GPU Quit Outputting a signal

[Ramontes17]

So I was playing League of  Legends last night and i stopped for 1 minute to go comfort my dogs because of the fireworks and when I come back my monitor is black, headset not functioning , but the power of the pc is still on. I was told by my friend that I was still in game up until I turned off the PC, so I assume that the GPU stopped outputting the signal. The card is old HD 6950 however I had been using it for little over a year, slightly overclocked. I tested the hdmi port and the dvi port none of which were working. But the fan still runs on the card when turned on and I tried it on different monitors and ended with the same results. I believe it could be the GPU just failing after 5 years, or maybe the motherboard as it was having some minor issues such as one 4 pin fan connecter not working, along with the onboard sound not working with speakers which output signals on the right side. What should I do?

[Devon_Pearce]

I had the same thing happen to a customer. In his case it was a voltage regulator failing, and the card lit on fire when i put it in my test bench.

[acercon]

yea sounds like your pc is pretty broken lol

[Ramontes]

yea sounds like your pc is pretty broken lol

Mobo is a z77 asus sabertooth, switched accounts forgot that this one is without the 17, i5 2310 its not exactly broken i can live with the issues as i just moved the fan to a different 4 pin and as for the audio ill just use monitor speakers instead of the bose ones I have or just get a sound card

[Ramontes]

I had the same thing happen to a customer. In his case it was a voltage regulator failing, and the card lit on fire when i put it in my test bench.

so you think I should just replace the card? I've been saving up for a high end PC x99, 980/ti etc. but as of right now im not there yet you think i should just drop 50-100 dollars on a used GPU as a temporary solution.

[Devon_Pearce]

so you think I should just replace the card? I've been saving up for a high end PC x99, 980/ti etc. but as of right now im not there yet you think i should just drop 50-100 dollars on a used GPU as a temporary solution.

Definitely, for him I managed to get him running his games just fine on on-board graphics, but I'm guessing yours may be a bit harder to run, or your running a board with out on-board graphics. Either a cheapie card/ last gen discount card, or even something like a 750ti that you can just sell off once your done with it or put into a media centre pc later, those options sound good for your situation.

[Ramontes]

Definitely, for him I managed to get him running his games just fine on on-board graphics, but I'm guessing yours may be a bit harder to run, or your running a board with out on-board graphics. Either a cheapie card/ last gen discount card, or even something like a 750ti that you can just sell off once your done with it or put into a media centre pc later, those options sound good for your situation.

sounds good, im playing at 720p at the moment so im sure that card will hold up just fine thanks fro the advice

[Ramontes]

I'm over here trying to mark my question as answered with your reply however I realized it's a different account whoops.