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Zogo
Jul 29, 2003

maxe posted:

I thought I had a spare GPU from my old PC lying around that I could test but I think I tossed it. I'm fine with the idea of buying a new GPU but I wish I could think of some way to confirm if it really is a hardware problem first

Yes, usually when a computer has been running fine for years and BSODs start appearing it means that some piece of hardware is having an issue.

You could run http://memtest.org/ overnight at some point to further rule out your RAM as being an issue.

You can also run http://hdsentinel.com/ and see if it finds any issues with your drive(s).

If those are both okay then you could try using onboard video temporarily and see if things stabilize.


If they do then that probably means the GPU or PSU has an issue. If the PSU is from 2013 then it wouldn't be surprising if it's starting to fail (or has trouble powering the system).

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