I purchased a 7900 GTO from OcUK in October, and I has been performing wonderfully until the last 2 weeks.
Now at stock speeds I get little red dots on the desktop and then shortly after the system will hard lock. Once upon a reboot, I got beep codes indicating that the vid card was not functioning. After another reboot I was able to get back into windows, but the red dots persist.
Strangely, if I get into windows and start a game I can play without difficultly until I return to the desktop (either quitting the appilcation or alt-tabbing), where upon the red dots appear indicating the coming hard lock. Once in Company of Heroes I got a completely garbled screen during a game which required a reboot.
Temperatures are not an issue - they have been stable.
I have tried changing drivers from 91.47 to 93.xx and 92.91. All give me the same problem. I have tried a system restore as well - the symptoms persist.
I have not had a vid card go bad on me before, so I am looking for some advices:
Do you think my card is on the way out? Should I RMA? Do I RMA to OcUK or to MSI directly?
Thanks for your time.
Now at stock speeds I get little red dots on the desktop and then shortly after the system will hard lock. Once upon a reboot, I got beep codes indicating that the vid card was not functioning. After another reboot I was able to get back into windows, but the red dots persist.
Strangely, if I get into windows and start a game I can play without difficultly until I return to the desktop (either quitting the appilcation or alt-tabbing), where upon the red dots appear indicating the coming hard lock. Once in Company of Heroes I got a completely garbled screen during a game which required a reboot.
Temperatures are not an issue - they have been stable.
I have tried changing drivers from 91.47 to 93.xx and 92.91. All give me the same problem. I have tried a system restore as well - the symptoms persist.
I have not had a vid card go bad on me before, so I am looking for some advices:
Do you think my card is on the way out? Should I RMA? Do I RMA to OcUK or to MSI directly?
Thanks for your time.
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