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Help with GPU troubleshooting

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JosiahPittman23

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So my PC was completely fine a few days ago, everything running smooth, no problems whatsoever. Now it randomly goes to a black screen and the gpu fans spin at max speed. I can still hear any audio that was playing in the background, but can’t do anything other than reset the PC. I can still boot up, but getting this problem during boot sometimes.

At first, I’d just assumed something was up with Windows, I then reinstall W10 and I get the same issue the next day.. reinstalled it again, same issue.

I eventually go back to Windows 7, and get the same problem two days later... which leads me to believe that Windows is garbage and I Install Linux but I’ll still getting the problem.. Lol.

I’m currently using a GTX 1060 (MSI) The GPU drivers are all up to date. No MoBo Bios updates available, and the CPU temps are perfectly fine.

Any Idea? I got the GPU brand new from Newegg around 3 months ago so I’d assume it shouldn’t be a hardware issue yet, right?
 
Alright, so probably not the power supply. What's the rest of the system specs? CPU, Motherboard, Ram?
 
CPU- i7 4790 which is currently being water cooled, so the temps on the cpu are completely fine.

Ram - Corsair Vengeance 16GB

MoBo- AsRock Z97 Extreme6

I bought everything brand new from Newegg a few months ago.. :-/
 
If it's not RAM, it's either the power supply, RAM, or video card. If you only get the issue when running off the video card, RMA'ing the video card would be the most obvious/easiset/cheapest thing to do. If that's not it, I would probably go with power supply next (since the system is drawing more power with the card in use).
 
Ya gotta start ruling things out, looks like the 1060 may the root of the issue, try re-seating it. If that does't help try a different vid card to rule out the MB.
 
Ketchup said:
If it's not RAM, it's either the power supply, RAM, or video card. If you only get the issue when running off the video card, RMA'ing the video card would be the most obvious/easiset/cheapest thing to do. If that's not it, I would probably go with power supply next (since the system is drawing more power with the card in use).
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RMAing the gpu is no longer possible at this point, it’s a bit past the 30 day return policy and is now ineligible.

The power supply is more than enough for the build but I can test with the secondary one I have.

RLGL said:
Ya gotta start ruling things out, looks like the 1060 may the root of the issue, try re-seating it. If that does't help try a different vid card to rule out the MB.
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I’ll try another clean install of Windows with a different GPU. I have a secondary gpu but at that point the integrated graphics on the CPU are better than the gpu, lol.

It’ll take a day or two to see if anything took affect.

lupi said:
And what was the MEMTEST results.
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Tried the memtest and got positive results. So nothing wrong with the memory.
 
After just simply disassembling my PC and putting it back together, I’ve had no problems (yet), I’ll post back after trying a new PSU or GPU and see if those would solve anything (If needed)
 
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