White line(s) with red, blue and green dots...

[Darkr]

Hello.

Recently, I've been having a pretty serious PC problem. When my PC crashes and it turns back on, there is a problem where there is a pretty thick line (about 2 cm thick) going straight downwards with red, green, and blue dots appearing and dissapearing everywhere in it.

There are more of these in different shapes when I turn my PC on.

Most of the time, it starts with a blue screen of death and the shapes are on the blue screen.

In the BIOS, there is still a little faint shape of the white line, but it is very little.

When I turn windows on, sometimes the only thing that is visible is the bar that you type your password in it. When I turn the PC off on the logon screen, a big segment of the black on the screen is cleared with the normal windows logon screen.

Its pretty hard to explain.

I nearly had a heart attack, and this continues to happen!

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!

[Luke4efc]

This is called banding. It could mean that your GPU is dead. Try using the onboard graphics. If the problem disappears it's time to buy a new Graphics Card

[Sauron]

it's probably a dead graphics card.

[Darkr]

This is called banding. It could mean that your GPU is dead. Try using the onboard graphics. If the problem disappears it's time to buy a new Graphics Card

I got it off ebay. Do you think I can get a return? I bought it 7th march...

[Luke4efc]

I got it off ebay. Do you think I can get a return? I bought it 7th march...

Depends what the sellers return policy is. What GPU is it? I'd imagine it's a knock off Chinese brand through the fact you've A)bought it off eBay and B)It's started failing already

[Jox]

I got it off ebay. Do you think I can get a return? I bought it 7th march...

 

What does it say in the "return policy" section for the item on Ebay? 

[Darkr]

Depends what the sellers return policy is. What GPU is it? I'd imagine it's a knock off Chinese brand through the fact you've A)bought it off eBay and B)It's started failing already

r9 290x.

It worked like a charm until now.

[Darkr]

What does it say in the "return policy" section for the item on Ebay? 

http://pages.ebay.ie/ebay-money-back-guarantee/index.html

[Luke4efc]

http://pages.ebay.ie/ebay-money-back-guarantee/index.html

You need to look for the specific return policy for that item. You'll need to contact the seller of the item, and take it from there.

[Darkr]

You need to look for the specific return policy for that item. You'll need to contact the seller of the item, and take it from there.

And how should I test my build in graphics card?

[Luke4efc]

And how should I test my build in graphics card?

Unplug the connecter on the output of your existing GPU, and move it to the connector that's directly on the motherboard

[Darkr]

Unplug the connecter on the output of your existing GPU, and move it to the connector that's directly on the motherboard

I unplugged it and plugged it into the other connector on the gpu, and it worked like a charm. Only now Im afraid to turn on afterburner fan control, since thats when it crashes most of the time...