Strange screen tearing

[Bravehash]

Are there any other things that can cause strange artifacts on screen when mining? I've removed all graphic cards from motherboard and reapply thermal paste but the artifacts still shows on screen

[adaseb]

Artifacts on screen usually mean the GPU is damaged internally. Sometimes you might get lucky and the damage might only show up on display but not lose functionality for mining.

Meaning a gamer can’t use the GPU because the screen display is messed up but a miner can still use it because it’s not plugged into a monitor.

Thermal paste won’t fix the issue. Sometimes it could be the ram that got damaged due to excessive heat and might work on applications which don’t use as much GDDR such as older games. Which GPU is this exactly?

[mak013]

I dont see screen when i mine.
This is GPU problem usually. Change GPU connected to monitor and test. If artifacts left - change cable between GPU and monitor.

[Refrumatrix]

I have a GPU that shows some artifact on screen after mining for two months , after opening the GPU case I noticed some large amount of liquid wet on the chips of the GPU, those liquids are from the thermal pads and after cleaning it off it works normal again, bad thermal pads cause the artifacts.

[FP91G]

Are there any other things that can cause strange artifacts on screen when mining? I've removed all graphic cards from motherboard and reapply thermal paste but the artifacts still shows on screen

What model is your graphics card?
If the memory or video chip is overheated or bad contacts between the chip and the board, then in mining the video card will give out erroneous shares or stop mining.
What kind of monitor do you have and what cable do you connect it with? There may be a problem with the adapter if you use it.

[adaseb]

I have a GPU that shows some artifact on screen after mining for two months , after opening the GPU case I noticed some large amount of liquid wet on the chips of the GPU, those liquids are from the thermal pads and after cleaning it off it works normal again, bad thermal pads cause the artifacts.

That liquid that you get from around the thermal pads is normal. It won't cause any damage you can just clean it off. When the liquid is there it doesn't mean the thermal pads are bad.

The only time thermal pads can be bad is maybe if you disassemble and GPU heatsink and they tear and there is a bad surface. Or maybe if the GPU is very very old like >3 years. So its strange that you got a new GPU that started to artifact so quickly, I would of just sent it back for RMA.

The reason it sometimes artifacts is due to the bad surface and the memory or mosfets overheat and causes stability issues, usually under high temps.

[philipma1957]

I have a GPU that shows some artifact on screen after mining for two months , after opening the GPU case I noticed some large amount of liquid wet on the chips of the GPU, those liquids are from the thermal pads and after cleaning it off it works normal again, bad thermal pads cause the artifacts.

That liquid that you get from around the thermal pads is normal. It won't cause any damage you can just clean it off. When the liquid is there it doesn't mean the thermal pads are bad.

The only time thermal pads can be bad is maybe if you disassemble and GPU heatsink and they tear and there is a bad surface. Or maybe if the GPU is very very old like >3 years. So its strange that you got a new GPU that started to artifact so quickly, I would of just sent it back for RMA.

The reason it sometimes artifacts is due to the bad surface and the memory or mosfets overheat and causes stability issues, usually under high temps.

maybe he has a crazy high ram clock.

and all he should do is lower the ram clock.

[anu1908]

sharing more details would be helpful. stuff like when did it happen, is your graphic cards old, etc. without any data, most guesses are just a random ideas thrown together.

most importantly, did that tear happens regardless of what your card is doing, or just at a specific time? if it's the former, the chance for a faulty hardware is definitely higher.

[adaseb]

I have a GPU that shows some artifact on screen after mining for two months , after opening the GPU case I noticed some large amount of liquid wet on the chips of the GPU, those liquids are from the thermal pads and after cleaning it off it works normal again, bad thermal pads cause the artifacts.

That liquid that you get from around the thermal pads is normal. It won't cause any damage you can just clean it off. When the liquid is there it doesn't mean the thermal pads are bad.

The only time thermal pads can be bad is maybe if you disassemble and GPU heatsink and they tear and there is a bad surface. Or maybe if the GPU is very very old like >3 years. So its strange that you got a new GPU that started to artifact so quickly, I would of just sent it back for RMA.

The reason it sometimes artifacts is due to the bad surface and the memory or mosfets overheat and causes stability issues, usually under high temps.

maybe he has a crazy high ram clock.

and all he should do is lower the ram clock.

Yes that is also a possibility however if he had high mem clock to the point where the screen would artifact then he would get crazy amounts of hardware errors. Most of the time if you overclock the memory a little too high you get massive amounts of hardware errors. Then later on you would get stability issues. And eventually it would just crash the rig.

So this is why I don't think its the mem clock. I don't think he would be mining like this where you get 25% hardware errors and think everything is fine. But its possible. So its either high memory clock, not enough memory voltage or memory chips overheat due to poor circulation.

[mak013]

If he has huge overclock, he will not mine. Miner will stop or restart. In such situation i dont think he will see artifacts.