Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
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Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGo-9Lcu9Tw&fmt=22
Im pretty sure its broken, the errors started to appear at some warm day.
Sometimes it worked fine for hours, even played Spring with it, and then suddenly when i open some website, and it starts loading images, the screen freezes and starts flashing some specific color pixels into different color, and mouse cursor gets some weird dots around it, sometimes i couldnt even move mouse at all, or use the keyboard, num-lock/scroll-lock/caps-lock lights didnt react to my key presses.
Also i noticed that when the harddrive was loading something, it caused more pixel errors on the screen o.O
I was uninstalling some program, and didnt do anything else... i was listening the harddrive sound, and it seemed like it synced with the pixel errors on the screen o.O And then the computer froze when the un-installation was 98% done >_>
Now i installed windows XP on my SSD drive, and removed all my other HDD's, launched XP. and that video is what i got from the first reboot after windows XP was clean installed, internet cable was not plugged in at all in any part of the process + i used legal copy of windows =D
Edit: NOTE: the card is not overheated, its 71 celsius degrees when that happens, and that error can appear with first startup on the day, so it wont be any warmer than 50 degrees etc. The GFX card fan is working fine.
Im pretty sure its broken, the errors started to appear at some warm day.
Sometimes it worked fine for hours, even played Spring with it, and then suddenly when i open some website, and it starts loading images, the screen freezes and starts flashing some specific color pixels into different color, and mouse cursor gets some weird dots around it, sometimes i couldnt even move mouse at all, or use the keyboard, num-lock/scroll-lock/caps-lock lights didnt react to my key presses.
Also i noticed that when the harddrive was loading something, it caused more pixel errors on the screen o.O
I was uninstalling some program, and didnt do anything else... i was listening the harddrive sound, and it seemed like it synced with the pixel errors on the screen o.O And then the computer froze when the un-installation was 98% done >_>
Now i installed windows XP on my SSD drive, and removed all my other HDD's, launched XP. and that video is what i got from the first reboot after windows XP was clean installed, internet cable was not plugged in at all in any part of the process + i used legal copy of windows =D
Edit: NOTE: the card is not overheated, its 71 celsius degrees when that happens, and that error can appear with first startup on the day, so it wont be any warmer than 50 degrees etc. The GFX card fan is working fine.
Last edited by TradeMark on 04 Jun 2009, 20:34, edited 1 time in total.
- Spawn_Retard
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Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
Imo, downloading more RAM could fix it, if you have utorrent, i see downloading it from pirate bay is free, some sites ask you to pay though, so watch out.
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
I've had similar problems before.
What you can do:
-Try plugging the cable in the other port on the Video card, and/or in the other port in the monitor if you have one, and if you're using a connector piece (to go from divi>vga or vga>divi) try a diffrent one. (fixed it for me)
-Try a diffrent cable (in both ports)
-Try a diffrent monitor
-Try a diffrent video card with exactly the same hardware to see if the video card is really your problem.
-Buy a new computer
What you can do:
-Try plugging the cable in the other port on the Video card, and/or in the other port in the monitor if you have one, and if you're using a connector piece (to go from divi>vga or vga>divi) try a diffrent one. (fixed it for me)
-Try a diffrent cable (in both ports)
-Try a diffrent monitor
-Try a diffrent video card with exactly the same hardware to see if the video card is really your problem.
-Buy a new computer
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
Tried, didnt do anything different, monitor has only one slot, im using DVI to DVI.Hoi wrote:-Try plugging the cable in the other port on the Video card, and/or in the other port in the monitor if you have one, and if you're using a connector piece (to go from divi>vga or vga>divi) try a diffrent one. (fixed it for me)
Hmm, i doubt that would help, since my screen works fine when not using the GFX card drivers. (+ not sure do i have other cable)Hoi wrote:-Try a diffrent cable (in both ports)
As on above, i dont think it would matter. (+ i dont have other monitor)Hoi wrote:-Try a diffrent monitor
I dont have, other card wasnt PCI-E card ... sucks.Hoi wrote:-Try a diffrent video card with exactly the same hardware to see if the video card is really your problem.
Yeah lolHoi wrote:-Buy a new computer
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
try a different PSU?
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
i dont have (i have one, but wont support the correct cables for my mobo or GFX card) + current one is 520W and its quite new ... if its broken, then i dont think anything can stay unbroken on this fucking computer, since the last PSU was broken (i think) ... so, if you want to return your shit in manners of warranty, just send them to me and i'll fuck them up in this doomsday machine >_>jK wrote:try a different PSU?
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
Monitor your voltage droop on the 12v rails under load, if its greater than 0.3V, you might have a problem. Speedfan is a mighty fine utility for this.
Also, try underclocking your gpu and gpuram with rivatuner, to see if it fixes it.
Is the card factory OC'd?
Underclock the fsb if you can.
Run memtes86, just to be sure.
Also, try underclocking your gpu and gpuram with rivatuner, to see if it fixes it.
Is the card factory OC'd?
Underclock the fsb if you can.
Run memtes86, just to be sure.
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
These symptoms are typical of a dying GPU chip. Two of my ATI cards died like this in the past. Beautiful random colors...
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
had a 6600GT die in a similar way.
nvidias of 8xxx and 9xxx series are known for their extremely low reliability after a year-two of use (except for the mighty 8800gtx).
nvidias of 8xxx and 9xxx series are known for their extremely low reliability after a year-two of use (except for the mighty 8800gtx).
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
How long these 8800 series warranty is? They told me its 3 years, but i cant believe that =D
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
In many cases, the problem goes away if u disable hardware acceleration :) but I reckon it''s not something you want to do if you have an 8800. Might save your laptop though.
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
I doubt it is more than 1 year. Many GPUs have extremely high power consumption (up to 200W) and I'm not very surprised that this affects the lifespan of the product...TradeMark wrote:How long these 8800 series warranty is? They told me its 3 years, but i cant believe that =D
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
some manufacturers have lifetime replacement.zerver wrote:I doubt it is more than 1 year. Many GPUs have extremely high power consumption (up to 200W) and I'm not very surprised that this affects the lifespan of the product...TradeMark wrote:How long these 8800 series warranty is? They told me its 3 years, but i cant believe that =D
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
I've seen this before, I would suspect the graphics card has sustained damage somehow, however I would be cautious as this could well be motherboard damage.
Of note: when I had this issue, rebooting into ubuntu showed this did not occur under linux
Of note: when I had this issue, rebooting into ubuntu showed this did not occur under linux
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Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
Uh what? That makes no sense, you can't simply download RAM lol.Spawn_Retard wrote:Imo, downloading more RAM could fix it, if you have utorrent, i see downloading it from pirate bay is free, some sites ask you to pay though, so watch out.
To the OP - Does it happen on other games?
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
It's a troll post lol, he wanted it to not make sense.
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
my firefox has integrated troll filter
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
If you absolutely believe it's dead, you can try the oven trick and see if it fixes itself.
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
thats actually how it broke...
joke
joke
Re: Geforce 8800GTS ... broken?
*** do not use microwave oven ***