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Is my GTX 470 broken

liamc3000

liamc3000

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[SOLVED] Is my GTX 470 broken

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[SOLVED] new psu worked a treat, thanks to anyone that helped

I've been using my GTX470 Twin Frozr 2 for around 9 month now and its recently started randomly dieing on me. It started happening about 2 weeks ago after working flawlessly for so long. Whenever I play a game the system will suddenly lock up after around 10 minutes and my screen will go off and system will restart itself. Also if I go to watch any form of video online or file on my computer the screen pauses and sound continues for a few seconds then computer restarts. The video problems are consistent every time but game problem is intermittent. I have tried a fresh reinstall of windows 7 64bit but problem still occurs. Also tried removing nvidia HD audio driver and the realtek lan drivers as they are meant to be both things that can cause lock-ups. I have tried my zotac 9800GTX+ in my computer and it worked flawlessly so I know there is nothing wrong with any of my other components. Have also did a memtest and the ram is working perfectly.


Full system spec:
Core i7 860
corsair h50 cooler
Gigabyte P55-US3l Rev 2.0 motherboard
4gb Corsair Dominator Ram
640gb Samsung spinpoint hdd
MSI GTX470 Twin Frozr II
850 watt ezcool psu
 
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forgot to update original post but found out the cable for my 6 pins was melted into the psu so will be replacing it as i'm guessing its potentially dangerous. curredntly swapped it over to molex to 6 pins but dont think it gets adequate power from them

will see how it fares after upgrade
 
EZ Cool power supplies are cheap crap, get a decent 500w+ unit from Corsair, Be Quiet, Antec or a similar well known company.

The burnt out wire would be a huge indicator that they're not trustworthy enough to use in a high power gaming machine.
 
Seems a bit much when you can have a XFX Pro (750/850w) or even a XFX XXX edition PSU (750w) from ocuk
 
bought the coolermaster from my local shop and computer now fully working

wanted to buy from close to my house because i needed it today and cm does more watts on 12v rail
 
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