(SOLVED) Dead GPU? Final Check Before RMA

[Arkhen]

CPU: 3930K

GPU: Nvidia GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte Windforce

RAM: 4x4 16 GB DDR3 Corsair Plat

Mobo: asus rampage 4 formula (latest BIOS)

PSU: Corsair 650W Gold (Don't recall which series)

 

When I boot my PC it reaches the Windows 10 loading screen, but right before it continues to the desktop it freezes with odd glitchy looking graphics, then the monitors go black and the PC freezes.

• The PC boots fine on a bootable USB using Hiren's BootCD image ( https://www.hirensbootcd.org/ ), although this is without any drivers installed and everything just running super bare bone.
• BIOS reset to default -> Same issue.
• Ran Memtest86 via a USB using Ultimate Boot CD image -> No errors in 3 full passes.
• Ran the GPU Memory test via a USB using Ultimate Boot CD image -> Reports only errors, literally every check reports an error. Photo: https://i.imgur.com/com08NS.jpg
• Cleaned the GPU for dust and properly reseated it back into the PC -> Same issue.

Unfortunately I don't have a backup GPU to swap test with.

 

Final thoughts before I ship the GPU to RMA?

[Uptivuptiz]

Try booting the system on the integrated grafics and the GPU uninstalled from the system and then run DDU. Afterwards install the GPU again and see what happens.

[Arkhen]

5 minutes ago, Uptivuptiz said:

Try booting the system on the integrated grafics and the GPU uninstalled from the system and then run DDU. Afterwards install the GPU again and see what happens.

3930K is not equipped with integrated graphics... See: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/63697/intel-core-i7-3930k-processor-12m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz.html

[Uptivuptiz]

Just now, Arkhen said:

3930K is not equipped with integrated graphics... See: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/63697/intel-core-i7-3930k-processor-12m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz.html

Oh.... Well that just goes to show I'm not that familia with older CPUs. My goal was just to be abselutely sure that it wasn't the drivers doing some funny business. 

Have you tried and boot in safe mode?

[191x7]

12 minutes ago, Arkhen said:

3930K is not equipped with integrated graphics... See: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/63697/intel-core-i7-3930k-processor-12m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz.html

Are you able to try the GPU in a different system (a freind, relative, ...)?

[Arkhen]

3 hours ago, Uptivuptiz said:

Oh.... Well that just goes to show I'm not that familia with older CPUs. My goal was just to be abselutely sure that it wasn't the drivers doing some funny business. 

Have you tried and boot in safe mode?

It has already been tested in a driverless environment (see OP). Only the most basic Windows drivers are present (like in Safe Mode, but even more vanilla), no Nvidia drivers. Same issue. I also got the graphics glitching when testing the GPU in an isolated Linux environment (see the photo provided).

3 hours ago, 191x7 said:

Are you able to try the GPU in a different system (a freind, relative, ...)?

I was waiting to get access to another PC to get this done, hence why it wasn't listed in things I'd already tried in OP. I should have mentioned that, apologies.

The GPU has now been tested in a different working PC, and the video output glitches persist. I'm 100% sure it's the GPU now, that was the final nail in the coffin.

 

/thread

[191x7]

4 hours ago, Arkhen said:

 

 

/thread

I see a Radeon RX 5600XT in your future, a Sapphire one. But the view is foggy, it might be an EVGA GTX 1660 Super.