Something wrong with GTX 660

[Telescuffle]

Hi,

So my friend has an issue with his Asus GTX 660. For some reason after drivers are installed, the card does one of two things.

 

1. Image freezes (computer crashes as well)
2. Does what it shows in the image attached (crashes as well).

It only does this after a few mins of the computer being turned on. I have also tried this on my PC as well with the same outcome.

 

My thought is that it looks similar to when the Xbox 360's GPU was melting away.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

 

[dewman45]

Well, seems like the GPU is dying. What you are seeing there is artifacts. People have tried reflow as a temporary fix, but I am not going to suggest it. There is no real fix to this, unless it is under warranty. Being a GTX 660, I doubt it still is, but you could try. If your friend bought this from someone recently, I would highly suggest getting a refund. Hope this helps!

[2FA]

RIP GTX 660

 

It's likely just about dead.

[glitchmaster0001]

try replacing the thermal paste on the GPU. From the looks of it, the GPU seems to be artifacting meaning that it is essentailly dead or dying. i had this issue before with a HD 5450 when i first started building computers. at that time i didn't know much but now i know that your friends GPU is heavily artifacting and it is going to die soon. i recommend waiting until pascul comes out then finding a replacement 

[BrinkGG]

4 minutes ago, Telescuffle said:

Hi,

So my friend has an issue with his Asus GTX 660. For some reason after drivers are installed, the card does one of two things.

 

1. Image freezes (computer crashes as well)
2. Does what it shows in the image attached (crashes as well).

It only does this after a few mins of the computer being turned on. I have also tried this on my PC as well with the same outcome.

 

My thought is that it looks similar to when the Xbox 360's GPU was melting away.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

 

RIP Graphics card...

If all else fails, you can try baking it... 

[dewman45]

Again, I would suggest not baking it(reflow.) Good way to burn the house down

[ThinkWithPortals]

13 minutes ago, Telescuffle said:

 

GPU's either dying or incredibly close to dying. Look into replacing it.

[Moonzy]

25 minutes ago, Brink2Three said:

If all else fails, you can try baking it... 

 

@Telescuffle, try installing older nvidia drivers like 361.91 or something if you're using an older drivers

also monitor the gpu temps

 

but yes, high chance that it's dying

[Telescuffle]

1 hour ago, dewman45 said:

Well, seems like the GPU is dying. What you are seeing there is artifacts. People have tried reflow as a temporary fix, but I am not going to suggest it. There is no real fix to this, unless it is under warranty. Being a GTX 660, I doubt it still is, but you could try. If your friend bought this from someone recently, I would highly suggest getting a refund. Hope this helps!

Hi. Yeah its an old card (4 years). Before this, he was having issues with his PC powering on. My thought is that something power related has ruined the card. Having said that, if it was getting hot, I would have thought the fans would speed up? Or the system shut down to stop it from damaging itself?

 

1 hour ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

try replacing the thermal paste on the GPU. From the looks of it, the GPU seems to be artifacting meaning that it is essentailly dead or dying. i had this issue before with a HD 5450 when i first started building computers. at that time i didn't know much but now i know that your friends GPU is heavily artifacting and it is going to die soon. i recommend waiting until pascul comes out then finding a replacement 

May try some new thermal paste. Or send the card to Asus if its not to expensive.  

1 hour ago, Brink2Three said:

RIP Graphics card...

If all else fails, you can try baking it... 

 

1 hour ago, dewman45 said:

Again, I would suggest not baking it(reflow.) Good way to burn the house down

Not sure I would feel comfortable doing that  Linus makes it look easier than it probably is!

 

1 hour ago, Moonzy said:

 

@Telescuffle, try installing older nvidia drivers like 361.91 or something if you're using an older drivers

also monitor the gpu temps

 

but yes, high chance that it's dying

I tried a variety of drivers. But gave up as the crashes were causing damage to my Windows.

 

Thanks all for the help!

 

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Telescuffle said:

if it was getting hot, I would have thought the fans would speed up? Or the system shut down to stop it from damaging itself?

that might be the case but normally it's a very high temp like 90 or 100

i personally would never let my gpu go over 80c, or 75c if i can

[Telescuffle]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

that might be the case but normally it's a very high temp like 90 or 100

i personally would never let my gpu go over 80c, or 75c if i can

True. But the GPU doesn't feel unusually hot. But I cant install any software before the system crashes. So checking MSI afterburner or a system temps program is out of the question.  

[BrinkGG]

1 hour ago, Moonzy said:

 

@Telescuffle, try installing older nvidia drivers like 361.91 or something if you're using an older drivers

also monitor the gpu temps

 

but yes, high chance that it's dying

First of all that dude needs to chill. This is the same guy Linus talked to. Seen him before. 

Second of all, if the card isn't working, try as many things as possible to fix the card (for free) before calling it dead is still the best option. Baking has been proven to work in some cases. Like he said "5-10% of the time." Which is why I said if all else fails. its a ditch effort. So to counteract what the title of that video says, Reflowing GPUs is NOT BS, it can work if the problem is with tiny solder joints that I could never fix myself. Again, 5-10% of the time. So use it if the other repairs you CAN do don't work. 

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Brink2Three said:

First of all that dude needs to chill. This is the same guy Linus talked to. Seen him before. 

Second of all, if the card isn't working, try as many things as possible to fix the card (for free) before calling it dead is still the best option. Baking has been proven to work in some cases. Like he said "5-10% of the time." Which is why I said if all else fails. its a ditch effort. So to counteract what the title of that video says, Reflowing GPUs is NOT BS, it can work if the problem is with tiny solder joints that I could never fix myself. Again, 5-10% of the time. So use it if the other repairs you CAN do don't work. 

i do agree that op try baking it if he's not planning to get it fixed professionally

 

what op should do is heat it at a much lower temps as mentioned in the video

but dont expect a full recovery from it

[BrinkGG]

2 minutes ago, Telescuffle said:

True. But the GPU doesn't feel unusually hot. But I cant install any software before the system crashes. So checking MSI afterburner or a system temps program is out of the question.  

Install windows on a flash drive using another computer. Boot from that flash drive, install HWmonitor or your favorite temp monitoring program. Install drivers, then try using something like Heaven benchmark to heat it up and see how far it gets. 

[Telescuffle]

6 minutes ago, Brink2Three said:

First of all that dude needs to chill. This is the same guy Linus talked to. Seen him before. 

Second of all, if the card isn't working, try as many things as possible to fix the card (for free) before calling it dead is still the best option. Baking has been proven to work in some cases. Like he said "5-10% of the time." Which is why I said if all else fails. its a ditch effort. So to counteract what the title of that video says, Reflowing GPUs is NOT BS, it can work if the problem is with tiny solder joints that I could never fix myself. Again, 5-10% of the time. So use it if the other repairs you CAN do don't work. 

Will look further into reflowing. Thanks

 

Don't know if the mad above the GPU should drooping as shown below?

 

[Telescuffle]

2 minutes ago, Brink2Three said:

Install windows on a flash drive using another computer. Boot from that flash drive, install HWmonitor or your favorite temp monitoring program. Install drivers, then try using something like Heaven benchmark to heat it up and see how far it gets. 

If I can get that far. Tbh I'm not sure I want to risk my own hardware for this

[dewman45]

If you are getting artifacts, and the card is very hot, it's likely that it is just dying. Not too much left to do for an older card if it's showing artifacts.