Fried GPU?
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Hello all, I am new to mining and I have a question about a card I think is fried. Its a Sapphire vapor 7970. It worked fine for a couple of days after I bought it used. Moved the machine downstairs and it started to fail in bfgminer; giving a Sick response. I plugged it in solo into a machine and it was crashing while mining. I kept getting an error that the device driver has failed but then restarted. I uninstalled the amd ccc in the hopes that maybe a fresh install would cure this bad boy. That’s when the fuzz on the screen began. I get two, 2 inch thick, fuzzy lines running vertically down the screen.
Is this card fried?
Could it be something else, like the mobo or the riser cable (tried a couple already, and switched the pcie slot around. no help)?
Does anyone fix GPU’s?
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***UPDATE***
The card is toast.
I looked up the purchase and I didn’t buy it used. Bought it newly manufacturer refurbished from Newegg through eBay.
They are going to replace it!
Cheers! -
Im guessing the power phase got fried? its usually the thing that fails.
Which is why i allways buy cards with HIGH quality phase section.Her is an example of my sapphire 7970 oc card that got fried=P worked great for 6 months, then poff
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funny… this happened to me this morning. apparently the molex on the powered riser popped out somehow. Sparks were flying. Thankfully the mobo and other graphics are unharmed.
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