ASUS GTX 1650

thunderclap82 · Oct 30, 2021

Not blaming this on Windows 11. Installed a new ASUS GTX 1650 in a Ryzen 5 system. Thought things were going well until the CPU heat sink/fan died (replaced) and then the image started breaking. Attached is what happens after the mobo splash screen. Never seen this before with a bad GPU but when I put in two different GPUs it loads fine, so I’m assuming it’s the GPU and not mobo or another component. PSU is 500-watts.

Thoughts? Thanks.

Ghot · Oct 31, 2021

thunderclap82 said:
Not blaming this on Windows 11. Installed a new ASUS GTX 1650 in a Ryzen 5 system. Thought things were going well until the CPU heat sink/fan died (replaced) and then the image started breaking. Attached is what happens after the mobo splash screen. Never seen this before with a bad GPU but when I put in two different GPUs it loads fine, so I’m assuming it’s the GPU and not mobo or another component. PSU is 500-watts.

Thoughts? Thanks.

What were the two other GPUs you tested with?
If they were better (more power hungry), GPUs, then the power supply is probably OK.

...and the 1650 is probably bad.

thunderclap82 · Oct 31, 2021

Ghot said:
What were the two other GPUs you tested with?
If they were better (more power hungry), GPUs, then the power supply is probably OK.

...and the 1650 is probably bad.

One was an MSI SFF 1650, and the other is barely a video card, a cheap $60 just to get a display working on a motherboard without any GPU chip.

According to docs online for this ASUS GPU a PSU with 350-watt should be more than sufficient.

Ghot · Oct 31, 2021

thunderclap82 said:
One was an MSI SFF 1650, and the other is barely a video card, a cheap $60 just to get a display working on a motherboard without any GPU chip.

According to docs online for this ASUS GPU a PSU with 350-watt should be more than sufficient.

It's probably the ASUS 1650 itself then.
If two other cards work and the ASUS 1650 doesn't... that's a pretty clear cut case of... bad video card.

I'm assuming that you used the same monitor and the same "vid card to monitor" cable, when you tested with other cards.
If not... then you might just have a bad cable.

If the ASUS 1650 is still under warranty... I would start the RMA process, if I were you.