SOS Tech Heads

Fall.au · 6th July 2009, 01:26 PM

booted up PC and am met with this... and after a few seconds the computer gets blue screen and crashes ,, the only way i can load up is in safe mode
dont have a clue whats going on. aNyone got idea what i can do

Pill Monster · 6th July 2009, 01:27 PM

Looks like you have fried vram. Have you overclocked your graphics card at all?
What is the BSOD error ?

Fall.au · 6th July 2009, 01:31 PM

will get a pic of the bsod , and try decode it , as it is to hard to read
and i am download ATI Drivers now

Pill Monster · 6th July 2009, 01:33 PM

Do you see those thick vertical lines during post, or only when you get into Windows?

Fall.au · 6th July 2009, 01:34 PM

lines come up as soon as power up
just small thin ones on the Intel Load page but then they get big after that

Pill Monster · 6th July 2009, 01:35 PM

Have you overclocked your video card at all?

Fall.au · 6th July 2009, 01:36 PM

no its stock standard

Pill Monster · 6th July 2009, 01:39 PM

Strange, it's normally caused by overclocking. But I'm 99% sure that you you have bad vram, especially if it happens during post. Unfortunately there isn't much you can do about it.

can you list your specs?

McDethWivFries · 6th July 2009, 01:41 PM

i get something similar in my VMConsole when i reboot my WinServer08 box, doesn't BSOD tho...

[edit] - i should mention, that it appears only when the usualy "Windows is starting" screen appears, part from that works fine.

Pill Monster · 6th July 2009, 01:45 PM

Yeah it can happen without getting BSOD, it's not uncommon though.

Sometimes it's caused by heat, but you can normally tell if it's heat related because the artifacts only appear once your pc has been on for some time, or only during gaming.

Fall.au · 6th July 2009, 01:51 PM

its a long shot just wondering can this affect be caused because of idiot delivery people dropping expensive packages?( computers )

Pill Monster · 6th July 2009, 01:54 PM

Yea absolutely.

Is the card new?

McDethWivFries · 6th July 2009, 01:55 PM

possible, normally if that is the case it will happen from day dot as it could be something not seated properly.

Fall.au · 6th July 2009, 01:58 PM

well seeing as it just arived after being sent of on friday i would might wager that

Pill Monster · 6th July 2009, 01:59 PM

If it's new I would RMA it. Try reseating it first though.

Fall.au · 6th July 2009, 02:27 PM

so do we think the main problem is the video card ?

Shady · 6th July 2009, 02:29 PM

My uneducated guess says that its the video card...
I can't really think of anything else that could cause that sort of problem.

Shotgun · 6th July 2009, 02:31 PM

just realised you have the same monitor as me

Make sure the G card is seated properly, if it still doesn't work send it back and get it covered under warranty

Cpt.Carter_400 · 6th July 2009, 02:34 PM

Yeah, Im going with Video card as well.
If you have a spare one, try swapping them out, this would give you a pretty good idea if it was that Video card or something else

BlackMagikz · 6th July 2009, 02:43 PM

My last two cards have died on me for some mysterious reason , now i am forced to cope with my downgrade ( My 9000gt ). Take into consideration that i have not overclocked them and the rest of my machine is fine.

My problem in a nutshell

6th July 2009, 01:26 PM	#1
Fall.au Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Freo Posts: 2,064	SOS Tech Heads booted up PC and am met with this... and after a few seconds the computer gets blue screen and crashes ,, the only way i can load up is in safe mode dont have a clue whats going on. aNyone got idea what i can do __________________ Close Air Support excellence Greatest Gunner in History of PR RETIRED

6th July 2009, 01:27 PM	#2
Pill Monster Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NZ Posts: 610	Re: SOS Tech Heads Looks like you have fried vram. Have you overclocked your graphics card at all? What is the BSOD error ? __________________

6th July 2009, 01:31 PM	#3
Fall.au Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Freo Posts: 2,064	Re: SOS Tech Heads will get a pic of the bsod , and try decode it , as it is to hard to read and i am download ATI Drivers now __________________ Close Air Support excellence Greatest Gunner in History of PR RETIRED

6th July 2009, 01:33 PM	#4
Pill Monster Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NZ Posts: 610	Re: SOS Tech Heads Do you see those thick vertical lines during post, or only when you get into Windows? __________________

6th July 2009, 01:34 PM	#5
Fall.au Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Freo Posts: 2,064	Re: SOS Tech Heads lines come up as soon as power up just small thin ones on the Intel Load page but then they get big after that __________________ Close Air Support excellence Greatest Gunner in History of PR RETIRED

6th July 2009, 01:35 PM	#6
Pill Monster Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NZ Posts: 610	Re: SOS Tech Heads Have you overclocked your video card at all? __________________

6th July 2009, 01:36 PM	#7
Fall.au Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Freo Posts: 2,064	Re: SOS Tech Heads no its stock standard __________________ Close Air Support excellence Greatest Gunner in History of PR RETIRED

6th July 2009, 01:39 PM	#8
Pill Monster Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NZ Posts: 610	Re: SOS Tech Heads Strange, it's normally caused by overclocking. But I'm 99% sure that you you have bad vram, especially if it happens during post. Unfortunately there isn't much you can do about it. can you list your specs? __________________

6th July 2009, 01:45 PM	#10
Pill Monster Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NZ Posts: 610	Re: SOS Tech Heads Yeah it can happen without getting BSOD, it's not uncommon though. Sometimes it's caused by heat, but you can normally tell if it's heat related because the artifacts only appear once your pc has been on for some time, or only during gaming. __________________

6th July 2009, 01:51 PM	#11
Fall.au Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Freo Posts: 2,064	Re: SOS Tech Heads its a long shot just wondering can this affect be caused because of idiot delivery people dropping expensive packages?( computers ) __________________ Close Air Support excellence Greatest Gunner in History of PR RETIRED

6th July 2009, 01:54 PM	#12
Pill Monster Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NZ Posts: 610	Re: SOS Tech Heads Yea absolutely. Is the card new? __________________

6th July 2009, 01:58 PM	#14
Fall.au Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Freo Posts: 2,064	Re: SOS Tech Heads well seeing as it just arived after being sent of on friday i would might wager that __________________ Close Air Support excellence Greatest Gunner in History of PR RETIRED

6th July 2009, 01:59 PM	#15
Pill Monster Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NZ Posts: 610	Re: SOS Tech Heads If it's new I would RMA it. Try reseating it first though. __________________

6th July 2009, 02:27 PM	#16
Fall.au Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Freo Posts: 2,064	Re: SOS Tech Heads so do we think the main problem is the video card ? __________________ Close Air Support excellence Greatest Gunner in History of PR RETIRED

6th July 2009, 02:29 PM	#17
Shady Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,378	Re: SOS Tech Heads My uneducated guess says that its the video card... I can't really think of anything else that could cause that sort of problem. __________________

6th July 2009, 02:34 PM	#19
Cpt.Carter_400 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Geelong Posts: 161	Re: SOS Tech Heads Yeah, Im going with Video card as well. If you have a spare one, try swapping them out, this would give you a pretty good idea if it was that Video card or something else __________________

6th July 2009, 02:43 PM	#20
BlackMagikz Wolf Company Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lucky parts of Victoria Posts: 647	Re: SOS Tech Heads My last two cards have died on me for some mysterious reason , now i am forced to cope with my downgrade ( My 9000gt ). Take into consideration that i have not overclocked them and the rest of my machine is fine. My problem in a nutshell __________________ [WC]Private "A tank is like a fat timid kid at a dance party , always too shay to get into the action and ask a girl to dance with him and always backs down after every approach" -Some Marine Capitan i forgot- Iwo Jima

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