Is my Video Card RAM damaged/ruined?

Skipid · 06-20-2009, 12:22 PM

Good Day,

I have an EVGA 8800GTS 320 MB card that is about 2 1/2 years old.

Due to an accident the computer was left running for 5 days under some load, but my cooling is not top notch, and I have had some minor heat problems with this card before so I imagine the card and PSU must have been pretty hot. ( My PSU is a Thermaltake 430W)

Anyways, to make long story short, a video game is started on the PC
and I'm told that it blue screened, and then it was turned off.

So I start it up again, and in the very beginning of the boot, I see some graphical artifacts/glitches, that continue throughout the boot up, and when I get to the log in screen, I can't see any log in names, only the blue backround.

I restart when nothing is happening and try again. This time It all goes around in the same manner, artifacts and glitches and when It gets to the log in screen, the whole thing is dissorted and wacky, (almost like when theres no signal on the TV and it looks like a snow storm)

I boot up in safe mode, delete drivers, restart, download new ones,disable any video accelration, restart and try to boot normally. It works fine for 15-20 seconds, then I get artifacts, and a blue screen.

When I tried to boot again, I get a blue screen.

Thick as I am, I finally get it in my head to disable automatic restart, and read the blue screen error.

PAGE_FAULT_ IN_NONPAYED_AREA

Stop: 0x00000050

After reading some guides here on the site, and making sure it has nothing to do with anything monitor related, is my VRAM fried, or damaged?

Thanks in advance.

**manic** · 06-20-2009, 04:47 PM

Try another video card, but first get a power supply that can handle
the card. 430watts nowadays does not cut it.....You need 26amps on
the 12volt rail/s in order to run a pci-e vid card. Then you must factor
in the efficiency of the psu......

06-20-2009, 12:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Skipid Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Pro SP3	Is my Video Card RAM damaged/ruined? Good Day, I have an EVGA 8800GTS 320 MB card that is about 2 1/2 years old. Due to an accident the computer was left running for 5 days under some load, but my cooling is not top notch, and I have had some minor heat problems with this card before so I imagine the card and PSU must have been pretty hot. ( My PSU is a Thermaltake 430W) Anyways, to make long story short, a video game is started on the PC and I'm told that it blue screened, and then it was turned off. So I start it up again, and in the very beginning of the boot, I see some graphical artifacts/glitches, that continue throughout the boot up, and when I get to the log in screen, I can't see any log in names, only the blue backround. I restart when nothing is happening and try again. This time It all goes around in the same manner, artifacts and glitches and when It gets to the log in screen, the whole thing is dissorted and wacky, (almost like when theres no signal on the TV and it looks like a snow storm) I boot up in safe mode, delete drivers, restart, download new ones,disable any video accelration, restart and try to boot normally. It works fine for 15-20 seconds, then I get artifacts, and a blue screen. When I tried to boot again, I get a blue screen. Thick as I am, I finally get it in my head to disable automatic restart, and read the blue screen error. PAGE_FAULT_ IN_NONPAYED_AREA Stop: 0x00000050 After reading some guides here on the site, and making sure it has nothing to do with anything monitor related, is my VRAM fried, or damaged? Thanks in advance.

06-20-2009, 04:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,244 OS: xp	Re: Is my Video Card RAM damaged/ruined? Try another video card, but first get a power supply that can handle the card. 430watts nowadays does not cut it.....You need 26amps on the 12volt rail/s in order to run a pci-e vid card. Then you must factor in the efficiency of the psu...... __________________