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Is this GPU dead?

Sampsy

Sampsy

Sampsy

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So I suspect that my friend's GPU is dead. It was causing him booting issues and generally wasn't working and I can't get it working myself.

After first plugging it in I found I couldn't get a signal out so swapped the cable to the igp. It doesn't show up in the device manager but I installed the drivers for it (it's an AMD HD 5830) which resulted in some errors. I restarted and the fan went straight to 100% and stayed there. It hung for a bit while booting (the hard reset button did nothing) but got to windows eventually, but there was no change there. Repeated a few times, no luck, fan at 100% throughout.

If I turn the power totally off and restart a Microsoft basic display adapter shows up in the device manager but windows quickly BSODs with a VIDEo_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR. After the restart if I don't turn the power totally off again there will be nothing but the igp in the device manager again, but it won't BSOD (not quickly enough for me to run into one anyway).

It seems to me like it's probably dead but I haven't had a GPU die before so figured I'd ask for a second opinion here. If it is dead I might try baking it in the oven - it worked for my PS3.
 
The error message VIDEO_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR is displayed when the Microsoft DirectX graphics kernel subsystem has detected a violation. One of the driver might be corrupt and hence it might not function normally and could have caused this violation.
 
wapows said:
The error message VIDEO_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR is displayed when the Microsoft DirectX graphics kernel subsystem has detected a violation. One of the driver might be corrupt and hence it might not function normally and could have caused this violation.
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Was a completely fresh install of the driver and it's the second PC the card is having issues on so I'm tempted to blame the card rather than the driver software.

Update: Chucked it in the oven for a bit and it's now all working.
 
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Sampsy said:
Well I'm pretty sure it was dead so there wasn't really anything to lose. I also did it last year when my PS3 died which also fixed it.
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How long did you stick it in there for? The PS3 I mean? Mine broke at the start of last year and I've tried a few times with a heat gun and haven't been successful :(
 
Honestly I don't remember, I don't think it was very long, probably 15 mins max at ~200c. I've never tried a heat gun (don't have one) so I can't comment on the pros / cons of using one. You could always try the oven but it might be an issue that it can't fix.
 
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Yeah myself I have reflowed a PS3 before (A neglected CECHC), and its about 15-20 mins in the oven at around 200c (Or near enough) and leave it to cool fully before actually doing anything, otherwise you would cause more issues than before.
 
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