5870 on the way out?!

[jrodga2k5]

All of a sudden my PC appears to be crashing during general use such as Web Browsing and in Games....

Spec:

Intel i7 930 @ 3.6Ghz
6GB Ram
HD 5870 not o/c'd
Corsair TX 650w

Basically what tends to happen is when doing anything after a series of time the PC screen goes black with almost a series of black static washed out columns running the length of the screen. In the background if there is music/sound being played that continues for a period of time before completely crashing.

Happened for the first time last night when playing Just Cause 2 and seems to be consistently doing so since then

Since it seems to be happening intermittently I don't know whether I'll have a problem with an RMA or not, hard to tell if it's not apparent right away. Temps on the card appear to be fine and I have rolled back to previous Cat drivers to no avail

 

[Nocky24]

Have you gone through all the usual like everything on defaults/stock clocks, memtest, etc, etc? Or are you certain it's the 5870 causing the issue?

 

[Scougar]

Check card for dust and if ok reinstall drivers.

 

[jrodga2k5]

Have you gone through all the usual like everything on defaults/stock clocks, memtest, etc, etc? Or are you certain it's the 5870 causing the issue?

Yeah....done all the usual stuff.

Reverted aaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllll the way back to the 10.10 drivers and haven't experienced a crash as of yet *fingers crossed*