Having graphics card problems

[theokguy]

I got used graphics card from my friend evga geforce gtx 970 and it was working for a while until 3 days ago it stoped working.

everytime i try to turn my pc on the fans of the card start spinning then they stop on there own 

when I use my integrated graphics it works perfectly

I started up afterburner and went into device manager and the graphics card apears on both

in MSI Afterburner I can make the fans spinn normally and can see all the regular stats so problem 

I tried changing the ram nothing worked I tryed a full reset

bios video graphics start up i dont know whats wrong with it

pls help thank you for your time 

have a good one 

[Steven P. Administrators]

You could try taking out the card and reinserting it. Sounds like it is getting power if the fans spin up, so it might be a bad connection.

[+BudMan MVC]

On 18/05/2022 at 17:29, Steven P. said:

, so it might be a bad connection.

Possible sure - I would try that as well.. Or it could just be dead.. GTX 970 is a pretty old card..  What from 2014... Pretty sure they just didn't roll that card off the assembly line   How long did your friend use it?

 

All things die not just HDD..

[+Warwagon MVC]

On 18/05/2022 at 19:09, BudMan said:

Possible sure - I would try that as well.. Or it could just be dead.. GTX 970 is a pretty old card..  What from 2014... Pretty sure they just didn't roll that card off the assembly line   How long did your friend use it?

 

All things die not just HDD..

Aww now i feel really bad about my GTX 770

[hellowalkman Reporter]

you can try if nothing else works 

 

[+BudMan MVC]

On 18/05/2022 at 21:13, warwagon said:

bad about my GTX 770

I wasn't saying they still not viable   Just that lets say a 8 year old card could just be dead..   Shoot electronics could die with couple of hours of use, or they could run for years and years.

 

If me - and some 8 year old used card stopped working - I wouldn't spend a lot of time troubleshooting is all.. Use it as a good excuse to get a more current device..   I had a old gtx 710 got multiple years of use out of  - and was still actually working when I finally updated my old PC..  Kind of wish it would of died, and would of been enough to kick me in the ass and get a new PC vs using it for like 2 more years.  It had been a cheap replacement/upgrade when the pc original card died..

 

I'm not a fan of spending money on the the latest bleeding edge... Normally last years model or even 2 years ago are way cheaper then whatever the current latest and greatest is, etc.

 

And the price of graphic cards, especially currently ones are not cheap that is for sure..   I went with a 1660ti when got my new pc, because it was a few hundred cheaper than current models.. And for my uses works great - and its crazy faster in transcoding my video compared to my old 710, and it does x265 in hardware, etc..