BSOD+Crashing while watching videos

[mrdavid777]

Hi basically 2 months ago i just bought a second hand GTX480, and it has worked flawlessly until the recent 2 weeks every morning i turn my computer on just as the windows 7 logo appears the screen goes black and reboots. then after that happens from 2-3 times it will never crash again until the next day.

So a new day is here and i turn my computer on it loads perfectly and i thought okay maybe it was just that day but as soon as i watch a youtube video my screen would go black again then reboot.. funny thing is after it reboots once or twice it wont ever happen again til the next day.

I have done a clean fresh install of my OS and fresh driver install Nvidia 306.23 WHQL
i have an

Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
i5-2310 2.9 GHz (4 cpu)
4GB ram
GTX 480 Graphics card

I hope someone could help me identify the problem so i can replace the piece of hardware or if its just a driver issue. i really suspect my GTX is dying on me


Source
Windows

Summary
Video hardware error

Date
‎18/‎09/‎2012 2:22 PM

Status
Report sent

Description
A problem with your video hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 3081

Extra information about the problem
BCCode: 117
BCP1: FFFFFA800B1C5010
BCP2: FFFFF8800FFA2584
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6_1_7600
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 256_1
Bucket ID: X64_0x117_Tdr:2_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys
Server information: 7058b94e-0d3b-478a-99d4-263e1c6761b7

 

[Arc]

Welcome aboard.

You are having a stop 0x116. In such a situation, I would suggest you to follow this thread by usasma : http://www.sevenforums.com/crash-lo...op-0x116-video_tdr_error-troubleshooting.html.

If needed, ask any questions!

 

[mrdavid777]

I still need help im not sure what this all means lol sorry i have bad knowledge when it comes to errors

 

[Arc]

OK David, let us go step by step.

First, clean the inside of the computer, vary carefully. Dust cause stop 116 very often.

Second, Download and install Speccy, monitor your system heat, specially the heat of the graphics card.

Third, stress test your graphics card. Follow the instructions given in http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/100356-video-card-stress-test-furmark.html, step by step.

Let us know the results. If needed, we will go to the next step.