I could do. Actually, mashing CTRL+ALT+DEL would fix it sometimes but it wasn't that common. By doing that I would see my screen again and on the bottom right side of the screen a popup would say "Nvidia Display Driver 3xx.xx has just recovered...". Because of that I initially thought it was a driver issue. I cleaned my PC of ANY Nvidia Drivers and installed an older version hoping that would do the trick. It didn't work. Then I downgraded to Win7, where I had zero or at most very few issues. I kept using Win7 up until a few weeks ago, when I decided to upgrade do Win10. My hopes were high, because everything worked fine on the installation and initial setup stages. Then, when I hit the desktop screen for the first time, it took Windows Update 5 minutes to download the latest drivers for my GPU and boom. As soon as the drivers were installed my PC froze. I even tried reinstalling Win10 with the ethernet cable unplugged, disable Win Update and manually install the GPU driver but as soon as I installed it froze. I have NO IDEA of what to do to fix this. I need help. Big time. Thanks!

GPU: GTX Titan 6GB

PSU: EVGA Supernova 750G2

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k

RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16gb (4x4)

STORAGE: 2x Kingston 120GB SSD / 1x WD 2TB HDD

CASE: Corsair Obsidian 800D with 8 Corsair SP120/140 fans

Maybe your gpu is dying.

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I want to say its time to RMA the GPU, but if it worked on Win7 then I want to say it is drivers but can't really say.

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I've heard Nvidia was having some problems with their drives recently. Besides trying older drivers or switching back to Windows 7, all you can do is wait until a more stable driver is out.

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Maybe your gpu is dying.

I guess it is... I'll buy a new one, RMA is too much of headache for me. Thanks!

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I want to say its time to RMA the GPU, but if it worked on Win7 then I want to say it is drivers but can't really say.

I don't think it's the drivers. The card is old anyways. It had a happy life. Time to move on!

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I don't think it's the drivers. The card is old anyways. It had a happy life. Time to move on!

What card are you thinking about?

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If its the GTX Titan, then it should still covered with the warranty? Ain't it?

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