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Is my GTX 960 dying or is it driver/software?

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2015/09/17 09:50:43 (permalink)
So in the last week... starting my pc bios posts no problem... windows logo displays w/spinny thing but then instead of a lock screen I get a garbled mess. with a mouse cursor.
Sorry no picture.
Retrying will get me into Windows.
Have re-seated the video card and do not have Precision X starting with windows.
I have never seen a driver cause anything like that before... any suggestions?
post edited by Brett6915 - 2015/09/17 10:44:11

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    Re: Is my GTX 960 dying or is it driver/software? 2015/09/17 13:30:26 (permalink)
    Any problems gaming?


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    Re: Is my GTX 960 dying or is it driver/software? 2015/09/17 13:33:54 (permalink)
    When you say "spinny thing" I assume you're running Windows 10? Have you made sure you installed Windows 10 chipset drivers?
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    Re: Is my GTX 960 dying or is it driver/software? 2015/09/17 14:48:40 (permalink)
    No problems gaming...
    x58 chipset drivers are built into Win10...
    The card has been working fine in this system for 8 months now.
    Only thing that has changed is the driver... I did a clean install of the latest driver after the first time I had the corrupted lock screen.
    I just worry because usually corrupted graphics like that mean bad vram.
     

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    Re: Is my GTX 960 dying or is it driver/software? 2015/09/17 15:45:22 (permalink)
    So the corrupted video reminds me of an BFG GTX 285 that barfed like 8 years ago... but VRAM when it goes usually will be bad in games and desktop .
    I'm thinking a cold soldier joint on the video card... since it doesn't misbehave once it's warmed up.
     

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    Re: Is my GTX 960 dying or is it driver/software? 2015/09/18 02:54:51 (permalink)
    Im having an issue like this... When i boot up my pc i see the windows icon then it goes all black... my display says there is no signal on display port... but it works fine on my hdmi port..
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    Re: Is my GTX 960 dying or is it driver/software? 2015/09/19 10:00:52 (permalink)
    Onurtekin
    Im having an issue like this... When i boot up my pc i see the windows icon then it goes all black... my display says there is no signal on display port... but it works fine on my hdmi port..




    Yeah, I use the HDMI connection... I have not used DVI in along time.

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