HIS 5770 randomly "DEAD"

[peachtopus]

My miner has been going for 1.5-2 weeks and today out of know where my 5770 is being marked "DEAD".

Temp is at a stable 68C max, PC has been solid for a week or two, the only thing weird today is that I had to use my failover pool.

What the heck?

[Ryan Leech]

Sucks, what model was it?

[peachtopus]

HIS

[TechSage]

HIS

quote him otherwise he won't see it unless he is following the topic.

[peachtopus]

It still mines but then is just randomly labels as "DEAD"

[peachtopus]

Sucks, what model was it?

HIS

[Ryan Leech]

HIS

Was it the standard red fan model or was it the IceQ?

[peachtopus]

Was it the standard red fan model or was it the IceQ?

I think the iceQ

[AMICLG]

I've had mine, my brothers, and a friends 5770 randomly die it's just what the card does.

[peachtopus]

I've had mine, my brothers, and a friends 5770 randomly die it's just what the card does.

So it's REALLY "DEAD" even though if I restart cgminer it will be fine for a little?

[RankUpGamers]

So it's REALLY "DEAD" even though if I restart cgminer it will be fine for a little?

Might want to try the basics, new drivers, reseating, and so on. Sounds odd that it can mine for a bit then die...

[RuecanOnRails]

Sick, or Dead is just an error displayed when CGminer can no longer access the GPU. This can happen when there is a display driver crash, or other instability issues.

Restart the computer, lower settings or increase voltage a little then continue mining.

 

It's not every time that you need to do a full reboot either. Try closing then relaunching the mining software.

 

 

This is not to say the GPU isn't damaged or somehow on it's way out as a result of the high intensity mining. It very well could be, but an error from CGminer doesn't mean much of anything other than to spit out a response for api's to remotely monitor. Generally when a card dies from mining, it will die completely from a blown capacitor, short out, stop working all together unable to boot.

[AMICLG]

So it's REALLY "DEAD" even though if I restart cgminer it will be fine for a little?

That's the problem my friend had, it would work for a bit then overheat.