What is wrong with my computer?

A2Z

A2Z

A2Z

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Turned it on and the BIOS screen looks like this:

http://www.imagebam.com/image/72c0a4254049882

First few times it just froze during startup, after which i fiddeled around in the case and the gfx card was a tiny bit loose.

Then it booted straight to a CHKDSK where it did all 3 parts..and then rebooted into Windows fine...but still the original BIOS screen above ^.

Now it won't even load Windows...it POST's fine but then just freezes and fans start spinning even faster till I press the off button.

It does load into Safe Mode fine, which is what I am in now making this post...

Any ideas? Replace Gfx card most likely solution?

Specs are e6300, 2gb OCZ DDR2, Asus mobo (cant memba make), 6800GT, Corsair 620W, Windows 7
 
Running on default drivers, my old Dell Laptop did this, soon as I loaded the GPU drivers the system failed to boot and had all sorts of issues, got the board replaced all was well.

Can you try the gpu in another system or test another in yours.
 
Could be a PSU problem as well, might not be able to provide enough load.

When you boot into windows drivers, perhaps those drivers cause the GPU to run in super low power mode?
 
hmm... had a problem like that when i had my 8800gtx. since it was quite old, i presumed the solder had cracked, so i stuck it in the oven at 200 degrees for 10 mins, and voila! It worked! If your card is quite old, this might be the problem, although only bake it if you don't particularly mind it making the whole kitchen smell, or something possibly going wrong and you having to replace the card.
 
+1 on the GPU being goosed. The problem is present on POST before any drivers are loaded, this is not good. I've had a 8800 GTX go this way after several years of hard gaming. Test the card in a diff system if possible and see if the problem follows the card, might be the PSU but I doubt it.

Putting a GFX card in the oven at 200c now that's interesting and pretty hardcore!
 
Rob Turbo said:
Have you tried resetting CMOS/removing the battery?
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Yes.

Unfortunately don't have a spare card or another system I can test it in - I think the best bet is to get a cheap as chips pci-e card from MM and see if it works...last resort will be the oven thing lol
 
If the GPU balls are cracked yes you can heat up the card it is called reflow
But cooling the card is the essential thing it has to be done slow
But 200 degrees is too much
180-190 is the desired temperature

I sold a card with a fault like that a long time ago for buttons
 
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