My GTS 250 is shutting off randomly. i would play a game for a little bit and then black screen midway through. i hear a click and the fan winding down. i have overclocked in the past but have since reversed it when serious fps drops and artifacts started appearing. only way to get a signal to my monitor is to reboot. i've done tests to see if it's going bad and i've seen large amounts of artifacts during the furmark stability test. i don't have the money for a new one at the moment, but i will soon. i hope i can at least know if my system is doomed.
It could just be overheating, check the temperatures. You could force the fanspeed to 100% in Rivatuner, and make sure you dust its heatsink with compressed air.
I've done temp checks during a load and have also never had problems with heat. it runs cool and quiet, but now i get artifacts like crazy. doors and items would flash green in source based games and general artifacts in others. slowdowns in mirror's edge.
What temps, exactly?
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Make sure you check both the GPU and the cards RAM temps, and you're sure it's running at default and isn't OC'd?
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[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131381&cm_re=4830-_-14-131-381-_-Product[/url] here's a $60 card that's better, if you're interested.
As for card temps, i', running at 37c idle and i read 50 on max load. i have no clue about RAM temps but in the past i've never had this problem, it arose around when i overclocked, and reverting the OC did not fix the problem. i think i've damaged my graphics card through overclocking. and that graphics card is no where neat what i'm hoping to replace mine with. when i get the money im going for a 6870.
Come on people, im looking for some fucking help, not wasted time!
We're not going to help if you can't sit still for 2 hours.
And yelling at people who are not obligated to help you will not usually yield positive results.
The only advice I can give you is to calm down, try and get someone to reflow it properly, or do a quick fix with the oven trick.
[url]http://www.overclockers.com/the-oven-trick-repairing-your-broken-video-card-with-an-oven/[/url]
Sorry about the impatience, last time i went to technical support on FP, i waited overnight just for someone to ask me a question about temps.
[QUOTE=zombini;28859692]Sorry about the impatience, last time i went to technical support on FP, i waited overnight just for someone to ask me a question about temps.[/QUOTE]
I hadn't joined yet probably or I would have asked earlier.
Your card is dieing or dead.
If you want to try re-flow fine but either way it's broken in some way.
[QUOTE=moesislack;28861713]I hadn't joined yet probably or I would have asked earlier.
Your card is dieing or dead.
If you want to try re-flow fine but either way it's broken in some way.[/QUOTE]
Thank you for giving me a straight answer. I've already talked this over and i can replace it, but i will only do so when it fully dies and i NEED to replace it. I'm going to swap my motherboard and CPU because of age and uselessness.
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