Problem

DeadlySurfer · 13 Nov 2010 at 22:34

On my system I'm running Windows 7 64 bit.

Ok, this is what happened:

I was playing NFS Shift (Which I have been doing for a while now with no problems), and my screen went into "Power Saving Mode". I turned the monitor off and back on, and it again went into power saving mode.
I pressed the restart button on my Pc, and nothing happened. I held the power button, again nothing happened. I had to switch it off at the power supply. I tried two times again to make sure it wasn't a one off, and I had the same results. The most I could do was eject the disc.

Any input would be appriciated. I thought it was a graphics issue due to no input, but because my base unit wouldn't turn off I'm thinking otherwise.

DeadlySurfer · 14 Nov 2010 at 11:37

EsaT said:
Well, are you going to tell component list voluntarily or do we have to come to rip that PC apart?

Sorry, I copied this from the OC technical support area, but took out the RMA numbers and forgot to list.

Here it is:

Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10 GHz Black Edition
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR2 1066MHz Ram
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Power Supply
Seagate Barracuda 7200. 12 500GB SATA-II
Pioneer DVR-216DBK
LG M227WD 21.5"

And I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium.

I changed the monitor yesterday to see if it was that was the problem and it was the same.

Something that might be help is that a week ago maybe I booted up and it asked me which OS I wanted to boot, with only Windows & as an option.

DeadlySurfer · 14 Nov 2010 at 15:46

Well all my fans are running and everything like that, so I can't see why it'd be the PSU. I'm getting no output from the screen, the rest seems to be working.

And how would I test the ram, if I have no screen output?

DeadlySurfer · 14 Nov 2010 at 15:58

Blue160 said:
Ah good point.........

Should read the OP more carefully.

No problem man

DeadlySurfer · 14 Nov 2010 at 16:04

Blue160 said:
The conclusion of that article reckons it's a good power supply.

Also if you check the OC product page, it's got pretty much all 5* reviews, and like 4 recomendations from sites and places.

DeadlySurfer · 15 Nov 2010 at 17:42

Essexraptor said:
Strange I built a Phenom II X4 955BE @ 3.8 with a 5770 for a guy a few months back and he has no problems with power issues. Same with my Q6700 in my Sig

I did note that the Power Options in control panel needs to be checked every so often. Some of the settings seem to get reset with updates. May be an option to check especially the one that says " Change what the power button does" ???

Sorry, I can't change the options. I'm getting now screen output, so I can't change anything.

I think it's a graphics card issue, I've contacted OC to see what they say, but it seems more than likely to me.