artifacts on screen from nVidia 7300GT

I have a problem with my video card, after I install the driver software for it the screen suddenly turns black then goes back to normal, after a few seconds it turns to black again and everything on the screen that was previously opened freezes and start to appear all sort of artifacts.

Is my video card dead or the problem is the driver?
Every version of driver I install makes the same problem.

This is what I'm talking about:



and here are the specs:




I've tried everything, reinstall windows, video drivers, motherboard drivers and still the same problem.

thanks in advance.

 

Have you cleaned out the fan lately? That temp seems a bit high just for idling

 

The card does not have a fan it has a radiator on it, but i will clean it and tell you my results, thank you for taking interest in my problem

 

If that doesn't work the only other thing I can think of is the vram may be faulty

Maybe someone else will chime in with an opinion

 

I've cleaned my computer, but I have the same problem another nail in the video-board's coffin, nothing seems to work.

I think she's dead. :cry:


Thanks everyone for your interest!

 

Bake it.

 

Sorry to hear that well you tried, but look at the bright side upgrade time lol

 

Is that even worth trying? lol I'm curious

 

if you get artifacts in bios (before logo "windows xp") then you should bake ->
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=310810 - ressurect to fix videocard died. this solution is better and excellent!!


8800gts640 still works about almost 1 week after fixed.

 

Baking seems to have a good chance of success and if you have nothing to loose then you might aswell try.

largest thead I can find anywhere on it: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1421792

 

Are you sure this works guys?
Seems a little bit crude to do this :micro:

 

yea its weird but it works... although im sure you could get a card thats got better performance for like 40 bucks >_>

 

yes but your card NOT may explode!

 

If you do it in a microwave then yes.

 

yeah. but it's the smilie "micro". I just ressurected 8800gts640 in oven (not microwave) to work fine.

 

wait, doesnt the 7 series got like those resisters or w/e with liquid in em or somethin? cuz i know there was a few cases were ive seen the cards get too hot and those things popped... sooo...

 

It's hard to believe it works, but I'll give it a try:banana: and let you know.

 

Electrolytic capacitors and yep it looks like they do have them according to google. He'll probably pop them off in the oven.

 

then no cooking for me, :eek3:that was close, cooking class is over.