GamerBlake

If the GPU is the problem I might as well to be honest. The bigger 3000 series cards won’t fit in my case anyway and things like the RAM, PSU, SSDs can all be moved from one system to another. So if the GPU is the issue I am most likely going to be getting a new case, motherboard and CPU as well.

If EVGA honors their warranty the GPU should be replaced. The sticker is still there fresh and clean and totally unblemished. If they don’t make 2080 Tis anymore they could instead provide a 3080 Ti or even a normal 3080. Afterall this isn’t something I did wrong. I’d be willing to bet ALOT of money that if an expert opened up the card and evaluated everything they would say I operated the GPU within its advertised specifications at all times. I say that because I know some people cause the damage to the GPUs themselves on accident.

Yeah when it boots up it does. Sometimes it takes a while to boot because it just keeps restarting over and over and over. But like I said I was trying it with the GPU still in.

Yeah I was booting it with the card in. Because I was trying to figure out if that was the problem and if so how to fix it.

Bronze is just the efficiency. Basically it’s an indicator of how much electricity is wasted but it doesn’t really affect the components at all.

I’d much rather it be a PSU issue. From what I’ve been told Corsair is pretty good with honoring their lifetime warranties. Its so depressing paying so much money for a component to fail like that in a few years

When I was looking for the 970 I found my brothers old PSU as well! It’s a 750W Bronze but it should be enough. I specifically remember the reason I got an 850W is because I wanted significant headroom but I do remember building my PC and knowing that 750W is still more than enough.

I should mention sometimes even the iGPU doesn’t work and it won’t boot up at all it will just keep restarting. But when it does manage to boot up it’s always the iGPU working and the GPU labeled as “not working” in device manager and Nvidia control panel inaccessible. However I think it is important to mention sometimes it just restarts over and over just because I don’t understand why that would happen if it’s just the GPU and everything else is fine.

I have to try something though. What do I do if I have my brother put MY card in his system and it works just fine? What would be the next step in that situation?

Oh hey I called my brother and he said he had his old 970 in the garage.. Would this work to test?

But why does it need to strain the system? Im not trying to benchmark I’m just trying to see if the GPU will work or not right? Technically if it is able to simply boot up at 1440p and play a YouTube video it would prove that my GPU is the problem.

Now that you mention it what about the motherboard? Is there any way to tell if the motherboard is having problems coordinating with the GPU? Like the GPU has to plug into the socket but does the socket ever have problems itself? Honestly GPU defect is the worst case scenario and I’m hoping it could be anything else but that

It’s a 2080 Ti which might still be in production since it’s the highest end of the 2000 series. If not I wonder how they would remedy the warranty? It would look really bad for them if they became known for not honoring warranties. O_o But I just have this weird feeling something is going on with the PSU because it’s like sometimes the GPU fans will spin for a few seconds and other times they won’t. It feels like it’s just struggling to stay going and so that’s why I keep thinking maybe it’s not getting enough power OR it’s getting too much heat.

I guess worst case scenario I could buy a low end used one on EBay. It shouldn’t need to be a high end card if it’s just testing right? A GTX 750 used is pretty cheap.

I would if I could confirm the GPU is the issue. I just think the problem could be something else too.

Oh I didn’t open it I just used the compressed air on the whole thing and the lint free cloth on just the fans.

No I don’t have any friends with desktop PCs who live close enough for me to do that The nearest friend I have with a desktop lives 2 hours away. I can maybe see if my brother will bring his when he comes down here to visit my parents.

I was expecting it to be out of warranty but my EVGA page says it’s still covered for another 9 months or so. O_o Looks like it was 2019 not 2017 that I got it. I got the date wrong in my head.

Well darn the GPU is the most expensive component of them all :(. Especially since it’s not like an old GPU that I could justify dying by now. It’s a 2080 Ti and it breaks my heart to think it is already defective with only moderate use for 4 years. Maybe I can find a cheap old functional GPU on EBay to test out. Like a GTX 760 or something.

Unfortunately I don’t have a spare GPU because I sold my 1070 Ti and my only other system is a laptop When I did the GPU unplug the first time I cleaned everything with compressed air and a lint free cloth because there was ALOT of dust clogging up the case fans and some in the GPU fans. I thought maybe that was the problem and it was an overheating issue at first. Like maybe the fans weren’t cooling the GPU enough to keep it going but that wasn’t it. Oh and yes the integrated GPU on the CPU is working 100% I just don’t get it because the PC was working fine last night when I was playing Ace Combat 7 and Subnautica. It didn’t even hiccup.

Hey guys I’m sorry to bother you so late but since building my first PC about 4 years ago I haven’t run into any big problems I couldn’t fix..until today. Can you please help me? Summary: Last night I booted down my PC when I went to bed and when I booted it up today I had this weird issue where the monitor was showing weird pixelated images like this: Anyway I was unable to do anything in the BIOS or even do a Safe Boot because everything on the screen is all jumbled and pixelated. But eventually the computer did boot up and when I got to the Windows sign in I noticed that the screen resolution had gone from 1440p to 800x600 and I was unable to open up Nvidia control panel to change it back. This made me suspicious so I went into Device Manager and my GPU is showing as “not working properly”. I’ve tried unplugging and reseating my GPU and taking the power cables out and putting them back in but that didn’t do anything. I also tried a basic CMOS reset via the motherboard button and re-installing the RAM even though I didn’t expect it to help I just wanted to make sure. So far there are only 2 things I can imagine the problem being.. 1). It’s a GPU hardware issue. I don’t know how this could be though since I haven’t done anything crazy with my 2080 Ti. Although I do always keep the fans running at 100% because the noise doesn’t bother me with my noise cancelling headphones on. 2). I think this one is more likely but could it be a PSU issue? If a GPU isn’t getting enough power what exactly does it look like? The monitor is NOT the problem because it’s hooked up to my Nintendo Switch and I was just playing it a few minutes ago with no issues. If it’s a PSU issue I’m also surprised because I paid a significant amount of extra money for the Corsair RM850x and even the LTT PSU forum lists that PSU as a pretty high end one so is it likely it would have problems within 4 years? If it was a Chinese random brand PSU I could believe it but this is a higher end Corsair PSU. The PSU does have a lifetime warranty though so if that is the issue I should be able to have Corsair replace it at no charge. What do you guys think? Is there anything I could be missing? Unfortunately I don’t have a spare PSU or GPU to figure out which is the problem and I don’t want to buy anything expensive like that until I’m 100% sure so I was hoping you guys might be able to help. Thanks!

I know it's not an anti-virus. I never thought it was. I was asking more in terms of privacy and hiding my location from websites not to keep my safe from viruses. But MelonMan already answered that for me.

Oh ok I'll take Norton off then. I thought maybe Norton was more thorough then Window's Defender but apparently I was wrong.

Alright thanks! I wont buy NordVPN though. They are extremely aggressive when it comes to advertising. It seems like EVERY Youtuber with a channel is advertising NordVPN.

Oh yeah I have Windows Defender enabled at all times.