PC black screen GPU fans go 100%

[Stefanovsky]

While playing any Call of Duty game (BO2, WAW or MW3) My pc will randomly, regardless of temperature or load, just flat out crash. Monitor loses input, I have to restart PC. Also happens in The Forest. Hapens about every 3rd or 4th boot. I tested for faulty ram, but both sticks seem to work fine alone. Thermal paste is fine, so its not a temperature thing. I did not fiddle with the overclock on anything. Also maybe connected, but stuttering is happening in some games while im running around at random. FPS drops to 0, GPU usage drops to 0% for a bit. I heard that could be a HDD issue as I don't get the stutter when I'm standing still and just looking around. What the hell is going on here?
Side note: My fps in all source games went down for about 30% after upgrading from a GTX 460 to a 1060.

GPU- MSI GTX 1060 3gb OC
CPU- Intel i5 2500 3.3 GHz
ASUS sandy bridge motherboard
PSU-CoolerMaster ATX 12V V2.31w/Active PFC 650W
2 x 4 GB DDR3 RAM

[Zekiran]

Sounds like your GPU is dying.

If you have access to another rig, swap it out and see if it works in another computer.

Don't overclock.

If you could please go to the top of your Steam library window and click HELP > SYSTEM INFORMATION and paste the ENTIRE list here? That will show your driver dates and such, and help determine if there's something else going on. But if it's happening in multiple games, it's likely a hardware failure in progress.

[Stefanovsky]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

Sounds like your GPU is dying.

If you have access to another rig, swap it out and see if it works in another computer.

Don't overclock.

If you could please go to the top of your Steam library window and click HELP > SYSTEM INFORMATION and paste the ENTIRE list here? That will show your driver dates and such, and help determine if there's something else going on. But if it's happening in multiple games, it's likely a hardware failure in progress.

I cannot copy you the info ATM, I will be able to do so tommorow, but shouldn't a dying GPU cause a significant frame drop and artifacting?

[Cathulhu]

Not necessarily.

[Satoru]

Most likely issue is a video driver problem

1) Uninstall the nvidia drivesr and use the 'clean uninstall' option
2) REBOOT your computer. Yes you must do this. no its not optional.
3) install the latest Nvidia drivers
4) REBOOT your computer. Yes you must do this. No its not option. It wasnt optional the first time. Its not optional this time

I'd start with that as a baseline

[MancSoulja]

Use DDU to remove the current driver , then reinstall the latest driver.

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Use DDU to remove the current driver , then reinstall the latest driver.

There's no need to use any other thing than manually installing new drivers. Putting yet another program in the way is just redundant and may lead to more problems than they already have.

Hopefully it is JUST a driver issue. Any alternatives might get expensive :(

[Muppet among Puppets]

A grafic card going over the jordan is not a happening that gets reverted and reappears.
And it would not spin the fans extra fast.
It might be broken instead.

When you install new motherboard and cpu, install the os fresh.

As you had a amd card before, make sure its drivers are gone.
If your motherboard has an amd grafic driver, keep that one though.

Check all cables.

Check temperatures.

[Stefanovsky]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

A grafic card going over the jordan is not a happening that gets reverted and reappears.
And it would not spin the fans extra fast.
It might be broken instead.

When you install new motherboard and cpu, install the os fresh.

As you had a amd card before, make sure its drivers are gone.
If your motherboard has an amd grafic driver, keep that one though.

Check all cables.

Check temperatures.

I didn't have an amd card before, and I don't have a spare motherboard. I will be getting and i7 7700k soon though

[Iceira]

also sounds like old graphic card setting on each game, and you have not update it to new card AND YES YOU HAVE TO DO IT, many games have own settings, fastest way is to check nvidia experience and games on the list , but i recall last time with 2-300 installed game and change card then its not funny.

and i also agree with above post dont OC then you need a stable pc first.

check Bios for ram turbo that is default , but use standard only to get more stability


and do a make clean advance install so you are sure its right new drivers for that card.

[Stefanovsky]

Originally posted by Iceira:

also sounds like old graphic card setting on each game, and you have not update it to new card AND YES YOU HAVE TO DO IT, many games have own settings, fastest way is to check nvidia experience and games on the list , but i recall last time with 2-300 installed game and change card then its not funny.

and i also agree with above post dont OC then you need a stable pc first.

check Bios for ram turbo that is default , but use standard only to get more stability


and do a make clean advance install so you are sure its right new drivers for that card.

The card is factory OCd, but I will be wiping both disks and reinstaling windows soon

[JWinnifield]

Hey, how did you solve in the end?

[Iceira]

Originally posted by JWinnifield:

Hey, how did you solve in the end?

He told you " I will be wiping both disks and reinstaling windows soon " he start over so right card is identified per game that has own save configuration file.

I guess it depend on how many games you have 1000 or 5000 games, the more games you have the more pain it is to fix per game.

its one of them things that easy with few games to fix, and a burden then you see it as such also depend on wan line how fast you can dl it all again.

this change then you have 1gb or soon in the future 10g or more. ( not so simple then time to dl and install go faster and faster, and he has to maybe check many games.

atm most will say reconfigurated them is faster, but who said he will reinstall all old games he dont play anymore, its not that simple to reply on whats best or solved.

[Bibo1]

Originally posted by JWinnifield:

Hey, how did you solve in the end?

Why did you necro a 4 year old thread?
If you're having issues with your PC make a new thread in the Hardware section.
That way people will be able to help you properly.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

SFC Scan tool fixes this issue. If you have an internal GPU use it to run SFC. If you have only a dedicated GPU, the fix is to RESET CMOS.

Now we wait for a mod to lock the thread...

[Bill]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.