**Life not worth living** PC IS DEAD!!!!
- kenc51
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**Life not worth living** PC IS DEAD!!!!
My PC is a gonner!!! (sort of)
Yesterday my rig crashed and won't reboot........
I started to play Black & White 2 and then it locked up.....
I rebooted and got as far as windows login then the GFX was messed up......The GFX card was not OC'ed as only reinstalled drivers earlier last week.....
I tried pulling out the battery and clearing the CMOS.....It booted but gave me a warning the Bios was in safe mode.....It gave me the option to press delete to change the settingts for press F1 to contiume booting
If I press delete --> it's ok untill I save the bios settings, then nothing.....
One diagnostic LED on the board stays lit (gfx prob?)
If I chose F1 --> It boots into windows fine, untill it gets to the XP screen then gfx is messed up.
I re-flashed my boards bios twice, once via Tmods boot cd and once via floppy (blind flash)
Now I can't get any display.....the monitor gets no signal @ all
I have no internet access as my Intel rig is running Linux and I have a crappy usb wifi adapter which won't install on linux (using NdisWrapper)
I was thinking of doing a blind flash of the GFX bios.......but the card is still under warranty and if I mess up the Bios then I may not get an RMA
The worse thing is my Linux box has no Video Codecs installed and my XP rig was my TV and entertainment centre........I have nothing to watch @ all or no web access and I'm on lates this week
It could be the mobo or the GFX card, but I don't have a second PCIe card to test with.......
I've taken apart the rig and tried to boot with just the GFX / 1 stick of ram and nothing......
I'm going to bring back the card tomorrow morning and hope that was the prob......I'm also thinking of paying a bit more and upgrading the card for an ATI card....
I'm thinking it's the card as If I only have the my OS HDD in and press F1 I it loads windows...I even hear that poxy welcome to windows sound, but the monitor gets no signal
I'm using the stock bios in the GFX card.....I did try a modded bios, but that was 4mths ago.....adding more voltage didn't help my OC so I reverted back to the origional Bios......
This week and prolly next week will be a killer for me as I now have nothing to watch @ all.......I'll haveto revert back to using ethernet to connect to the web via my Linux box......
someday I will have a stable pc.....yeah right!!!!
Yesterday my rig crashed and won't reboot........
I started to play Black & White 2 and then it locked up.....
I rebooted and got as far as windows login then the GFX was messed up......The GFX card was not OC'ed as only reinstalled drivers earlier last week.....
I tried pulling out the battery and clearing the CMOS.....It booted but gave me a warning the Bios was in safe mode.....It gave me the option to press delete to change the settingts for press F1 to contiume booting
If I press delete --> it's ok untill I save the bios settings, then nothing.....
One diagnostic LED on the board stays lit (gfx prob?)
If I chose F1 --> It boots into windows fine, untill it gets to the XP screen then gfx is messed up.
I re-flashed my boards bios twice, once via Tmods boot cd and once via floppy (blind flash)
Now I can't get any display.....the monitor gets no signal @ all
I have no internet access as my Intel rig is running Linux and I have a crappy usb wifi adapter which won't install on linux (using NdisWrapper)
I was thinking of doing a blind flash of the GFX bios.......but the card is still under warranty and if I mess up the Bios then I may not get an RMA
The worse thing is my Linux box has no Video Codecs installed and my XP rig was my TV and entertainment centre........I have nothing to watch @ all or no web access and I'm on lates this week
It could be the mobo or the GFX card, but I don't have a second PCIe card to test with.......
I've taken apart the rig and tried to boot with just the GFX / 1 stick of ram and nothing......
I'm going to bring back the card tomorrow morning and hope that was the prob......I'm also thinking of paying a bit more and upgrading the card for an ATI card....
I'm thinking it's the card as If I only have the my OS HDD in and press F1 I it loads windows...I even hear that poxy welcome to windows sound, but the monitor gets no signal
I'm using the stock bios in the GFX card.....I did try a modded bios, but that was 4mths ago.....adding more voltage didn't help my OC so I reverted back to the origional Bios......
This week and prolly next week will be a killer for me as I now have nothing to watch @ all.......I'll haveto revert back to using ethernet to connect to the web via my Linux box......
someday I will have a stable pc.....yeah right!!!!
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I'm going to bring the gfx card back to the shop tomorrow morning.......I'll also get a loan of a PCI GFX card from someone here in work so I'll only have to suffer no pc for tonight...........
I can only hope the shop will test and replace the card themselves as I don't think I can wait if it must be sent to PNY for testing........
I can only hope the shop will test and replace the card themselves as I don't think I can wait if it must be sent to PNY for testing........
Re: **Life not worth living** PC IS DEAD!!!!
OK, there was your first mistake - you should have been practicing BF2kenc51 wrote:I started to play Black & White 2 and then it locked up.....
Joe
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Re: **Life not worth living** PC IS DEAD!!!!
Nahh.....I Never play online games!!!!FZ1 wrote:OK, there was your first mistake - you should have been practicing BF2kenc51 wrote:I started to play Black & White 2 and then it locked up.....
I tried once here with CS....but that was a joke......
I'm not sure to get another GTX or pay a bit more and get an ATI X1900XT instead??
Either should work great
I personally would get another GTX if it can be RMA'd, but the 7900 Series cards don't look that shabby either.
I would say a nVidia card, since you have a SLi motherboard, but the x1900 is a powerful card as well.
~Ibrahim~
I would say a nVidia card, since you have a SLi motherboard, but the x1900 is a powerful card as well.
~Ibrahim~
Overdrive PC Core2.SLI:
Core 2 Duo E6600 @ ~3.5GHz, ASUS P5N-E SLI, 4GB of DDR2-770, 8800GTS 640MB @ 621/1836, Western Digital 640GB, LITE-ON 20X, CM Stacker 830, Enermax 620W, Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1
3DMark '06: 10,302
SuperPI 1M: 15.194s
WEI: 5.7
Core 2 Duo E6600 @ ~3.5GHz, ASUS P5N-E SLI, 4GB of DDR2-770, 8800GTS 640MB @ 621/1836, Western Digital 640GB, LITE-ON 20X, CM Stacker 830, Enermax 620W, Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1
3DMark '06: 10,302
SuperPI 1M: 15.194s
WEI: 5.7
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Last time something like this happened with me on my last K7....
Too bad, I hope you will survive, comrade.
Too bad, I hope you will survive, comrade.
Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2300MHZ =3650+ Stock Voltage
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2x512 Corsair XMS 3200LLPT
AsRock 939-Dualsata2
Sweex 400WATT 18amps
Dual layer DVD-RW
2x80GB seagate Barracuda!!!!
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries!
eVGA GF6800GS 485/1200.
2x512 Corsair XMS 3200LLPT
AsRock 939-Dualsata2
Sweex 400WATT 18amps
Dual layer DVD-RW
2x80GB seagate Barracuda!!!!
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries!
I thought my life was bad, my Seagate 'Cuda has been threatening to take a dive on me, but my computer still works. I'll consider myself lucky.
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Core 2 Duo @ 2.53GHz :: 4GB DDR3 @ 1067MHz :: 3670 :: Intel PM45 Chipset :: 500GB 5400RPM SATA :: Integrated Audio :: BD-ROM/DVD Burner :: 16" 1920x1080 RGBLED
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Work
Core 2 Duo @ 2.53GHz :: 4GB DDR3 @ 1067MHz :: 3670 :: Intel PM45 Chipset :: 500GB 5400RPM SATA :: Integrated Audio :: BD-ROM/DVD Burner :: 16" 1920x1080 RGBLED
That REALLY sux! I have all AGP cards here or I would send you one to use...
I had a video card go bad once in all my computing years, and that one was over 5 years old, so for some reson they wouldnt let me get a warranty exchange the bastards..hehehe
Let me know if I can help somehow!
Mike
I had a video card go bad once in all my computing years, and that one was over 5 years old, so for some reson they wouldnt let me get a warranty exchange the bastards..hehehe
Let me know if I can help somehow!
Mike
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It's alive again
I left the card in earlier this week.....then yesterday I got an e-mail saying I could pick up a replacement......
Instead of getting another 256Mb GTX I decided to pay some extra cash....
Sapphire X1900XTX stock
Old card
3DMark06 Score: 4798 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score: 1923 Marks
SM 3.0 Score: 1909 Marks
CPU Score: 1937 Marks
I need to watercool this baby! The stock cooler is a POS.....it's way too loud!
Whoot!
I left the card in earlier this week.....then yesterday I got an e-mail saying I could pick up a replacement......
Instead of getting another 256Mb GTX I decided to pay some extra cash....
Sapphire X1900XTX stock
Old card
3DMark06 Score: 4798 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score: 1923 Marks
SM 3.0 Score: 1909 Marks
CPU Score: 1937 Marks
I need to watercool this baby! The stock cooler is a POS.....it's way too loud!
Whoot!