Is my gpu dead or is it my drivers messed up?

[jester765]

So randomly out of the blue my pc display has been having problems i have a msi r7 370 4gb gpu and today i logged on my pc and my display to log in windows was discolored with lines and bad coloring and i could make out to type my password the screen goes black and nothing happens. However i exchamged tje card for my crappy backup gpu gtx 550ti and the system logged on smoothly keep in mind i plugged in both in primary pci slot. However i just recently plugged in msi slot into other slot and my picture wasnt distorted at first amd ran windows fine i dont beleive it loaded the drivers tho as the lahoit for wimdows was crammed together and ugly after it installed driver updates i had to restart my pc and it went back to my problems again can someone help me please or give me answers thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

[UnitD77]

Spell check.

 

So.... you put it into a different slot and it worked or it didn't?

[jester765]

3 minutes ago, UnitD77 said:

Spell check.

 

So.... you put it into a different slot and it worked or it didn't?

It did work however i dont believe it loaded drivers it looked blocky and ugly my desktop was very compressed, it began to downloaxing drivers and asked me to restart pc and when i did it began doing same messed up displays and squares and dots across screen.

Thbaks for trying to help me btw i appreciate it

[UnitD77]

Do you have onboard video. Use that to download the drivers. 

 

make sure it is firmly installed into the slot. make sure your cables are plugged in correctly, and are not torn or tearing at any point along the cord. 

[jester765]

9 minutes ago, UnitD77 said:

Spell check.

 

So.... you put it into a different slot and it worked 

[ARikozuM]

3 minutes ago, jester765 said:

It did work however i dont believe it loaded drivers it looked blocky and ugly my desktop was very compressed, it began to downloaxing drivers and asked me to restart pc and when i did it began doing same messed up displays and squares and dots across screen.

Thbaks for trying to help me btw i appreciate it

Check for System Restore and go back to anytime before. I wouldn't use the latest driver if it's causing issues.

[shadowbyte]

yeah, amd's latest drivers are causing all sorts of issues for my poor 290x

I used DDU to uninstall the latest, and installed 16.5.3, which I had no issues with

[jester765]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

Check for System Restore and go back to anytime before. I wouldn't use the latest driver if it's causing issues.

I havent downloaded new drivers recently it just pooped oit of the blue per say. I was running catalyst drivers at start of problem so i plugged in nvidia gpu to get my system to boot up and downloaded crimson drivers so should i restore still?

[Flavortown2k16]

Well if its not drivers ( wich are quite easily checked ), then your 290x is dead

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, jester765 said:

I havent downloaded new drivers recently it just pooped oit of the blue per say. I was running catalyst drivers at start of problem so i plugged in nvidia gpu to get my system to boot up and downloaded crimson drivers so should i restore still?

I would see if you can. It won't hurt to try. Are you overclocking the AMD card?

[UnitD77]

catalyst and crimson drivers? What are those?

[jester765]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

I would see if you can. It won't hurt to try. Are you overclocking the AMD card?

I used msi gaming app and selected gaming mode which is 1080 mhz i believe

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, UnitD77 said:

catalyst and crimson drivers? What are those?

AMD calls their program Catalyst and Crimson (shade of red) is their driver designation.

[ARikozuM]

Get rid of the overclock and drivers and see what happens.

[jester765]

2 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Get rid of the overclock and drivers and see what happens.

Do u think i should reformat all my storage and start fresh?

[UnitD77]

No do not reformat your drives. That is way too far.

[UnitD77]

4 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Get rid of the overclock and drivers and see what happens.

Yes do this.

[Flavortown2k16]

Just wipe old drivers with ddu, and install new ones. If it doesnt work then you got dead video card

[UnitD77]

@Flavortown2k16

That is terrible troubleshooting. 

[jester765]

3 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

Just wipe old drivers with ddu, and install new ones. If it doesnt work then you got dead video card

what is ddu?

[UnitD77]

Display Driver Uninstaller. google it, should be first link. Run program and it will wipe the registry and files for the display driver allowing for a clean install of a fresh new driver.

[Flavortown2k16]

1 minute ago, jester765 said:

what is ddu?

display driver uninstaller. You need to use it when changing gpu's and especially when changing from amd to nvidia and other way arun. Also can you take picture of the screen when using 290x

 

3 minutes ago, UnitD77 said:

@Flavortown2k16

That is terrible troubleshooting. 

Havent seen you doing anybetter, theres only 2 things that can be wrong with it. Nvidia drivers interfiering with it or then its just dead. Removing oc dont do jackshit if its small one

[jester765]

Let me clear some things up first off the only reason why i used the nvidia gpu is because using my 370 my display was messed up and wouldnt show desktop so i had to use nvidia to try and trouble shoot my main gpu. And my gpu isnt 290 its a r7 370 4gb and yes ill take pics

[UnitD77]

2 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

Havent seen you doing anybetter, theres only 2 things that can be wrong with it. Nvidia drivers interfiering with it or then its just dead. Removing oc dont do jackshit if its small one

There is many more possibilities than just 2 issues. Drivers and the card itself are not the only factors. The slot could be broken, the cords could be shorting, the pins on the display output ports could be corroded. OC's do weird things and regardless of the card can cause issues. All information must be gathered to make an informed decision. checking the drivers and then scraping the part is not good troubleshooting.

[Flavortown2k16]

2 minutes ago, UnitD77 said:

There is many more possibilities than just 2 issues. Drivers and the card itself are not the only factors. The slot could be broken, the cords could be shorting, the pins on the display output ports could be corroded. OC's do weird things and regardless of the card can cause issues. All information must be gathered to make an informed decision. checking the drivers and then scraping the part is not good troubleshooting.

If other card works in same slot= not pci slot

Small oc can add artifacts, but they are small

Bigger oc = bsod

He was trying on nvidia card wich worked fine, wich means that he has nvidia drivers installed, so theres quite high chance of it interfiering with amd ones.

Large white artifacts and messes like that, is pretty clear indication of it being broken.

No need to ask same guestions as others, if they have been answered allready, so i dont see any issues of going straight to the 2 most possible conclusions for this.