Laptop GPU freezing, crashing

[jager774]

Hello Everyone!

I have an ASUS ROG GL553VE laptop, which has a GTX 1050Ti GPU.
Since about last thursday, whenever I try to play a game, either instantly or after about half a minute, the screen artifacts and then either the game crashes or the system hangs and a BSOD happens.
The BSOD error is either: VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE or VIDEO_SCHEDULER_INTERNAL_ERROR
Also whenever this happens, windows records an error in Reliability Monitor History "Hardware Error, LiveKernelEvent code:141", and upon reboot Device Manager blocks the gpu, with a Code 43 error, saying Windows has stopped this device because it reported problems.
The system works perfectly fine without an nvidia driver installed or the GPU disabled in device manager.

 

Is my GPU dead?

Troubleshooting steps already done:
-DDU the driver, then reinstall with the "Clean Install" option ticked.
-Different driver versions starting from 442.50 all the way down to 399.24
-Tested all other components: CPU(Prime95 stress test), RAM(Memtest86), SSD(CrystalDiskInfo says 94% health, CrystalDiskMark numbers closely match original specs) and HDD(same method), everything works fine
-Complete reinstall of Windows

Specs:
ASUS ROG GL553VE
i7-7700HQ (has an Intel HD Graphics 630 iGPU)
16Gb DDR4 (Samsung)
1TB HDD (HGST)
256GB SSD (Micron)
GTX 1050Ti 4GB (SK Hynix memory, if that matters)

Pictures attached of said artifacting and freezing in Apex Legends(same thing happens in any other game), and the Reliability Monitor error I mentioned(text is in Hungarian).
EDIT: Temperatures are as normal as it can be for this laptop, 75-84°C for the GPU during a game(well for however long it runs anyway), and 80-86°C for the CPU. These numbers were like this since the day I bought the laptop.

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

[SupaKomputa]

signs of dead gpu, you have to repair it.

[SpookyCitrus]

Unfortunately that's a dead/dying GPU. If the GPU is removable I'd look into getting a new one, if it's not start looking for a new motherboard with that GPU that's compatible. It will probably be more than the laptop is worth, so just getting a brand new laptop may be easier.

[jager774]

I was only wondering if its not dead because with nvidias driver 442.50 a whole lot of people reported about the same kinds of issues on the official feedback thread of the new driver.
It isnt MXM, its soldered to the board so, how do I go about repairing it?
I guess I can't order a new chip and have it changed with the dead one at a shop that does BGA repairs?

[SpookyCitrus]

8 minutes ago, jager774 said:

I was only wondering if its not dead because with nvidias driver 442.50 a whole lot of people reported about the same kinds of issues on the official feedback thread of the new driver.
It isnt MXM, its soldered to the board so, how do I go about repairing it?
I guess I can't order a new chip and have it changed with the dead one at a shop that does BGA repairs?

Considering you have DDU'd and tried multiple different driver versions with the issue persisting it is highly unlikely it is a driver issue. It wouldn't necessarily be a repair of your GPU it would need to be a replacement, if you know someone or somewhere who does soldered laptop GPU replacements you can ask for a quote, but with the cost of parts and labor for something like that you'll want to watch the cost as buying a working model of your laptop or just replacing the motherboard with one that has a working GPU could be cheaper. If the cost of repairs is more than that of purchasing a working model of the laptop it isn't worth it.

[jager774]

Is there a way I can be sure it is the actual GPU chip thats gone bad?
I found replacement chips on ebay for pretty cheap(around 40 USD).
I didn't ask for a quote on the swap yet, but there is a local shop that I know of that does BGA reballs and swaps, so if the price is right I might go for it, but I wouldn't want to waste the money and find out its not the chip after all.