PC crashing during gaming/3D mark

IC3 · 1 Dec 2015 at 19:31

I think my GPU is slowly dying, the first crash happened today when I played a match of CS with my mate. The screen just turned blue and had lines going across it, I had to restart the PC.

I've tried:
- New drivers, uinstalled with DDU.
- Ran 3D Mark - Crashed
- Ran IBT and OCCT on highest and nothing after 5 min.
- Reset BIOS to factory settings

The card behaves normally during watching youtube videos in full mode, its just when load is put by a game or benchmark graphically that the PC is crashing.

I was thinking about the oven method for the card, not sure how safe this is?

Spec:

CPU: i5 [email protected] 1.312v
RAM: 2x4gb [email protected] (running at 1.525) Kingston HyperX
Mobo: Asus P8Z68-V
GPU: HIS IceQ 7950@1050/1400 (modded BIOS by khaboom)
PSU: BeQuiet E9 450W
SSD Intel 520 120GB (OS Drive)

wazza300 · 1 Dec 2015 at 19:33

list pc parts?

usually random coloured lines with stripes going down are gpu or gpu driver related

IC3 · 1 Dec 2015 at 19:39

wazza300 said:
list pc parts?

usually random coloured lines with stripes going down are gpu or gpu driver related

CPU: i5 [email protected] 1.312v
RAM: 2x4gb [email protected] (running at 1.525) Kingston HyperX
Mobo: Asus P8Z68-V
GPU: HIS IceQ 7950@1050/1400 (modded BIOS by khaboom)
PSU: BeQuiet E9 450W
SSD Intel 520 120GB (OS Drive)

Edit I had similiar lines when I OC'ed my CPU and had crashes, but I don't think its the CPU as the OC has ran solid for nearly 3 weeks now.

I'll try running stock BIOS and see how it goes, brb.

IC3 · 1 Dec 2015 at 20:07

Looks like the OC is not stable anymore after 2 years, so time to flash a new BIOS, oh well

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/9532099

wazza300 · 1 Dec 2015 at 20:57

Any bsod code?

IC3 · 1 Dec 2015 at 21:36

Fixed it, change the voltage in my BIOS to 1.087 from 1.068 and no more crashes. The funny thing is, during 3d mark it only used 1.070v. But I'll leave it at 1.087 if the cards needs more volts.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/9533495

I also played some CS and nothing, so I'm happy.

BTW This is the previous bench
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/9373926

Edit

If I get another crash, I'll just troubleshoot further. So far it works and it looks like the card needed some more volts all out of sudden... still a bit strange...