Search  
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 ..:: Forums ::.. Register  Login

Members see this site ad free!

Welcome To Our Forums 

Registration is required to post, but everyone is free to browse and read our forums.  This is simply to prevent the spamming of our forums, and Registration is always free, and we will not share any personal details with anyone.  You will need a valid email address to register as we need a way to confirm your registration.

You may login or register using the form to your right.

Thanks for stopping by and please enjoy your stay here on the Team Starfire website.
 TSWB Forums Minimize
SearchForum Home
     
  Aggregated  Tweaking and Crunching  Hardware  Need some help ...
 Need some help troubleshooting
 
 11/26/2008 10:04:36 AM
User is offlineJack Shaftoe
288 posts
3rd




Need some help troubleshooting
 (United States)

Just got home with a new graphics card, put it in and everything was smooth sailing for about 2 hours.  Then my machine blue-screened and now it won't start.  Won't even post and let me get into BIOS, no beep codes to help me troubleshoot.  It spins up all the fans in the case - including the HSF - then it just dies. 

Any idea what could be causing this?  Only thing I can think of is reseating the CPU - but why would I need to do that when I never touched the thing today? 

Thanks for any advice.

"I think we're on the verge of a major climate shift. The government has to start making long term preparations now."
"Jack, all you have is a theory."
"Well then give me the mainframe and let me prove it!!!"
 11/26/2008 10:27:25 AM
User is offlineazor
62 posts
5th


Re: Need some help troubleshooting
 (United States)
test your power supply...it might of let the smoke out...if the videocard was a big beefy one...and you have a low wattage PSU
 11/26/2008 11:43:40 AM
User is offlineJack Shaftoe
288 posts
3rd




Re: Need some help troubleshooting
 (United States) Modified By Jack Shaftoe on 11/26/2008 3:02:08 PM)

620W?  GTX 260, replacing a GT8600. 

Reseated the video card.  No luck.  I guess I'll try to reseat the CPU/HSF.  I don't think it's the PS - if it were dead, it wouldn't still be spinning up all the fans, right?  Hmm...  weird that it ran for an hour or so and then died.  I guess it all points to a dead PS.  Hmm...

Thanks for the reply azor.  Old Jack is still on the case.

"I think we're on the verge of a major climate shift. The government has to start making long term preparations now."
"Jack, all you have is a theory."
"Well then give me the mainframe and let me prove it!!!"
 11/26/2008 12:13:31 PM
User is offlineJack Shaftoe
288 posts
3rd




Re: Need some help troubleshooting
 (United States)

She's back up and running.  Unplugged the power, cleared CMOS, seems to have resolved whatever it didn't like.  Weird... 

"I think we're on the verge of a major climate shift. The government has to start making long term preparations now."
"Jack, all you have is a theory."
"Well then give me the mainframe and let me prove it!!!"
 11/27/2008 6:45:21 PM
User is offlineKinguni
2157 posts
1st




Re: Need some help troubleshooting
 (Canada)
Glad you got it working again! Nothing worse than a downed cruncher.
 Page 1 of 1
PreviousNo Rating
  Aggregated  Tweaking and Crunching  Hardware  Need some help ...
Forum Home  Search       

 Account Login Minimize


   

  

 TSWB Chat Minimize

The Starfire Channel

Join us 24/7 in our Team Starfire chat room. Everyone's welcome.

For Mirc and other IRC clients
Click Here

Or try our new Java client!  It's pretty cool.
Click Here
    

 UsersOnline Minimize
Membership Membership:
Latest New User Latest: sp2ong
New Today New Today: 0
New Yesterday New Yesterday: 0
User Count Overall: 277
People Online People Online:
Visitors Visitors: 28
Members Members: 3
Total Total: 31
Online Now Online Now:
01: Xaak
02: trader1_1
03: Saedaen Iventhorizon
  

© 2006 Team Starfire - Hosting by Xaak Consulting, LLC   Terms Of Use  Privacy Statement
DotNetNuke® is copyright 2002-2009 by Perpetual Motion Interactive Systems Inc.