Graphics card issues:

[yomo]

I have a GTX295 which i have been using for the last week with complete success. Suddenly last night when playing MX Simulator the game freezed and i had no choice but to restart the computer. When I rebooted and went to open the game again the computer shutdown and a red-light appeared on my GTX295 (the light has always been green).

Now when i start as soon as it gets to the vista start up it immediately stops and the red light comes back.

I can start in Safe mode and use as much as i need until i try to open an application in which case it will immediately shut down and the red light comes back.

I have tried to reinstall the latest graphics drivers (using safe mode) and it did that fine... however I then tried to open my antivirus application (trend micro internet security) and it stopped once again.

My system specs are

Mother board - Intel DP45SG
CPU - Intel Quad Core - Q9650
Graphics - Galaxy GTX 295
Hard drive - Western Digital 150GB 10000 RPM raptor
Sound Card - Creative X-Fi xtreme fidelity
Ram - 4GB kingston ram (2 x 2gb in dual channel)
Case - Antec 900 (4 fans - 3 on low, back on medium) Although doesn't feel hot
Power Supply - Thermal Take 750 Watt
Dvd drive - Pioneer SAA dual layer
Windows Vista 32 bit (yeah i know its not using all of the ram )

I've then got a 30 inch apple cinema display that it is connected to...

Ive also got a USB dongle for wireless, Playstation 3 controller, wireless keyboard and mouse

If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated

[Voutare]

Hardware failure?

I know nothing about that graphics card, but if it was just released, it may have bugs in it.

Try reading up on that specific companies FAQ's, or support pages.

[yomo]

thanks...

ive resorted to asking on a few techo forums. Ill post if i find a solution, might be a heat issue

[nickmx]

you update the drivers

[yomo]

yeah i have the lastest drivers

[rgaede]

Did you update your drivers right before everything went haywire?

[DJ99X]

Did the card come with instructions? What does it say about the card displaying a red light?

[yomo]

hmm it seems to be fixed

And i don't know y or how... I ran in safe mode... reinstalled the drivers. Nothing
Restarted went into the bios checked the voltage, quit the bios and it started

Been using it for a few hours now and all is 100% fine and i have absolutely no idea why.


Thanks for all the help

[ShackAttack12]

My guess is its power related...

Check your amperage going to your gpu, and also test the complete PSU.

Those 295's use a lot of amps. A lot of times video freezing have to do with insufficient power going to it. Sometimes it could be a driver issue though. I've had a couple times where the drivers just corrupt themselves and i had to do a clean reinstall of them to fix a problem.