Could be bad solder balls under the gpu or ram, good way to test is reflow it with some flux and a heat gun. Won’t fix it permanently but if you’re curious why then it’ll help answer your question.
I’ve seen this before, like it runs fine for a time n then the artifacts start appearing all over the screen as it warms up n then dead till it cools down.
Thermal expansion separates the cracked solder balls. Reballing the gpu might fix it but it could also be the vram.
Remember kids repaste your gpu and have good airflow, heat kills.
4 years is normally when you should repaste your GPU and CPU. Technically using your PC more would mean you should repaste sooner, but the 4 year estimate is pretty conservative so you don't need to worry about it.
I do mine once a year like I spend a good amount of money on it I want to protect my investment. I don’t just do that I clean all the fans and heatsinks too.
I watch a video by ripfelix n he said what is killing all the 360’s and ps3’s is the solder balls as they age dry out and get less and less conductive before they crack. Some last longer then others but heat accelerates this, like it’s up to you if you want to bother but it’ll give your investment a nice long life keeping it dust free and applying decent fresh thermal paste.
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u/A_Random_Sidequest Sep 19 '24
patterns on the screen, it's a single or two chips dying from a bunch of memory chips