hd 6850 GPU died?

[Brian Furious]

Hello everyone I am new to the forum, however I have been following it for troubleshotting for a long time.

 

A few days ago my AMD HD 6850 2GB version became to be weird. I used to OC it in the past with even slight voltage (from 1.150V to 1.165 which is significantly irrilevant). However since here in summer are about 25°C in my room I wanted to avoid to get the GPU too hot (it was at about 80°C underload and 75°C at stock speed), and I prefered to keep it at stock speeds. I kept it for a month and suddenly while playing GTA V I see that a little artifacts then the screen split in two opposite sides (the right went to left and viceversa), so I restarted the PC and everything went good for another 30 minuntes. So I quit GTA V and in the evening I play some CSGO which does not utilize the GPU at 100% all the time (most of time 75 - 80%) then happened the same thing. The next day happens the same thing but more often at the point that even YouTube that give the GPU 1 - 5% of usage make the artifcats on the screen. I tried to to completly uninstall the drivers and reinstall them, but without success. Everytime I try to install the drivers again I see blue screen or even black screen that freezes for a couple of seconds and make the  PC restarting.

 

Here are some things that show pretty much what I was talking about:

 

 

 

DRIVER CRASH & RESTORES EVERY SECOND THEN THE SYSTEM CRASHES 

 

 

 

 

HERE IS A QUICK VIDEO ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SYSTEM. I WAS LUCKY TO TAKE THE PICS ABOVE SINCE IT IS RARE THAT I CAN INSTALL DRIVERS THAT LEAST FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE EVERYTHING CRASHES.

 

 

Edited July 17, 2016 by Brian Furious

[Xineas]

It seems like your graphics card is dying. Does your CPU have internal graphics? If so, turn on the onboard graphics in your BIOS if necessary and take out the GPU. See if that keeps running as it should.

[Hydraxiler32]

welcome to the forums!

try uninstalling the Drivers using DDU then reinstalling them. If that does not fix the problem, switch to integrated graphics and see if you still have the same problem.

[Johntheawesomeguy]

if you switch to integrated graphics as these guys said it functions as it should, it is definitely a issue with your gpu, but before you do that check that the issue is not your connection and try different cables and ports. if neither works then your gpu is dying.

[Brian Furious]

2 hours ago, Xineas said:

It seems like your graphics card is dying. Does your CPU have internal graphics? If so, turn on the onboard graphics in your BIOS if necessary and take out the GPU. See if that keeps running as it should.

I am actually writting this from my iGPU. Everything works fine.

 

2 hours ago, Hydraxiler32 said:

welcome to the forums!

try uninstalling the Drivers using DDU then reinstalling them. If that does not fix the problem, switch to integrated graphics and see if you still have the same problem.

When I said about reinstalling the drivers and I did a DDU uninstall then a clean installation without success. As I said above I am using the iGPU without problems. Thanks.

1 hour ago, Johntheawesomeguy said:

if you switch to integrated graphics as these guys said it functions as it should, it is definitely a issue with your gpu, but before you do that check that the issue is not your connection and try different cables and ports. if neither works then your gpu is dying.

Thank you for the reply. I switched the PCIE connector and slot, I changed the cable and the connector, I even went to my friend's house to try the GPU on his PC but when trying to install the drivers crashes as well..

 

At this point I just have a dead GPU?

 

P.S I edited the first post with a video that shows what pretty much happens when installing the drivers or booting up the machine.

[GangstaRas]

This happened to me when I had my 8600GT back in the day. The problem was blown capacitors to the point of instability. For me I blew about 6 capacitors before I started having issues. In theory, changing bulging/blown capacitors should fix your issue but in all honesty your card is not worth the trouble of saving. Time to finally have an excuse to upgrade

[Brian Furious]

4 minutes ago, GangstaRas said:

This happened to me when I had my 8600GT back in the day. The problem was blown capacitors to the point of instability. For me I blew about 6 capacitors before I started having issues. In theory, changing bulging/blown capacitors should fix your issue but in all honesty your card is not worth the trouble of saving. Time to finally have an excuse to upgrade

Thank you! I don't know what I can afford for about 100 bucks. I wanted to see how GTX1060 performs and maybe upgrading in 3 - 4 months. Now I cannot stay that long without playing anything  . I suppose I have to buy a lower budget GPU

[GangstaRas]

2 hours ago, Brian Furious said:

Thank you! I don't know what I can afford for about 100 bucks. I wanted to see how GTX1060 performs and maybe upgrading in 3 - 4 months. Now I cannot stay that long without playing anything  . I suppose I have to buy a lower budget GPU

Well you could get the R7 360 for $100 USD on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Overclocked-Graphics-GV-R736OC-2GD-REV2-0/dp/B01DT48WSU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468808395&sr=8-1&keywords=r7+260x though I'd save and wait as well, you want an upgrade, not a reminder of where you're coming from

[Brian Furious]

9 hours ago, GangstaRas said:

Well you could get the R7 360 for $100 USD on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Overclocked-Graphics-GV-R736OC-2GD-REV2-0/dp/B01DT48WSU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468808395&sr=8-1&keywords=r7+260x though I'd save and wait as well, you want an upgrade, not a reminder of where you're coming from

I live in Italy. However the prices a little higher and they should be

[Bellshooter]

Have you stripped off the cooler, and also actually checked the capacitors?

 

Fan could have failed?, Reseating cooler with new thermal compound could work? Bulging capacitors will be terminal unless replaced.

[Brian Furious]

5 hours ago, Bellshooter said:

Have you stripped off the cooler, and also actually checked the capacitors?

 

Fan could have failed?, Reseating cooler with new thermal compound could work? Bulging capacitors will be terminal unless replaced.

I replaced already the thermal paste. The fan is running just fine and the capacitors look in a very good state...