Constant display driver has stopped responding

[strrstarrynight]

Display driver constantly crashing, started few days ago where my steam games would crash after awhile, today hearthstone also started crashing, and fuzzy lines and coloured patches started appearing on the screen. I decided to reinstall amd drivers and took out my graphics card and cleaned the inside of my case. On startup the fuzzy lines are already visible and the display driver would constantly crash, and even bsod.
System specs
i5 3570K
ASUS Z77 P8-V LK
MSI HD7870 TWIN FROZR ( NOT OVERCLOCKED)
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX
60GB INTEL 330 SSD , 500GB TOSHIBA HARDDRIVE
P.S. tried scanning for virus malware, gpu temperature seems normal, recently did a fresh windows install, there are still fuzzy lines even in safe mode

seems to be a problem with gpu as after connecting dvi cable to the motherboard the problem seems to disappear

[Jamdude]

Looks like it's the end of your GPU.

[strrstarrynight]

Looks like it's the end of your GPU.

any way to fix this? seemed to happen out of the blue 

[MageTank]

Looks like it's the end of your GPU.

Not the end yet. If it were me, i'd preheat my oven to 375 and prepare to give that GPU another shot at life. I saved countless GPU's from this fate by reflowing the solder on them. 

[strrstarrynight]

reduce your overclock, if that doesn't work then it's RMA time.

connecting directly to motherboard now as connecting to graphics card would cause display driver crash and blue screen after like 10second, tried safe mode, but no option to underclock when using safe mode with msi after burner?

think the warranty is over, its being 3 years ):

[don_svetlio]

connecting directly to motherboard now as connecting to graphics card would cause display driver crash and blue screen after like 10second, tried safe mode, but no option to underclock when using safe mode with msi after burner?

think the warranty is over, its being 3 years ):

Either Cook it or get a new one - this one is dead

[MageTank]

any way to fix this? seemed to happen out of the blue 

You could try reflowing the solder on the GPU. If it is no longer under warranty, completely take the GPU apart. Remove the heatsink and shroud, clean the thermal paste off the chip, and put the card on balls of aluminum foil (in each corner of the card) and bake it in the oven at 375F for 15 minutes. Let the GPU cool off after taking it out of the oven. Perhaps you could use this time to prepare a nice side-dish for the GPU, such as a salad or even a nice cool dessert. 

 

Put some fresh thermal compound on the GPU, reassemble it, and give it a shot. I've saved several GPU's with this method. Feel free to google this method, as plenty of people use it to save even Xbox's and PS3's. It is just reflowing solder that eventually cracks. 

[manikyath]

think the warranty is over, its being 3 years ):

should say i dont know of any company that'd accept an RMA on a product that's been thouroughly used, and then starts to reach the end of its working life.

 

guessing its gonna be a coaster.

could reduce your cock speed below stock to see if it lasts a bit longer

reflowing can also be an option if you're a risk taker.

 

other than that... time to get a new one.

[strrstarrynight]

You could try reflowing the solder on the GPU. If it is no longer under warranty, completely take the GPU apart. Remove the heatsink and shroud, clean the thermal paste off the chip, and put the card on balls of aluminum foil (in each corner of the card) and bake it in the oven at 375F for 15 minutes. Let the GPU cool off after taking it out of the oven. Perhaps you could use this time to prepare a nice side-dish for the GPU, such as a salad or even a nice cool dessert. 

 

Put some fresh thermal compound on the GPU, reassemble it, and give it a shot. I've saved several GPU's with this method. Feel free to google this method, as plenty of people use it to save even Xbox's and PS3's. It is just reflowing solder that eventually cracks. 

seems pretty advanced.. no experience at all lol, is there any way to underclock in safe mode?

[MageTank]

seems pretty advanced.. no experience at all lol, is there any way to underclock in safe mode?

It's actually not that hard at all. Baked my first graphics card (9800GT) at the age of 14. It's a shame JagoVsFulgore disappeared off the internet, he had an amazing video of how to do this.

 

 

As far as the underclocking in safe mode question, i don't believe you can. A lot of the overclocking tools will be unable to run in safe mode, and if you were to OC/UC beforehand, safe mode will almost certainly un-do any overclocking/underclocking upon booting in to it.