GPU issues on p870 dm3

Hi,

Nvidia GTX 1080 Graphics card blew with a pop the other day leading to laptop not being able to boot. I've got round to opening the laptop up today and main gfx card had a burned out component. I've put the second gfx card into the main slot and removed the sli cable and the laptop now boots up fine.

Issue is now the remaining graphics card is not working properly. If i go into control panel it shows a windows error code - Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43). I've ensured the latest NVidia drivers are downloaded and i've opened the laptop up and reseated the card several times. I'm really not sure what else the problem could be other than it is also a faulty card. Interestingly Nvidia control panel will not load up but geforce experience still does.

Is there anything else i must do (maybe bios settings) or something to tell the laptop i'm running a single graphics card now or is there something i've missed.

Or do you guys think that the second graphics card maybe faulty too ?

Please help somebody

Kind regards

Chris (UK)

 

Sorry for what happened to your laptop.
Try to go safe mode then use the DDU tool to uninstall the driver, then restart and fresh install the driver and see if the problem is solved.
Good luck

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

Code43 usually is a hardware problem, you could be lucky tho.

Check the 2nd card for burned components and do what dr.amk suggested. It could also be that the card is fine, but the slot got damaged.

 

Nvidia latest drivers does everything to force users to buy new laptops w/ older GPUs. Hahaa..

 

It even nerfs pascal cards.... Seriously I really hope that someone is going to create AMD vega MXM cards. Seriously tired of Ngreedias BS.

 

I don't know when it will happen.

 

I don't mind the when, but more the if.

 

Hey Dr AMK.

Thank you so much. I followed your recommendation and it has solved my problem. The single graphics card is now working with zero issues (not stressed it or anything).

The graphics card i had to remove (which was originally the master of an SLI setup) had an obvious burned component on the board which must have been the loud popping noise i heard when it happened.

Thanks everyone for posting advice. You guys are awesome

Kind regards

cwiggy78 (UK)

 

Congratulations, happy to help anytime.

 

Stick with @j95 nvidia modded inf drivers and don't update GPU drivers unless you have an issue.

 

I'm curious which component failed. Is it one of the capacitors I boxed in red in this image, or just slightly to the left? I have seen several cards have these caps fail.



Ignore the green boxes.