Need help please problems......

CRUMPLYPORK · 22 Apr 2011 at 23:51

Posting from iPhone so please bear with me,
Was playing WOW and screen froze and sound looped so restarted,
Started playing WOW again for an hour and was fine,
Then it crashed again but this time I had a green digitalised screen then it turned off after 30 secs,
So I left It for an hour and started pc up again,
This time pc won't show boot screen or load into windows at all,
I know that it's not booting into windows causes my G15 don't show the time and date,
Pc spec
Q9950 3gig quad extreme
8gig ram
Nvidia 9800 gx2 BFG
Asus striker 2 extreme
Win 7 ultImate

Anyone have any ideas?

CRUMPLYPORK · 22 Apr 2011 at 23:55

Ok doing it nolw

CRUMPLYPORK · 22 Apr 2011 at 23:58

Still same

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:07

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:12

All fans working, haven't got a spare card though,
Everything sounds normal I.e the fans speed up after 5 seconds Of switch on,
Also the HDD light is flashing,
If the gx2 is faulty would that stop the pc from booting windows?

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:13

2 x 4 gig

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:18

Yh ive watched them and they all green even the ones on the gx2

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:27

AtaRo said:
Make sure your monitor is working ok.
Plug it to a diff. pc, dvd whatever to make sure its fine.
You should really keep spares for troubleshooting purposes.

Its a plasma tv but I've tried it on a LCD just incase but still the same,
I've tried the ram and still the same also

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:29

Thekwango said:
also strip the pc back down to its bare essentials, cpu ram (1 stick) 1 hdd with os on (if you've more than 1 hdd)

your mobo doesnt have onboard graphics, is it possible to beg borrow or steal a gpu from a friend to try in your system. also, if you, can try your gpu in another system

Yh I know someone with a gpu I can borrow I'll see if that happens,
With I would have ordered the gigabyte now instead of holding Off just so I could have gone out lol

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:34

Thekwango said:
have you tried stripping the pc down to its barebones, with just the minimum needed to post. i'd even remove keyboard and mouse, soundcard. basically everything thats not needed

Yup just 1 stick Of ram and a kettle lead lOl

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:39

Just my look I knew I should have pressed the buy button for the gigabyte SOC lol well looks like no pc till the 20th

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:43

Yh I felt round it and it's blOwing air out,
Plus the ambient temp in the case is cOol

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 09:40

My mate has a pair of cars I can borrow, i don't know what cards they are but I do know they are about 5 years old
Will these be ok?

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 09:53

They have SLI will they be too old?

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 10:14

Come on peeps I needs the advise I have the cards here ready

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 11:48

They are geforce 8 that's all I know

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 13:25

yup changed card and has now booted fine,
im guessing that the card has dropped its load

CRUMPLYPORK · 23 Apr 2011 at 22:49

DJ_Hughesy said:
maybe use that card you borroed for a while n watch its temps.. rule out ais airflow as a problem, gunna wanna get it fixed if it is before you go buying a new card

Yeah deffo,
It's been fine all day on WOW still nice and cool,
I googled my card and mb together and their is a design problem with the compatability apparently the card blows hot air onto the mb's south bridge causing the card to over heat