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fortune82
 Post subject: Any assistance?
PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:17 pm 
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So, my computer has been sporadically crashing for some time now, and after a few days of testing, it seems my video card is dying, and my motherboard has no integrated video.

I am asking for help from you guys. I need a video card to keep this machine running (college tends to need a computer).

I don't have any money, but if someone can spare a card, even a crappy one, I will gladly turn my X6 and the card into points for them.
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hackman2007
 Post subject: Re: Any assistance?
PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:16 pm 
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staypuff
 Post subject: Re: Any assistance?
PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:38 pm 
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I'm curious as to what tests you have done that says your video card is dying????

doing folding for over 10 years i'm interested in anything that can tell when a vid card fails...

that would be amazing for folding....
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mk96
 Post subject: Re: Any assistance?
PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:24 am 
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@staypuff

back when i had my dual 9600gso's, i used evga's artifact scanner to help troubleshoot why one of them refused to fold anymore...one of the cards needed a slower memory clock then stock to function properly....so in a way that helped diagnose a bad video card :wink:
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fortune82
 Post subject: Re: Any assistance?
PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:19 am 
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I was constantly getting BSODs with the error code 0x00000124, which is common to a PCI-e device causing errors.

Using a friend's videocard, the BSODs were gone completely. Unfortunately, that's the card he uses on a daily basis.

This card "died" a few times in the past. The worst occurrence was that I got artifacts just sitting on the desktop, and I had to keep my system off for a full day before they went away.
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g.m.waters (red ranger3)
 Post subject: Re: Any assistance?
PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:32 am 
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have you tried baking it?
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fortune82
 Post subject: Re: Any assistance?
PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:37 am 
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g.m.waters (red ranger3) wrote:
have you tried baking it?


I don't think my RA would appreciate me using the oven to bake a video card, haha

If I wasn't 9 hours from home, I would definitely try it. And I probably will, once I go back for Christmas.
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hackman2007
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:57 am 
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fortune82 wrote:
I don't think my RA would appreciate me using the oven to bake a video card, haha


Just do it extremely late at night and say you are making dinner :twisted: .











(I am not responsible for anyone doing the above and getting kicked out of a residence hall for being drunk)
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whathuhitwasntme
 Post subject: Re: Any assistance?
PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:28 am 
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I know this is silly but
does this video card have a fan or straight up heat sinc?
regardless, the point will be the same,
have you checked the heat paste/fan connection etc
if its over heating it will die
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fortune82
 Post subject: Re: Any assistance?
PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:47 am 
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It's an EVGA GTS 250

It has a fan, and the temps stay around 40C idle and maybe 65C under load (I always have the fan on 100%)
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Airheadq
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:49 pm 
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What driver version are you running?
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fortune82
 Post subject: Re: Any assistance?
PostPosted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:13 am 
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280.26, the latest WHQL ones
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