GPU kaput after error and restart

Earlier this week I was playing Rome Total War and recieved an error saying something about a nv4_disp display driver error stopped working and it needed me to restart my computer. The resolution of my computer also changed to like... 400x300 or something with alot of color changes and pixilation. After i clicked ok and restarted my computer never would come back on. Everything in the computer would be recieving power, but no display on the monitor and no beep sounded.

I went through my whole computer checking things and figured out if I just replaced my GPU with one from my dad's computer, it started up just fine with everything the exact same. My question is... Can an error like that really mess up my GPU? or did the GPU crash and that was just telling me it did? I checked around to see what the error meant and it seem to be an error with the graphics driver (go figure) so im not sure that has any relation to the GPU stopping. I'm going to try to find a computer today to test the GPU and see if it works in another computer just to finalize my conclusion, but as of right now it seems to be dead. The fan still moves, but im not sure if that is a sign that it still works or that its just recieving power.

I built the computer about 4 to 5 years ago so if it did actually crap out on me then I truthfully wouldn't be to surprised. I'm just confused on how it actually crashed the way it did.

Earlier this week I was playing Rome Total War and recieved an error saying something about a nv4_disp display driver error stopped working and it needed me to restart my computer. The resolution of my computer also changed to like... 400x300 or something with alot of color changes and pixilation. After i clicked ok and restarted my computer never would come back on. Everything in the computer would be recieving power, but no display on the monitor and no beep sounded.

I went through my whole computer checking things and figured out if I just replaced my GPU with one from my dad's computer, it started up just fine with everything the exact same. My question is... Can an error like that really mess up my GPU? or did the GPU crash and that was just telling me it did? I checked around to see what the error meant and it seem to be an error with the graphics driver (go figure) so im not sure that has any relation to the GPU stopping. I'm going to try to find a computer today to test the GPU and see if it works in another computer just to finalize my conclusion, but as of right now it seems to be dead. The fan still moves, but im not sure if that is a sign that it still works or that its just recieving power.

I built the computer about 4 to 5 years ago so if it did actually crap out on me then I truthfully wouldn't be to surprised. I'm just confused on how it actually crashed the way it did.

callthepress

Earlier this week I was playing Rome Total War and recieved an error saying something about a nv4_disp display driver error stopped working and it needed me to restart my computer. The resolution of my computer also changed to like... 400x300 or something with alot of color changes and pixilation. After i clicked ok and restarted my computer never would come back on. Everything in the computer would be recieving power, but no display on the monitor and no beep sounded.

I went through my whole computer checking things and figured out if I just replaced my GPU with one from my dad's computer, it started up just fine with everything the exact same. My question is... Can an error like that really mess up my GPU? or did the GPU crash and that was just telling me it did? I checked around to see what the error meant and it seem to be an error with the graphics driver (go figure) so im not sure that has any relation to the GPU stopping. I'm going to try to find a computer today to test the GPU and see if it works in another computer just to finalize my conclusion, but as of right now it seems to be dead. The fan still moves, but im not sure if that is a sign that it still works or that its just recieving power.

I built the computer about 4 to 5 years ago so if it did actually crap out on me then I truthfully wouldn't be to surprised. I'm just confused on how it actually crashed the way it did.

callthepress

Ok, thats what I was thinking happend. I actually took it to a friends house yesterday, switched my GPU for his and it did the same thing. Oh well, that thing lasted through alot of hours so im pretty happy it went this long, hehe. Guess it's not a total loss considering GPUs these days are so cheap, shouldn't be to hard to find a really nice one for a reasonable price. Thanks again for the replys!

And for the poster asking about when the screen goes black... I can't actually get it to boot up, since nothing comes on the screen I cant go into the BIOS or try to get into Windows. Therefore, I can't restart the computer either.