My Computer is ........ broke

[Anksy]

yes im mad, my computer decided to die.

anyone seen or had this before, im trying to work out what i need to buy, motherboard im thinking is the problem,

i was doing nothing on the computer, looked at the screen and it froze, i restarted it, worked fine for about 5 minutes....then froze again....i restarted once again and......







then it just freezes on that last screen every time

so, motherboard ?, thats what im thinking

any help would be apreciated

 

[EpicCarnage]

reset the cmos on your motherboard

 

[jak731]

Looks like a broken graphics card to me.

 

[Anksy]

reset the cmos on your motherboard

howd i do that mate

 

[Mattus]

Looks like a broken graphics card to me.

Yep. The memory is borked on your graphics card.

 

[Anksy]

Yep. The memory is borked on your graphics card.

one thing i did notice, while were mentioning the graphics card, one of the little metal cooler things had been seperated from one of the chips on the graphics card, which i noticed when i took it a part before, dont tell me this is what caused it, i installed the dam thing, been a year and a half though i supose i should have replaced the glue on the cooler by now

 

[Mattus]

one thing i did notice, while were mentioning the graphics card, one of the little metal cooler things had been seperated from one of the chips on the graphics card, which i noticed when i took it a part before, dont tell me this is what caused it, i installed the dam thing, been a year and a half though i supose i should have replaced the glue on the cooler by now

Possibly it. If it's overheating, it should work OK if you leave it to cool down for half an hour. I reckon it's probably borked though.

 

[Anksy]

Possibly it. If it's overheating, it should work OK if you leave it to cool down for half an hour. I reckon it's probably borked though.

its had about 2 hours to cool down, so bah

gutted

 

[petriodet]

deffo the gfx card usually happens when you push gfx cards to far or a major spike on your power.
bad luck i feel sorry for you

 

[icey_haj]

Yep, GPU problems there mate.

One the bright side, there's some really good deals out at the moment.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

No warrnty left mate?

I Lost a HDD, Lost a GFX card and lost half a raid array this weekend lol

not a good weekend for PCs or my wallet

 

[Anksy]

No warrnty left mate?

I Lost a HDD, Lost a GFX card and lost half a raid array this weekend lol

not a good weekend for PCs or my wallet

i dont think so , i think the warranty stopped when i changed the cooler if im correct ?

 

[J.B]

Yep, GPU problems there mate.

One the bright side, there's some really good deals out at the moment.

Loving the optimism. But yeah Id wager a steak dinner on the graphics card.

 

[lynchy6789]

i dont think so , i think the warranty stopped when i changed the cooler if im correct ?

what card is it? You stick the old one back on then send it off to be RMA then if they say that Cooler was removed come up with some Bull . If its Evga you will be alright

 

[Anksy]

what card is it? You stick the old one back on then send it off to be RMA then if they say that Cooler was removed come up with some Bull . If its Evga you will be alright

yeh its Evga 8800gt superclocked

 

[MeatLoaf]

yeh its Evga 8800gt superclocked

You should be in luck then, just bung the original cooler back on and RMA it

 

[pipestrangler]

Had two bfg cards that went like yours from new. Driver wasnt telling the fan to speed up with the increase in temprature. result: two rma's.

 

[Anksy]

You should be in luck then, just bung the original cooler back on and RMA it

it says on the website you need a copy of the original invoice, which i dont have from a year and a half ago, and also where does it get shipped too/from ? i dont want to wait weeks, and i dont have any of the accesories, just the box and the card

 

[lynchy6789]

As you card is Evga you warrenty wont be void as long as you still have the cooler. Just set up an RMA claim and explain you don't have original receipt or phone them up and argue as that will increase your chances. Then in the meantime by a new GPU depending on your budget by a new card. Then when your RMA card comes back sell it

 

[Anksy]

As you card is Evga you warrenty wont be void as long as you still have the cooler. Just set up an RMA claim and explain you don't have original receipt or phone them up and argue as that will increase your chances. Then in the meantime by a new GPU depending on your budget by a new card. Then when your RMA card comes back sell it

i cant even find the number to argue with them