GPU overheating upon booting

[rudiboi]

Straight to the problem. My 770 would shut down the computer after ~1.5 hours of gaming and I had to let it cool off before starting the system again. However, lately the issue became even worse. When I start the computer the fans of the GPU start spinning faster and faster and before i can get to desktop screen my system shuts down. The card is REALLY hot. I tried changing the thermal compound, nothing changed. When I installed a different GPU everything went fine. Any ideas? Thank you in advance!

[Shimejii]

Is the cooler broken at all, have you cleaned all the dust out of it? If not then your cooler may be dying, and you may need to get a new one after cleaning

[Badger906]

There's more than one part to a gpu that can overheat. If it's not the processor itself id look at the memory banks.

However it could be a completely different issue. A capacitor that's on the power delivery line could be drawing too much current and causing it to die. If it's located near a thermal sensor it could also explain the extreme fan activity.

 

My advice.. upgrade the poor thing! A used 770 goes for peanuts or even a 1050 which would easily out perform it for relatively low costs

[rudiboi]

23 hours ago, Shimejii said:

Is the cooler broken at all, have you cleaned all the dust out of it? If not then your cooler may be dying, and you may need to get a new one after cleaning

I definitely removed all the dust. How can I tell if the cooler is dying? 

[rudiboi]

21 hours ago, Badger906 said:

There's more than one part to a gpu that can overheat. If it's not the processor itself id look at the memory banks.

However it could be a completely different issue. A capacitor that's on the power delivery line could be drawing too much current and causing it to die. If it's located near a thermal sensor it could also explain the extreme fan activity.

 

My advice.. upgrade the poor thing! A used 770 goes for peanuts or even a 1050 which would easily out perform it for relatively low costs

I know that upgrading is a better solution, but I really can't right now. I would still like to believe that my beloved 770 could pass away later.

Would it be helpful if I send you pictures of the card without the heat sink?