Laptop GPU not working - slow boot up/freezing

Hey guys,

Kind of a last resort before I give up. My laptop randomly froze on me one day, after trouble shooting I determined the Nvidia GPU was the issue. When enabled my boot times go from 3-4 seconds to 3-4 minutes and it'll freeze after a few minutes of use or when I launch a game. I can load Nvidia control panel or msi but they'll just lag and eventually freeze the laptop. From what I can tell my temps are fine. When the GPU is disabled via device manager everything works fine.

I'm thinking the GPU is dead but all this started after a windows update so I'm not 100% sure. My GPU wasn't showing any symptoms of failure before hand either. I was also traveling the day before this all started but Im careful and it wasn't getting bumped around or anything so I don't think that's the issue. My last resort would be taking it a shop or sending it in for Asus for repair but those costs can snowball quickly/probably won't be worth it. Might pay one of the tech support guys at my work to re sauder the GPU too as a cheaper option. Just frustrating that my 700 laptop became a glorified smart phone overnight.

What I tried: System restore System recovery Clean reimage (didn't clear my storage HDD though) Re installing OEM drivers via DUI Cleaning out fans

Specs Brand ASUS FZ50VW-NS51

Operating System Windows 10 Home 64-Bit

CPU Intel Core i5-6300HQ 2.3GHz

Memory 8 GB DDR4

Storage 1 TB HDD + 128 GB SSD

Graphics Card GeForce GTX 960M

Video Memory 2 GB GDDR5D

Sorry for shotty formatting on mobile, thanks again for your time.