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Is my graphics card broken?

MulleyUK
By MulleyUK
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So today I've been playing games & watching live streams on my PC like any other day. However today was different...

I was in the middle of watching a live stream when both my monitors went completely white! Therefore forcing me to re-boot my PC. Upon re-boot both of my monitors where not detecting any inputs so I opened up my case and had a look. Everything seemed to be fine so I tried swapping from my MSI 7850 to my onboard intergrated graphics. My motherboard has 1 HDMI / 1 DVI / 1 VGA however I could only get an I out from the VGA connection. So I managed to get my bios to flash up on the screen and windows began to boot. After seeing the windows boot logo my screen then went black and powered down. I then decided to swap back over to my 7850 and try the different inputs on that. It has 2 mini display ports / 1 HDMI / 1 DVI & this time I could only get a connection from the DVI. However the display had multiple blue lines going vertically across it. Once booted into the BIOS these bars changed to 2 large blue bars going horizontal down the screen. The same thing happens when rebooting the system. The windows boot-up logo displays and then my monitor black screens and powers down.

Is this a problem with my graphics card, like I think it is, and do I need to replace it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Specs:

AMD Quad-Core APU 3.6ghz (Displays all 4 cores in BIOS)

Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 motherboard

8GB Kingston Hyper X RAM

MSI HD7850

450W PSU

1TB Seagate Barracuda Hardrive

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Check you ram stick one at a time, sometimes a bad ram stick can cause display problems.

Thanks for the reply...

I have just checked both of my RAM sticks individual and nothing changes.

However I have now got an connection from the HDMI on my GPU but it just displays this on my screen...

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It could be that you HDD isn't working properly try using a different HDD with your OS installed on it.

I've actually just brought and ssd for a new build so I've tried booting it from that and it still displays the same screen.

I'm almost 100% sure my GPU is faulty now...

No problems with RAM

No problems with HDD

No problems with CPU (Displays all 4 cores in BIOS)

I don't think there is anything left to blame other that a faulty GPU.

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I've actually just brought and ssd for a new build so I've tried booting it from that and it still displays the same screen.

I'm almost 100% sure my GPU is faulty now...

No problems with RAM

No problems with HDD

No problems with CPU (Displays all 4 cores in BIOS)

I don't think there is anything left to blame other that a faulty GPU.

That seems to be the problem replace it and report back.

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Have you tried another monitor? 

 

Update: Just read your post again. Facepalm.

I've actually only just tried using a different monitor however it just displays 'No input'. Also after switching back to the other monitor it also now displays 'no Input' rather than the above posted screen!

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That seems to be the problem replace it and report back.

I should be getting paid tomorrow so I'm going to have a search round for a good deal on a similar spec graphics card. However with it being bank holiday Friday/Monday I may not receive the card until Tuesday!

*sigh*

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So if your Ram and HDD is ok, i am pretty sure your Card is death. It is close to impossible to repair one. It seems like this is an good time to upgrade! 

 

I recommend lookung on easter sales on different websites. Lastly i saw the Palit GXT 960 (Whis is similar to your card or even better) for not even 200! And the new 960 with 4GB, they are a great option!

 

Good luck with your new card!

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That seems to be the problem replace it and report back.

  

I think the GTX 960 is about the same price and same specs.

  

So if your Ram and HDD is ok, i am pretty sure your Card is death. It is close to impossible to repair one. It seems like this is an good time to upgrade! 

 

I recommend lookung on easter sales on different websites. Lastly i saw the Palit GXT 960 (Whis is similar to your card or even better) for not even 200! And the new 960 with 4GB, they are a great option!

 

Good luck with your new card!

Just a little update...

I've managed to acces my bios, even with the screen being almost impossible to see, and enabled my intergrated graphics. I can now get a connection from all 3 outputs on my motherboard.

This means that it is 100% my graphics card that is the problem...

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Just a little update...

I've managed to acces my bios, even with the screen being almost impossible to see, and enabled my intergrated graphics. I can now get a connection from all 3 outputs on my motherboard.

This means that it is 100% my graphics card that is the problem...

It's good to know you have confirmation. Have you chosen a replacment GPU as yet?

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It's good to know you have confirmation. Have you chosen a replacment GPU as yet?

I can finally sleep in peace now knowing there is a solution! & I think I'm going to go with another 7850 as it ran all the games I play very smoothly so I am just on the hunt for a good deal for one...

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I can finally sleep in peace now knowing there is a solution! & I think I'm going to go with another 7850 as it ran all the games I play very smoothly so I am just on the hunt for a good deal for one...

How much are you willing to spend on the new card? I could probably find something newer for you with better performance.

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