Gpu only works in safe mode or without drivers

[buki_chan]

I'm on windows 7.

My gpu is nvidia 770.

First thing that happened, was I was playing a game, and the game closed itself and gave an error. A bubble popped up and said something like "display adapter stopped and successfully started again".

I tried playing the game again, and it froze my whole pc, but the sound kept going.

A few days later I played a different game, it closed and gave an error that said "device removed, please restart game". Now I download the latest driver for my card, try the game again, and this time it freezes my whole pc, but the sound kept going.

When I turn the computer back on, I start a virus scan, but the computer freezes while scanning, so I restart it again, and it says "need to check integrity of the disk", it took a while doing that, and I think it found no problems. But when the pc gets to the desktop, the whole screen freezes, but I can move my mouse around. It stayed like that for 10 or 20 minutes, so I restart it again.

When it comes back on, it is in low resolution and theres green dots all over the screen. I roll back the driver, then restart, and now the gpu doesn't give any signal at all.



After this I try a different gpu that I know works, I tried it in 2 different slots, but it gave the same problem of no signal.

So I dust the computer, then the other gpu works.


I try the original gpu again, and it gives a signal long enough so I can see the windows logo, but after that, it stops the signal, when I restart it gives me the option for safe mode, so I do that, and it works.

I tried uninstalling and installing a few different versions of drivers, and nothing fixed it.


So is my gpu broken? Is there anything I can do to fix it? I read on here that lots of crashes could corrupt a gpu's bios, so if that's what happened, could flashing its bios fix it?

And what could have caused this? I did have lots of dust on it, i really only cleaned it once. But I didn't think it was overheating, since I used some program to turn the fans up before, and they got pretty loud, but I never heard the fans get that loud. I'd think the fans would turn up before it overheated.

 

[thesmokingman]

Hmm, that means the gpu is not stable enough to load drivers in windows, hence why it works in safe mode on basic drivers. Have you owned this gpu since new? It's aircooled too right?

 

[buki_chan]

Hmm, that means the gpu is not stable enough to load drivers in windows, hence why it works in safe mode on basic drivers. Have you owned this gpu since new? It's aircooled too right?

ya since new, and ya its aircooled.

It had lots of dust on it, but I always assumed it never got hot since I never heard the fans go up. I did make the fans go up in some program once and they were pretty loud, so I'd think that if it was overheating, the fans would go up that loud way before that.

 

[Regeneration]

Uninstall all display drivers and then perform a cleanup with Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) from safe mode.

Take the PC outside, open the case, and remove all the dust with air blower or hair dryer with a cold setting.

Remove the graphics card and blow some air in the x16 PCI express slot.

Carefully remove the heatsink from the graphics card and clean the fans with a toothbrush.

Clean the graphic cards with isopropyl alcohol and cotton swabs. Especially the GPU area and PCIe pins.

When you're done, reapply thermal paste on the GPU, remount the heatsink, plug it back in.

Download and install the latest drivers from Nvidia's website.

If the graphics card still doesn't work, check if it's under warranty, if it is, just RMA it.

If warranty expired, consider sending it to graphics cards repair lab, if there isn't any in your area, you can try the oven trick as the last resort.

 

[Assimilator]

If the graphics card still doesn't work, check if it's under warranty, if it is, just RMA it.

Not going to be any warranty left on a 2013 GPU...

 

[Regeneration]

Not going to be any warranty left on a 2013 GPU...

I just bought some brand new Samsung DDR3 modules that according to SPD were made in 2013. You can never know.

 

[MyTechAddiction]

I just bought some brand new Samsung DDR3 modules that according to SPD were made in 2013. You can never know.

Ram manufacturers give lifetime warranties usually.
IMHO that GPU is dead.I've seen those symptoms before.
If you are really desperate try reballing , reflow and other techniques of doubtful results

OP: how old is your power source?
IF its more that 5 years old you might consider changing it.

 

[buki_chan]

Ram manufacturers give lifetime warranties usually.
IMHO that GPU is dead.I've seen those symptoms before.
If you are really desperate try reballing , reflow and other techniques of doubtful results

OP: how old is your power source?
IF its more that 5 years old you might consider changing it.

i think its about 5 years old.

and thnx everyone, ill try some of this someday

 

[kiriakost]

I'm on windows 7.

When I turn the computer back on, I start a virus scan, but the computer freezes while scanning, so I restart it again, and it says "need to check integrity of the disk",

You might looking at the wrong direction.
CPU heatsink this might be out of place and or cooler pins be damaged.
If No1 suspect (CPU cooler) this is intact, next prime suspect this is the PSU electrical condition = retest by another PSU.
No3 suspect this could be GPU cooler = DC fan