Computer won't start.

Pete63

Pete63

Pete63

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Hi, I was using the machine and it suddenly froze. When I rebooted, it just will not start windows. Keeps offering me further options or reboot. I can take those options and end up in safe mode with networking. I have tried a few things but nothing has worked. The closest I cam was uninstalling the graphics card and it almost came back but has gone back to nothing. I bought the system with a 120GB SSD and have upgraded through a 240GB SSD to a 480GB SSD. The 240 is basically an earlier version of the 480 and I have tried that disk and it does the same making me think it's hardware. Any ideas or does it need to go back to you guys?
 
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Open up a thread in Customer Service forum for help from OcUK staff. You can also check this thread in case someone has tips but full spec needed as nkata points out.
 
Machine is 3 years old.
Intel I7, GTX770, 480 gb ssd, 1 tb hard disk, can't say for the rest, it's an overclockers machine so it's good!
Don't know how to reset mother board but I do get the option on boot up to go into bios.
I'll put a monitor on it and try to get the dxdiag and sys info off it.
 
I'm confused. How are you managing to run those if the PC won't go into Windows? Can you get it to boot into Safe Mode? Command Prompt?

Resetting the BIOS to defaults is usually an option somewhere in the BIOS. Make a note of everything before you do this!
 
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I'm confused. How are you managing to run those if the PC won't go into Windows? Can you get it to boot into Safe Mode? Command Prompt?

Resetting the BIOS to defaults is usually an option somewhere in the BIOS. Make a note of everything before you do this!
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Got those from safe mode, I get an option to restart and select all sorts of things, safe mode being one of them. I went into BIOS and when I was selecting different things, it locked up so not sure what the issue is.
 
lude1962 said:
take the graphics card out and use igpu
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Yea, boots up fine so looks like it's a faulty graphics card. Is a GTX 770 worth worrying about? Any recommendations for a new one? Also, the old one had fans on it with Gigabyte windforce, is that part of the card or a fitted accessory?
 
Try putting the GPU back in. The connection may have become dodgy. You should also confirm the problem by trying the GPU in another PC as the PSU may not be supplying sufficient power to the the GPU, so what model is it? You'll need to open the case and have a look. A new PSU is going to be cheaper than a new GPU and if you were to buy a new GPU a faulty PSU could damage it. The good news is that many PSUs come with long warranties.
 
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Try putting the GPU back in. The connection may have become dodgy. You should also confirm the problem by trying the GPU in another PC as the PSU may not be supplying sufficient power to the the GPU, so what model is it? You'll need to open the case and have a look. A new PSU is going to be cheaper than a new GPU and if you were to buy a new GPU a faulty PSU could damage it. The good news is that many PSUs come with long warranties.
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Corsair RM750. I don't have another machine but will try putting it back to see if it works.

** tried the reseating, didn't work. Fan and everything came on so not sure if it's the PSU. I'll get a new card anyway as I was going to upgrade so if it turns out to be the PSU, I'll get one of them.
 
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This is a GTX 1070, it has one (what I assume is) power connector. My old faulty GTX 770 had 2, does this mean the 1070 is lesser in any way?
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This is a GTX 1070, it has one (what I assume is) power connector. My old faulty GTX 770 had 2, does this mean the 1070 is lesser in any way?
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No. It's much better and a very good upgrade. Just requires less power for even more performance (some models may have two power connectors but makes no real difference).

Not sure exactly what you meant by if it's worth worrying about a GTX 770 but if it's still under 3 years warranty by any chance, then I'd RMA it. You can keep the replacement as a spare or sell (think they are selling for £75-ish recently).

I'd just consider prices if I were you, because with the introduction of the GTX 1070Ti, Nvidia now have 3 different types of cards often within £100-125 of each other (1070/1070Ti/1080). Meaning an expensive 1070 may not be worth it if very close to a faster type. Imo, up to £380 for 1070, £430 for 1070Ti, and £500 for 1080, is a rough guideline on value for money (sure we'd like them cheaper but prices are what they are).
 
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No. It's much better and a very good upgrade. Just requires less power for even more performance (some models may have two power connectors but makes no real difference).

Not sure exactly what you meant by if it's worth worrying about a GTX 770 but if it's still under 3 years warranty by any chance, then I'd RMA it. You can keep the replacement as a spare or sell (think they are selling for £75-ish recently).

I'd just consider prices if I were you, because with the introduction of the GTX 1070Ti, Nvidia now have 3 different types of cards often within £100-125 of each other (1070/1070Ti/1080). Meaning an expensive 1070 may not be worth it if very close to a faster type. Imo, up to £380 for 1070, £430 for 1070Ti, and £500 for 1080, is a rough guideline on value for money (sure we'd like them cheaper but prices are what they are).
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over 3 years by 4 months! I'll check out prices for better than 1070 cards, best price I have so far is £379.
 
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