PC problem

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
 
Strange... sounds like it might be a motherboard or CPU problem. Try a CMOS reset, and test the GPU + PSU in another system if possible.
 
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?
 
When was the last time you updated the bios?
It might be an idea to update the bios to the latest one and make sure you then use the latest drivers for the 460, not the ones on the disc.
Hopefully the new bios might sort it.
Also try one memory stick at a time to rule out a dodgy stick, if one of the sticks works and the other makes it crash you have your problem solved. Run memtest on the ram aswell if you can.:)
I had some issues with my setup when I first got it and it wasn't overclocked but it still said the OC had failed even though it was a ram issue.
 
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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
 
fman said:
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
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To boot from floppy and install, you need two downloads as well as the bootable floppy (use DRDos.exe to make a bootable floppy). You also need the bios update and the dos bios update utility. Copy or extract the two files to the bootable floppy.

At the A:\ prompt, you will type in the following command
a. A:\FLASHUTILITY BIOSFILE.VER
b. The flash utility will be the .EXE file included in the BIOS you downloaded. For example: ADSFI712.EXE = BIOS FLASH UTILITY
c. The BIOS file will end with the version number you downloaded. For example:
A6728ims.210 = BIOS file version 2.10
8. To update the BIOS using the example above you would type the following command.
a. A:\ADSFI712 A6728ims.210, then push the enter key.
b. Follow the onscreen prompts to update the BIOS.
 
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
 
I had a problem like this when I switched from an 8800GT to a 4870, on a handful of games the screen would black out and produce a sound loop.

I tried swapping the PSU from an OCZ 500w to a Coolermaster 700w and the problem was still there, then I upgraded mobo, CPU and ram and the problem was still there. The only way I stopped this annoying problem was changing graphics cards.
 
fman said:
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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Are you using two floppy's?

Try with just one with all the files on so you do not need to swap.

You could also make a text file called autoexec.bat with the command you are trying to run as its only content. Use notepad to make the file, save it to the boot floppy. It will run automatically when it has booted to the A:/ prompt.
 
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