I think my gpu just died

[PorcGras]

Hi guys! I was playing tarkov on my laptop (P775dm3-g - gtx1080 mxm gpu + qtj1 cpu) when suddenly my entire screen went white (i got flashbanged by the laptop basically) and even after restarting the graphics drivers using the shortcut (ctrl + shift + windows key + B) nothing would happend. After restarting my laptop, basically half of my screen was just artifacts ... I also get them in bios and when i turn on the laptop there is no longer the "clevo powered by dsanke splash screen" :(((( 

 

I undervolted the GPU like two days ago and also raised the memory clock a tiny bit (+300 i think) and it was running just fine. Since Tarkov is really bad and unstable I disabled the modifications, so the GPU was running stock when this happened ...

 

Device manager shows an error code 43:

 

Honesty... im not entirely sure how I'm even getting an image if the gpu is dead... or it might just be "dying" ... not sure...

Sooo ... is the gpu dead or? :(((( Also... if the gpu is dead... should I get a 3080 :)) I saw one for like 350$ on ebay, not sure if thats a good deal or not ... and if I am supposed to make any more modifications to my current setup :). Thanks! 

[Maro97]

yes rtx 3080 from that seller is very good deal i bout my 3080 from him 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204675787869?_skw=rtx+3080mxm&itmmeta=01JYZ0TR45YFFQ8YXP5Y4R8NKN&hash=item2fa7a0ac5d:g:CBkAAOSwpVhl6gWy&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1ea%2B2ruBRWXtUnbyVUDrjLLoiRi3UKVgZ%2BMOFFWPdb4kMJQkUNIb8IfNfboA48GVCSW%2BasCYGO4RE%2FUd1nQcX%2FLhCJPg7%2FmImV%2B8ev%2FgbHcjNuc3F80Ek7jLocdRTCb7yJMFi9pzTrYCXxPpNFVXGXur0ONiAHLE2UB0pW5IXOd3VR4uetJ%2BckvSMn%2F8QRiiBtK6UprPzYNdDCKUAA4XGOQa4hpwo4dhkFJXQ71i4%2BQyzgyMFXxT%2BEpumAwhQyBj6I%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-yC6-D3ZQ

[MiRaGe]

VRAM chip is dead, sorry. New GPU..

[PorcGras]

damn... thanks guys! :((( are there any modifications that I have to make for the new gpu to work or? I know I need a bios that recognizes the card... which I dont think I have since I use the dsanke bios with ME disabled compatible with gtx cards ... do yall got any tips or honestly anything at this point :)))

 

Also is this just a random occurence or did I mess something up? Do yall have experience with this kind of stuff? :))) Could my tests from the past few days of undervolting have screwed up the gpu? 

[PorcGras]

51 minutes ago, Maro97 said:

yes rtx 3080 from that seller is very good deal i bout my 3080 from him 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204675787869?_skw=rtx+3080mxm&itmmeta=01JYZ0TR45YFFQ8YXP5Y4R8NKN&hash=item2fa7a0ac5d:g:CBkAAOSwpVhl6gWy&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1ea%2B2ruBRWXtUnbyVUDrjLLoiRi3UKVgZ%2BMOFFWPdb4kMJQkUNIb8IfNfboA48GVCSW%2BasCYGO4RE%2FUd1nQcX%2FLhCJPg7%2FmImV%2B8ev%2FgbHcjNuc3F80Ek7jLocdRTCb7yJMFi9pzTrYCXxPpNFVXGXur0ONiAHLE2UB0pW5IXOd3VR4uetJ%2BckvSMn%2F8QRiiBtK6UprPzYNdDCKUAA4XGOQa4hpwo4dhkFJXQ71i4%2BQyzgyMFXxT%2BEpumAwhQyBj6I%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-yC6-D3ZQ

Yep, that's the one I was talking about ... I will take this into consideration :))) Kinda bummed about spending this much money on a new GPU though :)) 

Edit: I just saw that vat and shipping adds another 100$ :(((((... And I will need a modified heatsink which is another 200-300$ :((( 

[PorcGras]

I will probably look into maybe repairing the 1080 (gonna have to pay someone to do it, I unfortunately lack both the skill and equipment for that)... at least until I go all in and buy all these upgrades... I think it will be considerably cheaper ... if possible ofc :))) 

[Maro97]

Yeah, it will definitely be much cheaper, but the important thing is to send it to someone who really knows what they’re doing. And when you decide to buy, make sure that the seller still has the RTX 3080 in stock — he’s already sold 80 GPUs so far, including mine, and not a single person has complained. Honestly, the card I received was brand new — I have no idea how it was new at that price 😄😄 It was the best deal I’ve ever made in my life.

[Maro97]

This photo was taken as soon as it arrived, before I even installed it — he’s truly a very honest seller.

[PorcGras]

 

12 hours ago, MiRaGe said:

VRAM chip is dead, sorry. New GPU..

I ran mats/mods just to see if maybe its one singular chip that's bad or it's something else... don't really know how to interpret the results tbh :))) it's all just write errors... lots of them :)) 

report.txt

 

I guess it's a dead memory controller? Honestly no idea but that means that the gpu is dead for good :))) 

[PorcGras]

I wonder if reflashing the vbios would help in any way (yes I am in the bargaining stage of grief, acceptance will eventually come but untill then i wanna exhaust all other options). Has anybody dealt with this before or? (also yes i keep bumping the post maybe more people will see it and respond :))) ) 

[Kalman]

8 hours ago, PorcGras said:

I ran mats/mods

Hi,

In this Video which is a very good one by the way I think, explains the mods/mats if you interested.

 

Perhaps you could measure the memory rail voltage at the inductor, it should be around 1.2 volt. All of your memory banks are failing. 
 

I think you are right about the memory controller is in the GPU if it fails its over.

If you have a local shop somewhere maybe they could try reballing the GPU..it might help.

3 hours ago, PorcGras said:

reflashing the vbios

I do not think it would help.

 

20 hours ago, PorcGras said:

should I get a 3080 :))

You definitely should get one! There is no better time then now..:)

[PorcGras]

2 minutes ago, Kalman said:

In this Video which is a very good one by the way I think, explains the mods/mats if you interested.

 

I used this video specifically to run mods/mats :))) thank you though!

 

2 minutes ago, Kalman said:

Perhaps you could measure the memory rail voltage at the inductor, it should be around 1.2 volt. All of your memory banks are failing. 

Ummm ... I guess I could do that, I'm not that afraid of a multimeter I guess

 

2 minutes ago, Kalman said:

If you have a local shop somewhere maybe they could try reballing the GPU..it might help.

I dont really trust local shops to be honest, but maybe I'll find somebody who knows their stuff

 

3 minutes ago, Kalman said:

You definitely should get one! There is no better time then now..:)

Mmyee... :)) I'll think about it a bit more ... I don't mind the price of the gpu as much as i mind the 250$ I have to pay for the heatsink :(( 

[Maro97]

If you are in US I recommend that guy 

https://youtu.be/rNjoREOH80Y

[PorcGras]

5 minutes ago, Maro97 said:

If you are in US I recommend that guy 

https://youtu.be/rNjoREOH80Y

Romania, close enough :))) 

[Maro97]

Anyway he will fix it you can ask him before you shapping the mxm gpu instead of fully shapping the laptop with ac adapter 

[PorcGras]

33 minutes ago, Maro97 said:

Anyway he will fix it you can ask him before you shapping the mxm gpu instead of fully shapping the laptop with ac adapter 

I see, thanks! I will look into it! 🙂

 

[PorcGras]

Mmyee soo.. quick update:

 

1. I ran mats/mods and umm I got this:

  - i had to create a usb stick with mats/mods (lots of tutorials online)

  - plugged it into the laptop and changed the boot order so it would boot off of the usb stick ... but it didnt work

  - changed uefi boot to disabled and it did eventually seem to boot off of the stick (I say eventually because I had absolutely no image throughout this entire process... I just waited for the laptop to turn off)

- here is the report:
report-1080.txt
I ran version 400, not sure if its right or not or whatever... no idea... despite the insane number of write errors (not sure if I ran mats/mods wrong or what) ... chip C1 seems weird... idk

 

2. I tested the gpu with a multimeter and all voltages seem to be fine:

  - Vcore: 0.7

  - Vmem: 1.35

  - other stuff: seems to be ok? not sure, i tested all of the inductors, i can add all of them if maybe that sounds like it could be a problem

 

3. Put everything back together... aaand... there is no fricking image anymore :(((( just the backlight turns on .... and also my laptop now BEEPS... not sure if post is different when you disable uefi or what ...

I tried removing the cmos.. waiting... then plugging it back in in hopes that the bios would reset ... but there is no way to know for sure because the monitor is BLANK... (i tried holding down the fn + d keys but that trick never really worked for me... screw you and your weird key combinations Clevo)...

The laptop gasps for life when it turns on:

  - turn on, run for like 5 seconds ... turn off

  - turn back on, fans whoosh once (not sure if it has anything to do with the modded dsanke bios im using, ive seen this happen before) and then it runs with no problem, screen backlight turns on, no image!!!

 

Holding down keys in this state comes with a faint ... beep? i would call it idk, a muffled sort of beep or tap... not sure why ... not even sure if im booting into windows, not sure whats happening behind the scenes... And also there is sometimes a weird ... gurgle or idk bzzz sound that happens only once (it's probably the gpu screaming for help)

 

Because I am incredibly smart and definetly not a dumbass I tried this trick: press windows key + write down spotify + enter + space key... hoping something would happend (would confirm im inside windows) ... but spotify acts weird sometimes, especially when you come out of a shutdown and not sleep :))) Of course it did not work, my life could not be THAT easy.

 

I have not tested an external monitor ... I will, hopefully tomorrow or at some point, but I am closer to acceptance than ever, maybe I'll throw the entire laptop out the window at this point :))

 

If yall recognise any of this behavior or have any (and I mean any, I'm desperate) kind of suggestions, please let me know 🙂 Thanks!