Purple artifacts cause system freeze :(

[dipzy]

hey guys, for the past few days i've been getting the strange purple screen. There's lots of purple squiggly/wavy lines. I'm unable to do and see anything apart from move the mouse which freezes also after a while, then a reboot it required. I've re-installed GPU drivers but it not making a difference. Do you think my GPU is going through its final days?

 

[Terrifictez85]

Sounds like it is going to die on you soon. Mine did that (4890) so i just put it in the oven for 20 mins and it was fine again lol

 

[chris8224]

Is it at stock?, if not put it back to stock clocks, try that if no success then try stock clocks with slightly higher volts.

Also if drivers don't appear to be the issue at hand it would seem the card is slowly dieing.

Do you monitor your temps, Are they too hot?

 

[dipzy]

Is it at stock?, if not put it back to stock clocks, try that if no success then try stock clocks with slightly higher volts.

Also if drivers don't appear to be the issue at hand it would seem the card is slowly dieing.

Do you monitor your temps, Are they too hot?

Its a Superclock GTX460, haven't messed with the settings apart from upping the fan speeds when folding.

Even when i'm not folding and i'm just browsing youtube and watching vids, i get it.

I do monitor my temps with OC3D hardware monitor, atm on idle the card is 32c and when playing games goes up to around 70c. I can feel the heat it pumps out, its quite warm

 

[chris8224]

The temps seem okay to me, but i think you should download Msi Afterburner and try upping the voltage a bit (don't make the clock higher, although you could try to down clock it to regular 460 speeds)

http://downloads.gur...nload-2884.html

 

[Pr3d4t0r]

to me it looks more of a soldering issue, as said above putting it in an oven would "work" but i recommend going to a local IT shop that can do it, or you will really need alot of aluminium foil to cover the card up since vram and few other components dont like high temps, browse youtube there are few good methods of doing it, or did you try IGP? or other gpu?

 

[Big WigglyStyle]

I wouldn't mess with the voltages they are tricky on GPU's I would go to any online shop and look for the reference gtx 460 and clock yours down to what the reference is listed as it might help never know. I also get some weird purple going on but it isn't like what you're describing it appears whenever I play minecraft which is like once a month objects in distance have a purple outline to them

 

[dipzy]

The temps seem okay to me, but i think you should download Msi Afterburner and try upping the voltage a bit (don't make the clock higher, although you could try to down clock it to regular 460 speeds)

http://downloads.gur...nload-2884.html

I wouldn't mess with the voltages they are tricky on GPU's I would go to any online shop and look for the reference gtx 460 and clock yours down to what the reference is listed as it might help never know. I also get some weird purple going on but it isn't like what you're describing it appears whenever I play minecraft which is like once a month objects in distance have a purple outline to them

ran the card a at reference clocks, still got the purple artifacts within 3 hours

to me it looks more of a soldering issue, as said above putting it in an oven would "work" but i recommend going to a local IT shop that can do it, or you will really need alot of aluminium foil to cover the card up since vram and few other components dont like high temps, browse youtube there are few good methods of doing it, or did you try IGP? or other gpu?

local IT shops around my area, i wouldn't trust em with my card. Would try the over issue but i don't have a spare gpu in case this one goes bust. Will look to have a go when i get a new gpu