Is the graphics card dead?

Upgrade · 18 Jul 2018 at 23:56

My dad's computer is showing these green lines. He first noticed it when he opened any type of game, it would show these green artifacts on the screen and freeze the computer / screen goes black.

Now its stuck in some sort of boot loop where it won't boot into windows anymore. Here's an example of what it looks like in the bios:

Anytime the pc now boots up, it'll just go onto automatic repair, but not actually repair it.

Help appreciated.

Graphics card is the gtx 760

BriT · 18 Jul 2018 at 23:57

Looks broken, probably memory.

Upgrade · 19 Jul 2018 at 00:03

BriT said:
Looks broken, probably memory.

The gpu itself or ram?

BriT · 19 Jul 2018 at 00:06

gpu it self.

Blackjack Davy · 19 Jul 2018 at 00:31

Had that happen to me once. Definitely gfx card blown.

Upgrade · 19 Jul 2018 at 01:01

Blackjack Davy said:
Had that happen to me once. Definitely gfx card blown.

Figured as much.

lee32uk · 19 Jul 2018 at 02:09

Take the gpu out and try the onboard graphics to see if it does the same thing.

MagicBoy · 19 Jul 2018 at 02:27

Probably the GPU, most likely bad VRAM. Try the onboard if you have it.

D.Roberts · 19 Jul 2018 at 08:29

Yeah I say Vram but as suggested try onboard GPU if ya have one.

Also try a different cable EG HDMI,VGA etc and also try that in a different port on the monitor.

But does look like bad GPU

jsmoke · 19 Jul 2018 at 08:31

Uninstall drivers and reinstall. If no help then you could try oven trick.

D.Roberts · 19 Jul 2018 at 11:14

It wont be a driver issue as the screen shot he has taken was within the BIOS and drivers dont come into play

Randomface74 · 19 Jul 2018 at 11:17

Upgrade said:
Is the graphics card dead?

I'm gonna go with 'yes'.

Upgrade · 19 Jul 2018 at 22:32

Yeah, computer is fine with onboard. He's gone ahead and ordered a new graphics card. Card is pretty old now, was my old one, so it's probably had it.