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Problem with ASUS GTX280

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palladium

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I have own this card for over a month now, and the problem started ~4 weeks ago when my monitor went blank out of the blue ( I left it idle for 2 hours) and wouldn't recover when I shake my mouse or press the keyboard. When I check my graphics card the green LED behind turned red, and I had to recycle the power to get it working again. Strangely, this happens once every week ( without fail) for the past 4 weeks, but this week it happened twice. Reboot solves the problem. It happened at random times ( sometimes during the middle of a gaming session, which annoys me to no end), fortunately it hasn't happen while I'm typing my assignments ( yet).

What I've done:

- Reinstall drivers from CD - no help
- Update driver to latest version - no help
- I ran ATITool and Furmark to test for stability - both passed 2 hours no probs. Furmark temps were ~80C with 80% fan. Ambient is 27C.
- Temps during gaming ( I have 2 monitors in dualview so I can monitor my temps realtime during gaming) never exceeded 75C.
- I use Rivatuner to set the fan speed to 70% when Windows loads.
- There were no artifacts whatsoever during gaming.
- During the 'blackout', all other parts are working fine - I even hear sound from iTunes, so I don't think its my PSU.

I also notice random spikes with my GPU fanspeed and temps with Rivatuner's hardware monitor, even when my comp is idle. I will upload a screenie of that tomorrow.

If it helps, I'm using Antec 900 case and Antec TPQ 850W, along with a GA-EX58-DS4 MB.

Is my video card showing signs of dying?

Thanks for helping.

 
AFAIK a red LED means the card doesn't have enough power.

Have you checked the PSU connectors to the card, in case they're loose? Also make sure the card is seated firmly in your PEG slot.
 
Thanks for the reply.

Yeah the card is firmly seated on the slot, the PSU connectors are fastened - I make sure there's a click sound when I seat the card and the PSU connectors.
 
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