SOLVED Garbled glitchy graphics appearing

[LotBlind]

Hi,

This is what it looks like: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IelA6LdtclcsFcpNM4xxrDVZNUS8LOQi/view?usp=sharing

Happened first when playing a game while recording (might have been high CPU load but not sure). But next time after the restart during Windows boot-up. For several seconds I couldn't tell what was on the screen at all. Then randomly (in the video) during low-CPU task.

Is this a sign I should stop using the computer and get it repaired or just try installing some drivers or what would anyone suggest?

Thanks!

 

[Bighorn]

It makes a difference in possible solutions when knowing the type of computer, Desktop, Notebook/Laptop, All-in-One or Tablet. If a Desktop a first step I use is to unplug the power cord from the computer and the monitor, wait a minute or so then restore and try again. With a Notebook/Laptop I pull the AC adapter and the battery [on those with an easily removable battery] wait a minute or so then restore again. An All-in-One will have an AC Adapter similar to a Notebook and same thing as a Desktop, pull its AC Adapter. Tablets are harder to deal with in the hardware department.

 

[LotBlind]

Doing what you suggested didn't solve the issue with this desktop. I'm now on another computer because it started to get worse even as I was typing a response: garbling followed by black for a few seconds, restored to normal for a while, garbling etc. I don't think the system was stopped because I could continue typing during this and was also able to bring up the CTRL ALT DEL menu. After a while it went all black and restarted itself without my inputs. BIOS was fine so I guess just the GPU is dying. I'm hesitant to start it up again so I guess it's repair shop time, unless there's a specific hardware thing I should check for first?

 

[Bighorn]

When things get progressively worse it usually is a hardware issue, I agree about the shop part.

 

[LotBlind]

So they ran some test and confirmed that the GPU was failing. I don't know how frequently such issues can actually be fixed. Maybe I didn't need to really take it anywhere.

I could have kind of self-diagnosed it just by disabling or disconnecting the GPU which in my case would have resulted in a default GPU built into the motherboard activating (apparently true with many recent AMD models at least). If everything had looked fine then, I would have known for sure and could have avoided the fees.