Screen goes black for a couple seconds, coloured lines appear on screen for half a second - GPU dying? (GTX 960)

[av28]

Basically what it says in the title, for some time, not too long ago, my monitor would go black for a couple seconds and I would see coloured lines appear on the screen for half a second, both of these problems occur randomly. The lines wouldn't cover the whole screen and are very small.

 

Both of these problems occur when I am simply just gaming browsing the web or just being on the desktop.

 

Is my GTX 960 dying? 

[Ashleyyyy]

it might be. try unplugging the cable to your monitor and plugging it back in on both ends. 

 

do the lines dissapear once they've showed? 

[YOEL_44]

I've experienced similar isues on my rig, and I actually did an RMA on a GTX 660 just to discover that it was actually the cable, so first, waste a few bucks on a new cable and if that doesn't solve the problem, then you can blame the card.

[av28]

43 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

it might be. try unplugging the cable to your monitor and plugging it back in on both ends. 

 

do the lines dissapear once they've showed? 

Yeah I have already done that, problem still persists

[av28]

28 minutes ago, YOEL_44 said:

I've experienced similar isues on my rig, and I actually did an RMA on a GTX 660 just to discover that it was actually the cable, so first, waste a few bucks on a new cable and if that doesn't solve the problem, then you can blame the card.

It actually could be, I have been using the same cable for a long time. I'll tell you if the problem still goes on.

[Tha Joker]

I would try all the cables like everyone said. BUT you could be having thermal issues too. If you're experienced you could take it apart and reapply thermal paste.

[av28]

1 hour ago, Tha Joker said:

I would try all the cables like everyone said. BUT you could be having thermal issues too. If you're experienced you could take it apart and reapply thermal paste.

Yeah I cleaned it just now and my GPU is sitting at a pretty good 27 degrees Celsius (when browsing), just gonna have to see if the problem still persists. 

[Tha Joker]

6 minutes ago, av28 said:

Yeah I cleaned it just now and my GPU is sitting at a pretty good 27 degrees Celsius (when browsing), just gonna have to see if the problem still persists. 

Awesome