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How to tell if a GPU is dead?

Hendricks3
By Hendricks3
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so a little while ago my cousin was gifted a gpu. a chinese rx 580 to be exact after a little while he told me that he's pc was misbehaving and BSOD a lot so when i went to take a look at it, i noticed it may be the gpu so i told him i was going to take it to check it out and inspect it. when i got it home i opened it up cuz i thought it might've been maybe overheating due to old thermal paste, to my surprise it had thermal paste but all the thermal pads were gone so i ordered new ones and after installing them nothing. no post screen, no beep nothing. so how do i know if its dead or im missing something i havent checked?

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59 minutes ago, Hendricks3 said:

so a little while ago my cousin was gifted a gpu. a chinese rx 580 to be exact after a little while he told me that he's pc was misbehaving and BSOD a lot so when i went to take a look at it, i noticed it may be the gpu so i told him i was going to take it to check it out and inspect it. when i got it home i opened it up cuz i thought it might've been maybe overheating due to old thermal paste, to my surprise it had thermal paste but all the thermal pads were gone so i ordered new ones and after installing them nothing. no post screen, no beep nothing. so how do i know if its dead or im missing something i havent checked?

Some telltale signs are when the BSODs are all graphics driver related, or there are consistent artifacts on screen.

 

Did the card POST before? Does your motherboard have POST LEDs or a 7-segment display to show your POST codes? 

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15 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Some telltale signs are when the BSODs are all graphics driver related, or there are consistent artifacts on screen.

 

Did the card POST before? Does your motherboard have POST LEDs or a 7-segment display to show your POST codes? 

It did post before and the gpu did post before too and i would have to check as i dont recall though i have the asrock b450m pro a/c i believe

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