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Nothing on the gpu just the oc on the cpu which was via the oc profile file I downloaded from pcspecislist
 

SpyderTracks

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Nothing on the gpu just the oc on the cpu which was via the oc profile file I downloaded from pcspecislist
That’s really weird. I’d contact PCS first thing tomorrow, might be a hardware issue although it’s suggesting a software issue.
 

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Yeh that was my thinking too. It’s just strange that the same problem has repeated with a clean windows install

thanks
 

SpyderTracks

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Yeh that was my thinking too. It’s just strange that the same problem has repeated with a clean windows install

thanks
Yeah, that definitely suggests somethings not right at a hardware level. It’s not an issue I’ve come across before so am a little stumped, usually with that error a reinstall will fix it.

Point PCS to this thread so they can see what you’ve done as that will help them out.
 

ubuysa

The BSOD Doctor
I rather think a hardware issue is more likely now that it fails after a clean Windows install.

You could try removing the graphics card and use th iGPU on the CPU. Game performance will be terrible and your CPU will run hotter than usual (so keep an eye on the temps) but if it doesn't BSOD then it's fairly likely to be the graphics card itself I would think.
 

SpyderTracks

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But windows isn’t booting up?
Oh, you should be able to boot from the windows installer and then run a system restore to before you installed the nvidia driver?

otherwise, yes a reinstall would be required. Doesn’t take long though, be done in 10 minutes.
 

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So thankfully pcspecialist have confirmed that my gpu is still under manufacturers warranty. My options are to return the card and they will send out a replacement or alternatively return the entire pc and they will swap them out.

I’m wondering what people think my best option is? Swap the card out and hope that was the cause of the problems or send the pc back?
 

SpyderTracks

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So thankfully pcspecialist have confirmed that my gpu is still under manufacturers warranty. My options are to return the card and they will send out a replacement or alternatively return the entire pc and they will swap them out.

I’m wondering what people think my best option is? Swap the card out and hope that was the cause of the problems or send the pc back?
It’s very easy to swap out, would save an awful lot of time rather than sending the whole thing back.

I can’t think what else it would be other than the card.
 

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I can change the card over, I was thinking more that they could identify the problem if the gpu swap didn’t fix the crashes.

I agree it certainly is a lot less hassle to just return the gpu.
 

SpyderTracks

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I can change the card over, I was thinking more that they could identify the problem if the gpu swap didn’t fix the crashes.

I agree it certainly is a lot less hassle to just return the gpu.
Yeah, I get where you're coming from... I guess they could send replacement card next day shipping, you could have conclusive troubleshooting either way same day, they're open til 8 that night so even if worse came to worse and that didn't sort it, you could still ship the PC then next day for them to fix, so you'd only lose 2 days.

Whereas if you send the whole PC back and it does only turn out to be the GPU, you've lost maybe 2 - 3 weeks.
 

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Yeh I agree. I’ll get a replacement gpu first.
Is there any particular stress test you’d recommend for me to test it thoroughly with? The faults only ever occurred when gaming or loading up a game so that’s easy enough to check but hoping there’s something a little more conclusive.
Thanks
 

SpyderTracks

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Yeh I agree. I’ll get a replacement gpu first.
Is there any particular stress test you’d recommend for me to test it thoroughly with? The faults only ever occurred when gaming or loading up a game so that’s easy enough to check but hoping there’s something a little more conclusive.
Thanks
The ultimate GPU stress test is furmark, this basically torture tests the GPU and if the PC shutsdown or reboots, you know you have an issue:


For benchmarking something like unigine heaven and FireStrike:


 
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