ShroomGames
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Post by ShroomGames on Apr 3, 2015 11:26:47 GMT
Hi guys,
I know I always ask for help here for tech issues but I've googled stuff and nothing has helped me. So here I am again.
My GPU is OC'd to 60MHz on both RAM and Core clocks which is meant to be fine. I had it at 70MHz but GTA 4 ended up creating a seizure-inducing lighting glitch that even effected my graphics outside of the game, for example on the Windows 8 start screen, but a simple restart stopped that. It's been working fine, but I was playing around with Bioshock (which is a pretty bad PC version I have to say so that could be the issue) and I was adjusting the sensitivity on fullscreen mode when suddenly the mouse wouldn't appear. I could still use my seconary monitor fine but I couldn't close Bioshock or Alt+Tab out of it. I had to restart my computer. Then the same tyhing happned again today on Beam.ng Drive. Both of those games are not very well made at the moment (Bioshock seems to be a simple rushed console port whilst Beam.ng drive is still in Alpha so that could be it) but I still don't ant to take any chances. My temps are fine, Device Mamager says it's working properly etc. etc. etc. but I always get paranoid so help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Thomas
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Post by Hale on Apr 3, 2015 14:19:04 GMT
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Post by CHILLI on Apr 3, 2015 14:45:29 GMT
Do the issues go away if you reset it to its default values?
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Post by Renegade1911 on Apr 3, 2015 15:02:15 GMT
Do the issues go away if you reset it to its default values? Man, you're like the Asians who come to fix your phone if you put it in a bowl of rice overnight.   That reminds me. My new motherboard died after just two months (ASRock Z77 Pro3). It was a replacement for a previous one, made by Gygabite (can't remember the exact model), which served me for about 3 years. The PC went completely dead, no signs of life at all after both failures. Were both MBs just faulty on their own, or could there be an external problem causing the defects? I hope you don't mind me bothering.  |
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Post by CHILLI on Apr 3, 2015 15:15:29 GMT
Man, you're like the Asians who come to fix your phone if you put it in a bowl of rice overnight. That reminds me. My new motherboard died after just two months (ASRock Z77 Pro3). It was a replacement for a previous one, made by Gygabite (can't remember the exact model), which served me for about 3 years. The PC went completely dead, no signs of life at all after both failures. Were both MBs just faulty on their own, or could there be an external problem causing the defects? I hope you don't mind me bothering. Hah The thing with computers is that failures can be caused by a lot of little things. Hm... As in "dead" do you mean that it would refuse to boot up at all or would it crash/BSoD during startup? If it BSoDs (blue screen crash) try to catch the numbers near the bottom. It usually looks something like "0x000000###" with the numbers at the end relating to what caused the error. If so, try a google search with that code as one of the search terms. For example what happened to me recently because of, what I'd assume, bad drivers I searched "0x0000124 windows bluescreen". Turns out that 124 relates to a lot of software incompatabilities, like corrupt files or bad drivers. EDIT: Oh and if the computer beeps like a bomb soon going off, try to memorize the pattern and compare it to this POST beep codes. The first group, AMI BIOS, have helped me solve most of my problems relating to beep codes. |
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Post by Renegade1911 on Apr 3, 2015 15:20:27 GMT
Man, you're like the Asians who come to fix your phone if you put it in a bowl of rice overnight. That reminds me. My new motherboard died after just two months (ASRock Z77 Pro3). It was a replacement for a previous one, made by Gygabite (can't remember the exact model), which served me for about 3 years. The PC went completely dead, no signs of life at all after both failures. Were both MBs just faulty on their own, or could there be an external problem causing the defects? I hope you don't mind me bothering. Hah The thing with computers is that failures can be caused by a lot of little things. Hm... As in "dead" do you mean that it would refuse to boot up at all or would it crash/BSoD during startup? If it BSoDs (blue screen crash) try to catch the numbers near the bottom. It usually looks something like "0x000000###" with the numbers at the end relating to what caused the error. If so, try a google search with that code as one of the search terms. For example what happened to me recently because of, what I'd assume, bad drivers I searched "0x0000124 windows bluescreen". Turns out that 124 relates to a lot of software incompatabilities, like corrupt files or bad drivers. It doesn't start at all. Like if it wasn't even plugged in. No fans, no lights, no sounds. Nothing. Just the empty click of the power button. |
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Post by CHILLI on Apr 3, 2015 15:25:41 GMT
It doesn't start at all. Like if it wasn't even plugged in. No fans, no lights, no sounds. Nothing. Just the empty click of the power button. Ah. No lights and no response when you press the power button? Might be your power supply (PSU) failing then. Just to make sure nothing is overlooked, are you sure that the tiny pins on the motherboard are correctly plugged in? Those with the PWR, HDD LED etc. printed on them. |
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ShroomGames
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Post by ShroomGames on Apr 3, 2015 16:47:59 GMT
Do the issues go away if you reset it to its default values? I haven't tried. The problems seem to be completely random and rare. I'll see if I can get the problem to happen again and if so, I'll reset it and see what happens. UPDATE: Tried to do it again with Bioshock, nothing bad has happened. Perhaps it's the game. It is terribly made for the PC after all. I had issues trying to put it into windowed mode and fullscreen with the stupid mouse. |
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Post by Renegade1911 on Apr 3, 2015 20:07:44 GMT
It doesn't start at all. Like if it wasn't even plugged in. No fans, no lights, no sounds. Nothing. Just the empty click of the power button. Ah. No lights and no response when you press the power button? Might be your power supply (PSU) failing then. Just to make sure nothing is overlooked, are you sure that the tiny pins on the motherboard are correctly plugged in? Those with the PWR, HDD LED etc. printed on them. Indeed. The PC was working in this exact setup for two months no problem. The temps were alright, no glitches, no crashes, just smooth sailing. Then one morning the PC just doesn't turn on at all. |
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Post by CHILLI on Apr 4, 2015 13:06:10 GMT
Indeed. The PC was working in this exact setup for two months no problem. The temps were alright, no glitches, no crashes, just smooth sailing. Then one morning the PC just doesn't turn on at all. If you happen to have some old computer laying around you could take its PSU to test. if the wattage is low (like 400W and below) and it doesnt start with everything plugged in, unplug the graphics card and it should start up. A faster way to test it would be to just plug in the power for the motherboard (the big @$$ connector and usually a small one in a corner somewhere) and see if the mobo light even comes on. |
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Post by nudeltime on May 9, 2015 17:42:32 GMT
Can confirm CHILLI knows what he's talking about |
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