Is my gpu done for?

[vivacity]

http://imgur.com/igkzCUBhave a radeon 6870 and I got it like a week after it came out and to this day its been holdig up well for the games that I play. It has soo much dust in the fan area and on top of the bord. I started to get these artifacts all over my screen and sometimes in games like bf4. I usually reach temps around 104 c so it overheats soo much. I have the money to get a new gpu and i will get a new higer end card but i would like to know if I can use this in another pc still? I have a picture of how it looks on the login screen alone. These are deff signs of a dead gpu right? All my other parts in my pc are new. My gpu is very old

[Godlygamer23]

Well, you might want to remove all that dust first before you call it dead. Besides, why would you let it run at 104C for an extended period?

[vivacity]

Well, you might want to remove all that dust first before you call it dead. Besides, why would you let it run at 104C for an extended period?

Well im gonna replace it anyways but i was thinking about selling it or putting it in my spare pc. Also it was at 104 on max fan speed. There was nothing i was able to do. I cleaned the gpu once but the dust came back quick.

[Godlygamer23]

Well im gonna replace it anyways but i was thinking about selling it or putting it in my spare pc. Also it was at 104 on max fan speed. There was nothing i was able to do. I cleaned the gpu once but the dust came back quick.

That's still a major problem - that's way too hot for it. The thermal paste may have gone dry though.

[vivacity]

That's still a major problem - that's way too hot for it. The thermal paste may have gone dry though.

Does the picture I included look like a gpu problem?

[XplosiveNoctua99]

Well im gonna replace it anyways but i was thinking about selling it or putting it in my spare pc. Also it was at 104 on max fan speed. There was nothing i was able to do. I cleaned the gpu once but the dust came back quick.

Take everything out and rebuild the PC with clean dust free parts

Clean Case

Reapply Thermal Pate

Clean GPU and Mobo etc.

[vivacity]

Everything is clean but the gpu. The other parts were put in recently

[XplosiveNoctua99]

Everything is clean but the gpu. The other parts were put in recently

K

[Godlygamer23]

Everything is clean but the gpu. The other parts were put in recently

Replace the thermal compound.

[-rascal-]

Then clean it...

There are moving parts in a computer, they are suppose to collect dust over time.

Post the make and model of the card; we can probably dig some information up on how to disassemble it, etc.

 

Get a can of compressed air and blow the dust out. Use Q-tips, a small paint brush...heck even toothpicks if you need to.

The card may still be well alive -- if you try to clean it out thoroughly.

 

You don't want this to happen

 

Letting a card run for long periods of time at 104*C is like....of I have a Ferrari, but I never did and oil change. Welp, time for a new one. :mellow:

 

Even if you get a new card, like a GTX 980, and not clean it, it WILL also suffer the same fate as your HD 6870.

 

I just finally got rid of my Sapphire HD 6870 that I had sitting around. It just the card alone (I am the 2nd owner, and didn't have any of the original packaging, manuals, etc when I bought it), but I was able to sell off for $70 CDN -- because it was well maintained. Thermal paste on it was recently re-applied, completely free of dust, all the ports have been tested, no defects. These things are suppose to go for under $50 in this time and age...

[vivacity]

Then clean it...

There are moving parts in a computer, they are suppose to collect dust over time.

Post the make and model of the card; we can probably dig some information up on how to disassemble it, etc.

Get a can of compressed air and blow the dust out. Use Q-tips, a small paint brush...heck even toothpicks if you need to.

The card may still be well alive -- if you try to clean it out thoroughly.

You don't want this to happen

Letting a card run for long periods of time at 104*C is like....of I have a Ferrari, but I never did and oil change. Welp, time for a new one. :mellow:

Even if you get a new card, like a GTX 980, and not clean it, it WILL also suffer the same fate as your HD 6870.

I just finally got rid of my Sapphire HD 6870 that I had sitting around. It just the card alone (I am the 2nd owner, and didn't have any of the original packaging, manuals, etc when I bought it), but I was able to sell off for $70 CDN -- because it was well maintained. Thermal paste on it was recently re-applied, completely free of dust, all the ports have been tested, no defects. These things are suppose to go for under $50 in this time and age...

Yea hahah i have the same model. The single fan one that sounds like a jet. Did you ever get problems like the whats showing in the picture? I may clean it now just to resell depending if the artifacts get fixed

[-rascal-]

Yea hahah i have the same model. The single fan one that sounds like a jet. Did you ever get problems like the whats showing in the picture? I may clean it now just to resell depending if the artifacts get fixed

 

Hmm...does your HD 6870 happen to look like this?

 

[Zennoe]

Does the picture I included look like a gpu problem?

Yes. These artifacts can definitely come from your GPU if it runs too hot or you overclocked too much. However I would test the monitor with another output first.

[Guest Generallee]

http://imgur.com/igkzCUBhave a radeon 6870 and I got it like a week after it came out and to this day its been holdig up well for the games that I play. It has soo much dust in the fan area and on top of the bord. I started to get these artifacts all over my screen and sometimes in games like bf4. I usually reach temps around 104 c so it overheats soo much. I have the money to get a new gpu and i will get a new higer end card but i would like to know if I can use this in another pc still? I have a picture of how it looks on the login screen alone. These are deff signs of a dead gpu right? All my other parts in my pc are new. My gpu is very old

 

104°C ? Bruh

 

Your gpu is cooked, unmount the cooler and bake the card in the oven

[vivacity]

http://imgur.com/nn5xzHK

Oppa. I actually have the gigabyte one with the one small fan

[-rascal-]

http://imgur.com/nn5xzHK

Oppa. I actually have the gigabyte one with the one small fan

 

Oh, that's a reference cooler.

 

Linus recently made a video where he takes apart a reference cooler AMD graphics card.

Keep note the card in the video is a reference HD 5870. I am referring to it as there is A LOT of useful information for when disassembling a graphics card, and these things should be regarded for any graphics card -- not just reference cooler.

 

And I found this, from 2010 (might come in handy when you have it all apart)

 

You might be in some luck.

This might be one of the best guides on how to disassemble a reference design HD 6870. The guide uses a XFX branded reference card, but all reference cards are the same -- regardless if it is Sapphire, Gigabyte, XFX, ASUS, etc.

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Feature/236115,amd-radeon-hd-6870-reference-disassembly-guide.aspx

 

If you get stuck along the way, just post another message here (AND POST PICTURES), so we can help you out.

 

 

If disassembling the card, cleaning it, applying new thermal paste, and putting the card back together does not fix the problem...then I am afraid we are too late to safe it. It may have suffered permanent damage, or it may require the "oven baking" trick.