I've been dealing with constant crashes on my PC since I got this second-hand RTX 3050 8GB for around 300 NZD. It's been a month, and now I keep getting a DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR. I've reinstalled my NVIDIA drivers multiple times and used Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) twice, but nothing seems to help. The crashes happen randomly, and occasionally I can boot up the PC and play for a bit before it locks me out for a couple of hours. My setup is a prebuilt system with an AMD 5600G processor, and I just want to get back to gaming without these interruptions.
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It sounds like there might be an issue with the GPU, especially if it was previously used for mining. You should check the Event Viewer for any `nvlddmkm` errors. There's a chance that the GPU is losing connection due to hardware issues. To check, search for 'Event Viewer' in Windows, navigate to Windows Logs > System, and look for errors related to `nvlddmkm`. If you see messages about the display driver stopping and recovering, that’s a bad sign for the card's physical connection to your motherboard. Let me know how that goes!
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