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I was playing game when suddenly my pc froze and stopped responding, so I hard reset my pc but it wont boot to windows. Only motherboard was showing (like I was able to go to bios) and after few more resets windows offers me repair...so I did clean instal of windows on my ssd drive. After that windows was finally working but screen was looking really bad (artifacts all over the place) and after some time it freezes again and same thing with no booting stated again. So i took out my gpu (asus r9 270x) and plugged in cable to motherboard. Boot and first time and still working but I tried to put gpu back and same thing still. So do you think my gpu is dead? (only year and something old) thanks for answers :)

 

 

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might be the PCI-E slot or the GPU

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sounds like its probably dead especially since it worked when you took it out. You can double check by reseating it and making sure the cables are firmly plugged in. Also check a different PCI slot if possible.

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hello guys,

 

I was playing game when suddenly my pc froze and stopped responding, so I hard reset my pc but it wont boot to windows. Only motherboard was showing (like I was able to go to bios) and after few more resets windows offers me repair...so I did clean instal of windows on my ssd drive. After that windows was finally working but screen was looking really bad (artifacts all over the place) and after some time it freezes again and same thing with no booting stated again. So i took out my gpu (asus r9 270x) and plugged in cable to motherboard. Boot and first time and still working but I tried to put gpu back and same thing still. So do you think my gpu is dead? (only year and something old) thanks for answers :)

Did you overclock at all?

If not chances are it is a dying gpu or bad pcie slot.

if you have another gpu to test with that would be good.

If there is another pcie slot on your mobo you could try using that.

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Did you overclock at all?

If not chances are it is a dying gpu or bad pcie slot.

if you have another gpu to test with that would be good.

If there is another pcie slot on your mobo you could try using that.

nope didnt overclock, and i dont have spare gpu and since i have micro atx board not another pcie slot :(

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nope didnt overclock, and i dont have spare gpu and since i have micro atx board not another pcie slot :(

Most motherboards should have 4x slots that allow 16x PCIe to fit, so you should try to put your graphics card in there if there is a notch that allows you to put your GPU in.

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nope didnt overclock, and i dont have spare gpu and since i have micro atx board not another pcie slot :(

Do you have a friend who would let you test out?

If they let you you could borrow their gpu and test it on your pc and/or put your gpu in their pc.

If you can't do any of this then sadface but if you have any other pcie cards (wifi cards, sound cards) then you could try attaching them to the pcie slot and see if they work. Of course if it only appears in like x8 or x16 mode that test wouldn't work.

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Do you have a friend who would let you test out?

If they let you you could borrow their gpu and test it on your pc and/or put your gpu in their pc.

If you can't do any of this then sadface but if you have any other pcie cards (wifi cards, sound cards) then you could try attaching them to the pcie slot and see if they work. Of course if it only appears in like x8 or x16 mode that test wouldn't work.

friend dont have psu for that so no...so i really dont know how to check what is really broken. Maybe i call some pc repair service to have a look at it. btw thanks for help everyone :)

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friend dont have psu for that so no...so i really dont know how to check what is really broken. Maybe i call some pc repair service to have a look at it. btw thanks for help everyone :)

Your friend doesn't have a psu?

Or are you just saying he doesn't have a powerful enough psu?

Because usually booting up your computer doesn't take too much power.

As well you put his GPU in your pc.

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Your friend doesn't have a psu?

Or are you just saying he doesn't have a powerful enough psu?

Because usually booting up your computer doesn't take too much power.

As well you put his GPU in your pc.

i meant he dont have powerful enough psu and not enough connectors and also he kinda "linus ghetto" style taped all cabels so they dont hit his cpu fan :D

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i meant he dont have powerful enough psu and not enough connectors and also he kinda "linus ghetto" style taped all cabels so they dont hit his cpu fan :D

ohhh that's a problem.

Does he have dedicated GPU then? If he does he can just put his gpu in your system. If it works then your GPU is broken, if not it is your pcie slot and you need to rma your motherboard

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ohhh that's a problem.

Does he have dedicated GPU then? If he does he can just put his gpu in your system. If it works then your GPU is broken, if not it is your pcie slot and you need to rma your motherboard

thanks for all the help but pc repair company I gave gpu to tell if it is broken or no said it is broken. So pcie should be ok. And today I also asked for refund at retailer and hopefully they will give me money back and I will buy gtx 960 probably 

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Thats weird because it is still a fairly new Card. It may be worth getting an upgrade to an R9 380 maybe. Depends what games you play.

that card was only year and few months old...but this is not first time unusual component broke...2years ago my cpu died. I am not sure about R9 380, I would rather try nvidia this time (960) but i am not sure still

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that card was only year and few months old...but this is not first time unusual component broke...2years ago my cpu died. I am not sure about R9 380, I would rather try nvidia this time (960) but i am not sure still

I would say that you should stick to AMD at the moment as a lot of new Nvidia cards have defencts where the in game quality Degrade over time. I would get the R9 380 as it is also 15% better than a 960.

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I would say that you should stick to AMD at the moment as a lot of new Nvidia cards have defencts where the in game quality Degrade over time. I would get the R9 380 as it is also 15% better than a 960.

yes but thanks to shitty nvidia gameworks most new games runs better on nvidia cards even when some amd gpus are better on paper. And I was unable to play elite dangerous for a long time becouse amd coudnt fix they drivers and the game droped for me from 120fps to 20-30

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yes but thanks to shitty nvidia gameworks most new games runs better on nvidia cards even when some amd gpus are better on paper. And I was unable to play elite dangerous for a long time becouse amd coudnt fix they drivers and the game droped for me from 120fps to 20-30

Also true, however AMD driver support is getting better currently.

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Also true, however AMD driver support is getting better currently.

yeah, but that is just and empty promise right now :) so if you could help me...if they really refund me I will have 200€ on hand and I can buy asus 960 (+20€) or r9 380 (+30€) or maybe even 380x(+80€) but I am not sure about throwind another 80€ at gpu

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hello guys,

I was playing game when suddenly my pc froze and stopped responding, so I hard reset my pc but it wont boot to windows. Only motherboard was showing (like I was able to go to bios) and after few more resets windows offers me repair...so I did clean instal of windows on my ssd drive. After that windows was finally working but screen was looking really bad (artifacts all over the place) and after some time it freezes again and same thing with no booting stated again. So i took out my gpu (asus r9 270x) and plugged in cable to motherboard. Boot and first time and still working but I tried to put gpu back and same thing still. So do you think my gpu is dead? (only year and something old) thanks for answers :)

Sounds like a dead gpu.

Possibly a damaged pcie slot, but not likely.

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already comfirmed dead gpu, but thank you anyway :)

Wow looks like a lot of your components are dying.... Strange.

R9 380 is better in most games, but if you really want nvidia a GTX 960 isn't too bad.

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Wow looks like a lot of your components are dying.... Strange.

R9 380 is better in most games, but if you really want nvidia a GTX 960 isn't too bad.

I know and I am not even overclocking or doing some crazy stuff to my hw :D and I was looking at it and I will probably go with r9 380x

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