Intermittent POST failure, graphics card failing?

[AnthonyA85]

I'm having an intermittent issue, where my system fails to POST, it just hangs at the Asus logo, when it happened today, i resolved it by turning the system off, then turning off the power by flipping the switch on the PSU, left it for a couple of minutes, then turned it back on and powered up again, after trying the Reset button a couple of times, which didn't work. I got a message telling me to go into the BIOS, which i did, and just loaded default settings (which were already loaded).

I know it's the graphics card, as when this has happened before, I've turned the system off fully, then unplugged the PCIE cables from my 7950, then booted up and got to the logon screen (and even logged on to the desktop) using the CPU's IGPU, then i shut down, plugged the power cables back into the card, fired it all up, and the system booted normally.

Graphics card drivers are the latest version (16.2.1 or something), and the BIOS is updated to the latest version, 1801, so I know it's not a driver issue, at least, I don't think it is.

Is this an indication that my 7950 is on the way out?

 

[smogsy]

pay very close attention to the BIOS failed screen

i kept getting this on my X99 ASUS build. Turns out i missed a key point. it was telling me the reason for failure every time

first it was reporting 16GB (should have been 32GB)

second it detected 4 Keyboards, one of my USB's cables was causing weird power issues to the MB

carefully read the Failed post screen it might give you a clue!

 

[AnthonyA85]

Hm, that screen has only happened once, today, and while the memory and CPU checked out ok (32GB and 4GHz respectively), as did the Drive count (it counted the two internal drives, the CD drive, and 3 USB drives: the two pendrives i have, and the Printer, which was still switched on from when my mother used it earlier today).

I did notice it listed two keyboards, i've only got one plugged in right now, though I have used a PS/2 one previously (few days ago), trying to diagnose another error. It also displayed two mice, which i think is normal, as I have a graphics tablet also plugged in, as well as a usb mouse.