On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 17:52:45 -0500, Michael wrote:
> good thought yet all returned ok

You could try memtest86 (which is much more thorough -- it's a mini-OS
of its own that needs to be booted).

I would certainly not be surprised if it's thermal in nature.  If you
are using OpenCL, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the video card if
it's the only intensive thing you do using it.  But it could be the
motherboard, it could be the CPU, it could be the memory.

Is this a laptop or desktop?  Particularly if it's a desktop, does it
have a separate discrete graphics adapter (in a PCIe slot) or is it
using the integrated graphics if your CPU has such?

If it's a separate, discrete graphics adapter there's a fair-ish
chance it could simply be the mechanical connector that's flaky.  You
can try removing the card and reseating it, or putting it in a
different PCIe slot.  You could try (carefully!) cleaning the contacts
on the card with a pencil erasor -- just make sure that the card is
grounded when you do this.

If it has discrete graphics and is a laptop, it's probably not
feasible to replace the graphics adapter.  Higher-end laptops these
days use what are called MXM modules (which are discrete cards), but
they're not easy to remove and you need to be very careful putting
things back together.  If the laptop's under warranty, get it serviced
that way; if not, you're probably better off buying a new laptop.

If it's using integrated graphics (on either a laptop or desktop), the
CPU could be bad (the integrated graphics is on the CPU chip).  That's
not that easy to test, because the graphics logic is connected to the
CPU via an internal (to the die) PCIe link.
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