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ixigia
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 Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 13:11 Post subject: PC doesn't want to start |
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Here we go, it's happening again  , though this time is quite different.
Everything was working perfectly fine until yesterday night; now the PC doesn't boot up anymore, giving me a blank screen and a sequence of four beeps (one long beep followed by three short ones). :/
All the fans seem to be functional though (unlike the last time that I had similar problems), the HDD is operative and removing the memory banks doesn't make any difference.
After having googled a bit I've found out that it might really be a video card related issue, maybe it's fried? :S (unfortunately I don't have any other card here to test, so mine is just a wild guess)
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 13:13 Post subject: |
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reseat the card, take out any harddrives , fans , single memory stick and what not to help torubleshoot.
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 13:15 Post subject: |
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These beep codes indicate something's wrong with the card.
| Quote: | | One Long and Three Short Beeps. Video (EGA) Display Circuitry. |
Don't you have a close-by friend/neighbour with a spare old PCI-E card?
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ixigia
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 13:24 Post subject: |
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| Paintface wrote: | | reseat the card, take out any harddrives , fans , single memory stick and what not to help torubleshoot. |
Yeah I've done that, still nothing though. :/
| human_steel wrote: | These beep codes indicate something's wrong with the card.
| Quote: | | One Long and Three Short Beeps. Video (EGA) Display Circuitry. |
Don't you have a close-by friend/neighbour with a spare old PCI-E card? |
Exactly, that's what I thought too. Sadly my closest friends aren't gamers, and many of them don't even own a home PC
I guess the only thing to do is go to my local store and try another random PCI-e card, it seems to be the easiest way to locate and isolate the problem. |
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Werelds
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 13:39 Post subject: |
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That is definitely a videocard problem. Take your 4870 to your retailer and ask them if you can take home a 20 EUR card just to test while leaving your 4870 there or something. My retailer didn't even ask for that when my 8800 broke, I just said I had nothing to confirm that it was the videocard and they gave me some piece of shit just to test 
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 13:51 Post subject: |
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Have you tried removing the BIOS battery?
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ixigia
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 14:38 Post subject: |
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Tried everything, the beeps are still there.  It's like the PC can't properly recognize the video card anymore, it's kinda weird since the card itself doesn't seem to be completely dead...oh well, I'll go to my retailer later hoping that he can give me a test card 
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JBeckman
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 15:56 Post subject: |
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Guess this kinda solved what those Rage artifacts were then.
(Potential GPU damage.)
Unfortunate, maybe Rage is what killed the GPU even, heh.
(4000 series has poor VRM modules that seems to break easily, my 4870X2 died that way.)
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ixigia
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 16:24 Post subject: |
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Hehe, the funny thing is that yesterday evening I finally managed to make the game run flawlessy without artifacts, played for a couple of hours, shut down the PC and today the 4870 appears to be dead...I think you're right, Rage killed it 
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 16:36 Post subject: |
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Ixigia, the CPU fan is NOT a juicepresser... -.-
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Werelds
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 16:36 Post subject: |
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No, the videocard just RAGE'd at all the hoops you had to jump through 
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Przepraszam
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 16:36 Post subject: |
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Maybe it's time to invest in one of the newer ATI cards? like those 6xxx series?
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ixigia
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 16:44 Post subject: |
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| Werelds wrote: | | No, the videocard just RAGE'd at all the hoops you had to jump through |
Indeed, I can't blame the poor card
@Pref: Too late! the damage is already done :S
@Besthijacker: That wouldn't be such a bad option after all  |
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tonizito
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 16:51 Post subject: |
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| ixigia wrote: | | Hehe, the funny thing is that yesterday evening I finally managed to make the game run flawlessy without artifacts, played for a couple of hours, shut down the PC and today the 4870 appears to be dead...I think you're right, Rage killed it |
Lawl, shit game is shit.
Poor ixi... if I could I'd borrow you my 8800GTS.
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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sausje
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 16:54 Post subject: |
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Hmm i smell conspiracy from AMD to get you to buy a new card...
First they make it not work with rage, then they make it work to let you feel how the game is, then they pushed button to make your videocard go dead...
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ixigia
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 17:03 Post subject: |
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| tonizito wrote: | | ixigia wrote: | | Hehe, the funny thing is that yesterday evening I finally managed to make the game run flawlessy without artifacts, played for a couple of hours, shut down the PC and today the 4870 appears to be dead...I think you're right, Rage killed it |
Lawl, shit game is shit.
Poor ixi... if I could I'd borrow you my 8800GTS. |
I'm packing...I'll be your sexual slave for a week, deal? 
@sausje: FFFUU
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Slizza
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 17:08 Post subject: |
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Oooo i just gave away my spare 6200LE test card.
Perhaps somebody on the forum has a card laying around they can give/lend for postage costs?
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tonizito
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 17:34 Post subject: |
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| ixigia wrote: | | I'm packing...I'll be your sexual slave for a week, deal? |
Yes, please. 
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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ixigia
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| Posted: Mon, 10th Oct 2011 18:20 Post subject: |
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@Slizza: nah no problem Tomorrow I'll know if the card is broken (the store was closed today). If so, I'll buy a decent replacement soon
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ixigia
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| Posted: Tue, 11th Oct 2011 19:25 Post subject: |
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They're closed today too  :lolitaly:
I called them, they guaranteed that tomorrow I can test the card, let's hope it's true
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sausje
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| Posted: Tue, 11th Oct 2011 22:41 Post subject: |
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| human_steel wrote: | | Slizza wrote: | Plays Rage pretty well too  |
Lots of far inferior cards play Rage just fine as well. |
Like my HD3870
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| Posted: Tue, 11th Oct 2011 22:50 Post subject: |
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Werelds
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| Posted: Tue, 11th Oct 2011 22:58 Post subject: |
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If only your card had waited a few weeks longer ixi, could've had my 6950
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| Posted: Tue, 11th Oct 2011 23:00 Post subject: |
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What card did you buy, Werelds?
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Werelds
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| Posted: Tue, 11th Oct 2011 23:02 Post subject: |
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Nothing yet, fighting the urge at the moment until I've actually like, figured out how I'll build my Eyefinity setup (still waiting for bloody Eizo to send my new toy :@).
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| Posted: Tue, 11th Oct 2011 23:06 Post subject: |
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You need Eizo to send you a few new toys since you're aiming at Eyfinity?
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sausje
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| Posted: Tue, 11th Oct 2011 23:09 Post subject: |
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| Werelds wrote: | | If only your card had waited a few weeks longer ixi, could've had my 6950 |
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| Posted: Tue, 11th Oct 2011 23:10 Post subject: |
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Single HD 6970 and you are set for your eyefinity? Ok, make it CF if you want to play with decent fps newest games.
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