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Hi all, so had a bit of a scare over the weekend. Loaded up BFBC2 and logged in etc., connected to a Server and just after choosing my kit and selecting 'Enter Game' my monitor turned itself off and the LED started to blink (e.g. the way it does when a GFX card is not connected).
Panicked and tried restarting the machine only to hear a very loud beep on bootup (and POST). Checked the error code for my mobo (Foxconn Bloodrage GTI). The code was 'FF' and a quick Google later I discovered this had to do with the GFX card not being detected. I had a closer look and noticed that my GFX card's fan was not spinning.
At this point I though there were 3 possibles:
1. The PSU rail/cable supplying juice to the card had crapped out. But this didn't seem plausible as I would have thought it would all go rather than just the one component.
2. Mobo was fried/PCI-E slot was not working. A worse scenario, and the only way to test would be to take the machine apart.
3. GFX card was dead. This was what I thought had happened. But I needed another GFX card to test. A quick wonder around town revealed nothing worth buying for a quick test. So came home all glum and still a bit worried.
By this point I had opened the case up and checked the connections, even hoovered the tiny amount of dust in there away. Swithced PSU off and on once. Tried to boot it again and it did not work again Switched PSU off and on one more time, and tried to boot....
...and it worked!
Ofc I was over the moon about it, but can anyone explain wtf just happened? I still have a little feeling of dread that something is not quite right. Short of buying a multi-meter to test the power, don't know what else could be done to diagnose/resolve this problem if it happens again.
Can anyone shed some light?
Panicked and tried restarting the machine only to hear a very loud beep on bootup (and POST). Checked the error code for my mobo (Foxconn Bloodrage GTI). The code was 'FF' and a quick Google later I discovered this had to do with the GFX card not being detected. I had a closer look and noticed that my GFX card's fan was not spinning.
At this point I though there were 3 possibles:
1. The PSU rail/cable supplying juice to the card had crapped out. But this didn't seem plausible as I would have thought it would all go rather than just the one component.
2. Mobo was fried/PCI-E slot was not working. A worse scenario, and the only way to test would be to take the machine apart.
3. GFX card was dead. This was what I thought had happened. But I needed another GFX card to test. A quick wonder around town revealed nothing worth buying for a quick test. So came home all glum and still a bit worried.
By this point I had opened the case up and checked the connections, even hoovered the tiny amount of dust in there away. Swithced PSU off and on once. Tried to boot it again and it did not work again Switched PSU off and on one more time, and tried to boot....
...and it worked!
Ofc I was over the moon about it, but can anyone explain wtf just happened? I still have a little feeling of dread that something is not quite right. Short of buying a multi-meter to test the power, don't know what else could be done to diagnose/resolve this problem if it happens again.
Can anyone shed some light?