Is My GPU Deffective?

**cheesepuff** · #1 22nd May 2009, 14:56

Well, this is the error i got
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293078
i think thats whats causing all my BSOD's. what do you guys think?

**Bubba** · #2 22nd May 2009, 16:46

Well given that I have had BSOD issues since I built this machine and it looks like all along i had an nVidia GPU that intermittently malfunctioned right out of the box, I think it's highly likely.

**cheesepuff** · #3 22nd May 2009, 17:03

damn. its always in the middle of a game or right when i click on random things. when it works in a game it runs flawlessly, and then at random, BAM! but i could be playing for hours on end before it happens.

**Bubba** · #4 22nd May 2009, 22:11

Sounds just like mine. i kept 'fixing' other things and it would work great and then like you say, bam out of nowhere it locks up.

I have two cards, so I ran them one at a time to see. This one has worked flawlessly for about a week now, the other one messed up from the start, so I'm fairly confident it's the problem.

Can you drop your old card in to see if it works?

**cheesepuff** · #5 23rd May 2009, 11:41

i dont have an old card. but im guna install windows 7 on the other HDD (once i find a darn blank DVD) and if it still acts up i can assume it IS that GPU. god dang. and its been over 30 days too. so i cant sent it back to newegg. do i NEED to register the GPU on BFG in order to RMA it?

**Bubba** · #6 26th May 2009, 00:17

Almost certainly yes. I know you do for EVGA.

**cheesepuff** · #7 26th May 2009, 12:17

OK, well, its guna RMA today. this sux...the place i have to ship it to is literally 1.58 miles from my house...and they wont let me just drop it off to the place...so i HAVE to ship it.