PC problem

fman

fman

fman

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Hi guys
I'm having a problem with my pc, one of my sons uses it for playing world of warcraft, and it has coped well, but recently the screen would go blank,(the monitor dosen't go to sleep) or the scene showing at the time would freeze, and the sound would play the same thing continuously, then it needs to be rebooted. It happens randomly, and could run a day or two without issue, or it could happen twice in a hour.
Not sure what would cause this, but was thinking if anything would need replaced, and if so maybe upgraded.

spec is
mobo is MSI K9AG Neo2-Digital
Graphics radeon x1950 pro
cpu AMD athlon 64 X2 dual core 5000+ 2.6 ghz
2gb corsair ram
vista 32 bit
power supply blue storm 2

Any advice appreciated

Regards
 
PSU is about a year old and made by FSP, reviews about it were good, i cleaned out the case and components with compressed air a few months ago and reseated the graphics card, as the problem was happenning then.
This seemed to cure it until it recurred in the last few weeks.
I built the system probably about 3 years ago, the graphics card was second hand from ebay.
Also when it is booting up it spends a long time on the motherboard screen if thats relevant.
If I do a complete backup and reinstall windows, would this help, or would the backup keep the problem.

Regards
 
Hi guys
I've been running prime95 for the past half hourand everything seems ok so far, I have resource monitor open but I'm not really sure what I'm looking for.
Any advice

Regards
 
I ran this test all night and it didn't report any problems.
I also checked the temps in the bios,
CPU 46c
System 41c
Does this tell me anything?

Regards
 
I have just ran furmark, and after about 25 minutes the graphics started to pixilate,got so bad that i could hardly read anything on the screen.
Do you think this means that the graphics card is Knackered?

Regards
 
Thanks for your help m8, what gpu would you reccommend to go with my setup, or would i need to upgrade more than the gpu?

Regards
 
Thanks for your suggestions guys.
You mention the cpu, is mine capable for this, or would it, or the mb, be holding a better gpu back?
 
Well I changed the gpu and power supply, and all was well, until today.
The monitor shut down, no input, and wouldn't come back on when rebooted.
I managed to get it to come on eventually and reinstalled windows, but before it had completed it crashed again. I got it on again with the onboard gpu and got a message on boot screen saying that the overclock was unstable and defaults had been reset, the pc hadn't been overclocked.
Now it won't bring on the monitor at all, with onboard or graphics card, everything in the tower seems to spin up and sounds normal, but just no picture output.
Any clues

Regards
 
700, I know it's overkill, but I managed to pick it up from a local supplier and it was the only good brand that he had.

Regards
 
I've managed to make some head way with it, I have removed the gpu and got it booted up, fresh install of vista, reinstalled gpu, installing updates and drivers now, seems to be working ok now, though a bit slow, maybe because I'm installing stuff. I can't get rid of the overclocking message at boot screen and have to go into bios and exit every time I reboot, any one know how to cure that?
I'm considering doing a restore from a backup I made earlier, but I'm worried that it might bring back the problem.
Any thoughts on these issues.

Regards
 
Cheers m8 that sorted it.
Since I've done that it has crashed three times again, there seems to be some problem with software for graphics, it has only reoccurred since I reset the cmos!!
 
Is there a possibility that there is a conflict between the graphics chip on

the motherboard and the graphics card?
 
I have tried updating the bios as you suggested, but can't get it to work.
I have tried the msi online live update but it doesn't find any updates, and I have also downloaded the latest bios version and tried booting from a floppy, but it says the file is missing, am I doing this right or is there another way.
The version I have downloaded is dated 12/2009, I built the pc in 2008 and I don't remember ever updating the bios so I would say that the live online update is wrong.

Regards
 
Yes that's the way I have tried to do it, but when I type in the file path to the floppy with the bios on it, it says file is missing or corrupt.

Regards
 
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