Gpu failure ?

[steven_belfast]

Greetings folks.

In need of some advice,
I have noticed on a number of occasions that when playing games my gpu shuts off,
The fans slow down (on 65 to 80 % when gaming ) so they become silent and the screen goes black,
Only want to get it back is by hard resetting the system.

I have been monitoring the gpu temp's and it sits around 70c give or take,
I have reseated the gpu and move slots, also put new thermal paste on.

Only seems to happen when gaming and times vary.

Kind regards
Steven

 

[Gregster]

Sounds like the driver is timing out. Try different drivers. What card is it?

 

[steven_belfast]

Sounds like the driver is timing out. Try different drivers. What card is it?

Have to say I did not think to change the drivers,
It's a ati 6990 yeah I know old but hey still going strong, well somewhat lol

 

[steven_belfast]

Ok very strange after doing a power cycle the mouse buttons stopped working,
Was able to move the cursor but not left/right click.
So doing clean install and so far all ok, few more updates to get first.

 

[steven_belfast]

Oh well no change.
Reinstalled windows and drivers and still doing the same issue.

 

[steven_belfast]

Think it might by the psu,
Able to game away on windowed mode no worries for hours on end,
Yet crashes within seconds of it going in to full screen.

 

[thefogo]

That means it's crashing when crossfire is enabled, so it's possible one chip on the card is faulty, or it's PSU like you say.