Thinks I might have killed my GTS 250

[Hay11Mac]

Hey Guys

Been having a few issues with my folding rig for a few days now, (Freeze ups, restarts Etc etc)

Last night I got home from work and it had completely frozen, I restarted and rig wouldn't POST, restarted still wouldn't POST, so I unplugged the GTS 250, PC was fine restarted without problems, POST was fine, loaded windows, Shut down PC plugged the GTS 250 back in and restart and everything was fine again, ran thru the night no probs.

Just got home from work, and PC had restarted but hadn't POST, have unplugged the GTS 250 restarted without a problem again.

Dead or dying GTS 250 do you think?

Cheers Hay

 

[kup]

Dead, dying or overheating. How is the heatsink for dust/dirt/crud build up?

 

[tinytomlogan]

Is it overclocked Hayley? We did say the other night to reduce the clocks as it wasnt stable. I think youve probably lost a lot of WU's. Youve obv not been checking FAHMON logs when you get home.

Id run it at stock for a bit and see how it is. ALso check the tim on the cooler, and its not the ram overheating on the card.

 

[Hay11Mac]

When you guys told me to reduce the overclock I put it back to stock..... I have cleaned the heatsink out recently.

Also when I connected the Monitor/TV to the GTS 250, sometimes it would work, other times it wouldn't. was very random..

I do have another GTS 250 that I will install at the weekend.

 

[kup]

Do you have any temperature logging applications? You should monitor the temps over the course of a day and see how high they get. I suspect it could be temperatures.

 

[Hay11Mac]

I don't have any temp logging apps, can you recommend one???

Have changed the TIM tonight, so will try it again at weekend, just have CPU & 9800GT folding at the mo....

 

[kup]

I'm pretty sure EVGA Precision will log to a file so you can check on it (if it crashes/reboots).

 

[stevehat1]

I'm pretty sure EVGA Precision will log to a file so you can check on it (if it crashes/reboots).

I'm hoping all is well for your GTS250, the 9800 series of cards have a propensity for dieing while running F@H. this has been reported at Stanford....If I'm not mistaken the GTS250 is a die shrink of the 9800GTX

I have lost 2x 9800GX2'S and 2x 9800GTX's and a GTX280 in the last year, common denominator on all of these was EGVA.

The 4X GTS250's that I'm running now have all been good so far and the common denominator is NO EVGA lol

 

[thestepster]

i had an xfx gts250 and that ran 6 months without a problem and arent they made to cope with temps over 100c so it might not be a heat issue

 

[Hay11Mac]

Thanks guys, I have changed the TIM so am going to give it another go.... fingers crossed

 

[Hay11Mac]

Ok I just put GTS 250 back in, was idling at 39 degrees, (stock) 5 minutes everything froze completely. I think maybe dead....

Has just put the other GTS250 I have in, running fine at the moment.

 

[toonshorty]

Bake it.

By that I mean put it in the oven.

Google 'Baking graphics card'

 

[thestepster]

it still got warranty?

 

[Hay11Mac]

No had it for ages

 

[AMDFTW]

try the baking thing

if not it looks like its dead,what make gts is it

 

[thestepster]

well the oven trick is worth a go then got nothing to lose, what brand is the card?

EDIT: ha ha dude same post at the same time

 

[Hay11Mac]

its PNY

 

[AMDFTW]

weard lol

 

[AMDFTW]

is it not lifetime?

 

[Hay11Mac]

Don't think so