[W10StdV1703b15063 x64] GPU failing causing CPU (intel i7) to enter infinite loop

[brunoais]

I own an Asus N56VB with the i7 processor.
I'm currently using windows v.1703
It is outside warranty now and I've been trying to take good care of it.
Currently all drivers I have on my PC are up-to-date (some of them, including the CPU and both GPU, I searched the web to make sure of it).

I always have been taking good care of my PC, including making sure it never gets too hot.

(maybe useful history) Early this year, it went fixing because the BIOS had an issue. Without me knowing, it came to me with a wrong BIOS (not their fault), which I only noticed when I needed to use my NVidia GPU and it is fixed now.

Before the BIOS was fixed to the right version, this issue started to happen. It has been becoming more and more common.
After some days of uptime (with hibernation and suspension in between) the whole system breaks and shows broken graphics with blue horizontal stripes on my screen. That, while repeating the same last 0.1s sound it was producing before (see attachments).

Currently, the NVidia driver is deactivated.
This happens much faster after rebooting if I have the NVidia driver enabled.

Any idea what the cause is or how can I deal with this?
Windows doesn't go blue screen, there's no logs of it and there's no dump from this.

 

[Sysnative Windows Update]

Hi :)
Try another set of GPU drivers, but this looks like the VRMs on the GPU have overheated and died. Except if it is apparent only in one game, then I'd look at the game and not at hardware.

 

[brunoais]

Hi. This happens not only on a single game. This happens randomly.
It does happen more easily when I'm playing a game while using the NVidia GPU.
Otherwise, I can have 2-4 days of uptime from the OS (without counting the time hibernated and sleeping) until this problem happens.
Could this be a misconfigured or malfunctioning VRM from the Intel GPU (attached to the Intel CPU)?

 

[Sysnative Windows Update]

Disable nVidia GPU in your BIOS, and monitor the system.

 

[brunoais]

I disabled NVidia today. I'll see how it goes. Expect some days until I have a response

 

[brunoais]

It happened today.... So... Is it the Intel GPU failing?
If so, how can it be solved? A new one?
If a new one, where can it be bought? Sounds like Intel doesn't sell them anymore.

 

[Sysnative Windows Update]

I'm starting to suspect a fault on your motherboard since it occurs on both your GPUs. You could try another monitor to rule out the screen.

 

[brunoais]

The hardware is in such way that all monitors are directly connected to the intel's graphics processor.
The NVidia chip is just used for processing power. All image data then gores through the Intel GPU before being flushed out to the active monitors.

 

[brunoais]

Any more ideas to make sure on what the culpit is?

 

[Sysnative Windows Update]

Get it to a shop and have the tech look at it, there's really not much you can do unless you're an IT expert with appropriate tools. Boot to another environment to see if that helps. If it doesn't, it's time for the techs to take over.

 

[brunoais]

Got it. Thank you.