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7th Jul 2009, 13:44
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Hello, thanks for helping-
XP Home won't load. Turning the PC on, I immediately see graphic faults all over the BIOS (a mess of pixels, the text barely legible) this continues as Windows tries to load... After 16 passes of the loading progress bar, my left monitor turns into a messy vomit of pixels, the right hand screen loses signal. Then the left screen loses signal. PC does not respond to anything apart from ejecting CD tray. (In case it's useful- I have a Logitech G15 keyboard with a LCD which gets so far as loading the Logitech logo, and the laser mouse is powered. Caps lock won't toggle.) Any help would be amazing. I've just tried updating graphics drivers in safe mode, no use. Anything you need to know, ask away. Thanks, Luke |
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7th Jul 2009, 13:45
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Asus A8N-SLI
6800GT Audigy2 XP Home (SP3?) Tried CHKDSK and AVAST antivirus, no use. |
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7th Jul 2009, 13:53
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Got another graphics card to try? Sounds like the GPU is toast to me, even though it usually won't happen in the BIOS. Could also be RAM set to the wrong voltage or timings.
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7th Jul 2009, 14:00
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I hope it's not the graphics card!
Any reason that might've happened? It's about 3 years old I guess? I look after it, given it a vague dusting, kept the fan on full, no overclocking... I don't have another graphics card to try... How can I change the RAM voltage/timings? I've tried resetting BIOS to default, no use. |
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7th Jul 2009, 14:23
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In the BIOS should be timings and voltage settings. Set them to what the RAM is rated for.
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7th Jul 2009, 17:34
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I stole my friend's GeForce 8500GT and everything works.
Annoying! But great advice, thanks. I can't see anything wrong with my card.. do you think I'll need to replace it? |
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7th Jul 2009, 20:03
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Yes, if you aren't gaming you should be able to get a really cheap PCI-E or PCI card if you just want to drive a display. Else, I'd pick up a 4830 or 4850 which will beat the pants off the 6800 anyway.
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