|
|
| Page 1 of 1 |
|
|
 Posted: Tue, 15th Dec 2009 22:23 Post subject: GFX Card Dead? |
|
 |
Recently whenever I boot up the computer, even in BIOS, the screen is flickering with weird lines, colors, pixels misplaced all over the place... can't even boot into windows, since I get a BSOD. This is just today/yesterday. All of last week I was having problems where my computer would hard lock/BSOD with a problem in the NVIDIA drivers. I had tried reinstalling three different drivers, nothing worked. This is a random problem, just came out of nowhere... only new game I had installed was Dragon Age.
I'm thinking my 8800 GTX is dead and I better make good on my warranty from Cyberpower. Any second opinions?
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Tue, 15th Dec 2009 22:51 Post subject: |
|
|
your gfx is a granny anyway 
| Quote: | | PC awesome button = Uninstall! |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Tue, 15th Dec 2009 23:06 Post subject: |
|
|
It is definately broken, if screen is corrupted in BIOS aswell. Time to get new one :/
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Wed, 16th Dec 2009 00:02 Post subject: |
|
|
Sigh, been on hold with their warranty dept for an hour now. Cheers.
Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Wed, 16th Dec 2009 02:02 Post subject: |
|
|
After spending 2 hours on hold, I decided to stab a hoe. I'm currently awaiting arraignment in county jail.
FUCK CYBERPOWER!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Slizza
Posts: 2345
Location: Bulgaria
|
| Posted: Wed, 16th Dec 2009 03:01 Post subject: |
|
|
Sounds more like a ram issue.
Try take the ram out and just pop it back in again to start with.
Then try the ram one stick at a time.
Corsair 750D :: 750W DPS-G:: Asus x370 PRO :: R7 1800X ::16gb DDR4 :: GTX 1070::525gb SSD::Coolermaster 240MM AIO::
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Sin317
Banned
Posts: 24322
Location: Geneva
|
| Posted: Wed, 16th Dec 2009 05:56 Post subject: |
|
|
first of all , most 8if not all lol) BSOD will show display drivers (nvblabla.dll). this means NOTHING. that at least i learned. it can eb anything from soundcard (happened to me), to ram, to mobo itself.
next, gpu issues are easy to check/test/verify. borrow a gpu from a friend (real pc people always habe an old one laying around tho !) and see. if all goes fine, yes, its the gpu and you can (and should) invoke any kind of warranty you have left (aslong as you havent changed anything on the gpu itself anyways). if the problem persists even after changing gpu, you know a 100% sure it wasnt the gpu. next thing would be to test ram (ram86 during a fucking night long, not just 1 loop). if thats fine (100% fine) i'll use a program like orthos (prime 95 for multi cores) and let that run a whole freaking night.
if after this you still didnt find a problem ( or if pc crashed during a test) you have to slowly switch and try your hardware components. if memtest86 fails, take out all dimms except 1 and restest, if it fails, change ram module, if it fails, use another socket and test again. if ram fails on all dimms/sockets combinations, its either the mobo or all the ram 8if you have several and all fail, chances are, your mobo is fucked, unless you have some freak ram ...
btw, thats one of the things i love about pc's .. finding errors 
LEGO BITCH !
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Page 1 of 1 |
All times are GMT + 1 Hour |
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB 2.0.8 © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group
|
|
 |
|
So it was the GFX card in the end.
