PC issues -gfx to blame?

DanKurt · 9 Nov 2011 at 14:05

Hey guys,

I have a problem with my PC as it won't boot up further than 2 screens - the 1st screen being the load up screen with the GIGABYTE logo on it with boot options etc - then the other screen that comes up on a black screen that says:
GV_N480SO-15I_T/F2
Version 70.00.21.00.00
Engineering release - Not for production use
Build Date: ---numbers
Revision date: ----numbers
Copyright (C) NVIDIA Corp.

Then the computer reboots itself again and keeps showing the same 2 screens over and over - so it seems to be loading up with the beep sound etc but just keeps doing it over and over - So I was wondering if u guys knew what it could be that is doing this...I've tried taking my gfx card in and out and cleaned it a little (GTX 480 SOC card) but that did nothing,

Unfortunetly i don't know enough about PCs to be able to work out what it could be so I was hoping maybe u guys could give me some possible things it could be and what i could do to fix it.

Just like to point out that it was working fine yesterday and has been fine since getting the card from Overclockers months ago. So I really cant think what it could be.

rz30 · 9 Nov 2011 at 14:08

Do yuo have onboard video also if so try that, you could try pulling out(or jumping) the bios battery see if that does anything, and swap memory stick etc..

loltim · 9 Nov 2011 at 14:08

That's just the gfx card bios info. It's not pointing at a problem with your gfx card. Your issue could be ram, mobo, cpu, anything.

Try taking out a stick of ram and do a bit of troubleshooting.

Cosimo · 9 Nov 2011 at 14:10

You should be asking in here:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=8

or one of the other hardware forums.

DanKurt · 9 Nov 2011 at 14:44

Sorry didn't realise this wasn't the right place to post this thread (note to self for next time

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Thanks for the replies guys though I really do appreciate it a lot, I fiddled with the RAM and CPU, making making sure they were both in properly and hallaloooha its booted up...Seems to have underclocked itself to stock clock but that won't take too much to get it back to full overclock again.

Thanks again