Timeline for Disabling "faulty" graphics card in device manager
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| Apr 11, 2012 at 13:52 | comment | added | ccook | Good advise, for sure (and learned the hard way). Another tip... always have dry breaks in the water lines, or at least a draining point! The machine is a nightmare to break down otherwise. | |
| Apr 9, 2012 at 14:56 | comment | added | EKW | @ccook Glad to hear you're back in business. I always recommend full-tower cases for multiple GPUs for this exact reason. | |
| Apr 9, 2012 at 12:21 | comment | added | ccook | Turns out it was a bad mobo and psu... The reboots started when I added the third video card, but was not due to the graphics card itself. I think the moving of components during install may have caused damage in the other components since it is a very tight fit in the case. | |
| Apr 9, 2012 at 12:19 | vote | accept | ccook | ||
| Mar 18, 2012 at 16:20 | comment | added | ccook | A good tip, ty! I have another machine to setup as a backup first. So I should know soon. | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 12:34 | comment | added | EKW | If you have to order a new PSU and have it shipped, I'd first see if you can pull one of the other cards, pull power from it, and secure it away from the slot, to see if you're failing under load from all three, or just in configurations with the third. | |
| Mar 9, 2012 at 2:31 | comment | added | ccook | I will order a new PSU and see what that changes. It would make sense if it was PSU issue. I thought the third card failed when used, but it may be a power issue with the additional load. | |
| Mar 8, 2012 at 15:23 | comment | added | EKW | @ccook The card may not actively draw power, but will still be powered. I'd recommend at least testing the PSU. In general, a bad GPU will cause bluescreens, while bad power (or a bad motherboard) is more likely to cause a machine to randomly restart. | |
| Mar 8, 2012 at 12:31 | comment | added | ccook | Does the card still draw power when disabled? | |
| Mar 8, 2012 at 12:31 | comment | added | ccook | The machine is simply restarting ~ once a day. Would you suggest first trying a new power supply? | |
| Mar 8, 2012 at 8:06 | history | answered | EKW | CC BY-SA 3.0 |