• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

Think my graphics card is dead, how to test?

Manbatius

Manbatius

Manbatius

Associate
Joined
11 Mar 2012
Posts
1,752
Location
North East
Hi all,

About 6 month's ago my AMD RX470 stopped spinning it's fan, no output etc. I did not have time to do much with it at the time.

So I tested it in my main PC last week, removing my temporary card, after installing the amd card nothing,
PC would not boot, spin cpu fans anything, thought I had killed my PSU or mobo.

After removing cmos battery and placing back the pc booted (with no GPU card)

So I think this is it for the GPU, is there anything else I can do to test it? other than plug it in and try and boot the machine? ( also a bit apprehensive to do that again after I thought it broke my machine!)

thanks in advance,

Al
 
Not a lot, if you have a multimeter you may be able to test at certain points for a voltage. Other than that, try a different pc, try different power cables, take it apart and check for faults, loose wires, burn marks.

Lastly you could try baking in the oven.
 
Power cables . Just thought I've a new power supply tester coming. Can use that to test the power supply for the gpu.

Also have a spare machine that needs repairing. Will see if that has a pci lane. It's old so may not!

It looks pretty clean but if I get no joy in the above removing the heatsink etc and dismantling a bit is a plan.

Cheers for the ideas !
 
As I said, google reflowing, it's basically covering the gpu in foil and putting in oven for a few mins at the right temp, it's worked for many before but doesn't usually last long.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom