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[daze23]

Warframe's kinda fun. I still haven't quite figured it out. I just follow everyone around and shoot baddies. it also has some cool nvidia physx particle effects

definitely check it out (it's free)

 

[KiD WavE]

Im having some PC trouble just gonna post this here in case anyone knows their shyt

So I bought this PC 2 years ago from ecollege PC and it really works great when its on but if it gets turned off somehow it takes a lot of tries to get anything on the monitor when I turn it back on. Sometimes I have to reseat the RAM a few times and then it works. So usually I just dont turn it off and it works great. Ive known I should get it looked at but I desperately need it for work and school so I didnt think I could afford to have it away for a couple weeks to get repaired. This time I have tried a bunch of times reseating the RAM and it still wont turn on. What do you think might be wrong ?


in the past once I would get it to turn on it would work absolutely perfectly for months until I got turned off again so I didnt think the problem was too big Im gonna try to get it on in the meantime and also try some new RAM


AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2Ghz 6MB Cache FSB 4000MHz HT
Arctic Cooling Alpine ACALP64PWM Ultra Quiet Fan/Heatsink
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 (Radeon HD4290,2xPCI-Ex,6xSATA2,4xDDR3)
8GB (4GBx2) PC3 10666 DDR3 1333Mhz
1TB 7200RPM 32MB Cache Serial ATA300
22X LG SATA Dual Layer DVD+/-RW/CDRW w/Nero
1280MB GeForce GTX 570 GDDR5 PCI-E Dual-DVI Asus
Antec Black Nine Hundred (6 5.25, 6 3.5) 4 Fans, Audio/USB/1394
700watt OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP
Onboard LAN included
HT OMEGA STRIKER 7.1 Channels PCI Interface
Wires and Cables ran behind case and tied up for maximum airflow

 

[radio rahiem]

malfuntioning motherboard it sounds like....maybe i'm taking a wild guess here

 

[KiD WavE]

malfuntioning motherboard it sounds like....maybe i'm taking a wild guess here

yup thats what Im afraid of

 

[daze23]

yup thats what Im afraid of

could be. when I was having mysterious issues like that, I brought my shyt to a local shop, threw them $20 to find the issue (it was the psu), and then I fixed it myself

 

[KiD WavE]

ok brehs good news and bad news ... I took out the gtx 570 and the onboard works when I take the 570 out guess I need a new card Im just glad its not the motherboard I was told the 660 is pretty similar.


but is the rest of my PC good enough to warrant a 660 ti or a 670 for future proofing ? or would it not be worth it and just upgrade the whole system in the future

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2Ghz 6MB Cache FSB 4000MHz HT
Arctic Cooling Alpine ACALP64PWM Ultra Quiet Fan/Heatsink
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 (Radeon HD4290,2xPCI-Ex,6xSATA2,4xDDR3)
8GB (4GBx2) PC3 10666 DDR3 1333Mhz Memory Lifetime Warranty
1TB 7200RPM 32MB Cache Serial ATA300 (Major Brand)

Antec Black Nine Hundred (6 5.25, 6 3.5) 4 Fans, Audio/USB/1394
700watt OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

ok brehs good news and bad news ... I took out the gtx 570 and the onboard works when I take the 570 out guess I need a new card Im just glad its not the motherboard I was told the 660 is pretty similar.


but is the rest of my PC good enough to warrant a 660 ti or a 670 for future proofing ? or would it not be worth it and just upgrade the whole system in the future

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2Ghz 6MB Cache FSB 4000MHz HT
Arctic Cooling Alpine ACALP64PWM Ultra Quiet Fan/Heatsink
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 (Radeon HD4290,2xPCI-Ex,6xSATA2,4xDDR3)
8GB (4GBx2) PC3 10666 DDR3 1333Mhz Memory Lifetime Warranty
1TB 7200RPM 32MB Cache Serial ATA300 (Major Brand)

Antec Black Nine Hundred (6 5.25, 6 3.5) 4 Fans, Audio/USB/1394
700watt OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP

yours system looks solid, go for it.

 

[KiD WavE]

Guess I spoke too soon



I originally took the card out ...



tried the onboard twice ... worked both times



put the card back in ...wouldnt work



took it out now the onboard wont work now ... Im stumped ... guess it could have coincidence that it worked twice in a row after not working multiple times with the card in but that doesnt seem too likely ....very odd



Im stumped

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Guess I spoke too soon



I originally took the card out ...



tried the onboard twice ... worked both times



put the card back in ...wouldnt work



took it out now the onboard wont work now ... Im stumped ... guess it could have coincidence that it worked twice in a row after not working multiple times with the card in but that doesnt seem too likely ....very odd



Im stumped

maybe it's the monitor?

try hooking another monitor or tv up to the pc.

 

[Liquid]

Warframe's kinda fun. I still haven't quite figured it out. I just follow everyone around and shoot baddies. it also has some cool nvidia physx particle effects

definitely check it out (it's free)

that looks pretty good

 

[daze23]

Guess I spoke too soon

I originally took the card out ...

tried the onboard twice ... worked both times

put the card back in ...wouldnt work

took it out now the onboard wont work now ... Im stumped ... guess it could have coincidence that it worked twice in a row after not working multiple times with the card in but that doesnt seem too likely ....very odd

Im stumped

could be the psu

 

[daze23]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehLDPnOly9I[/ame]

 

[KiD WavE]

Yea I think it could be the PSU too Ill probably take it somewhere tommorow to get looked at


also Ive heard good things about warframe from multiple people I havent tried it yet though .... looks really good

 

[ItWasWritten]

any of you got any good deals on a video card,

Im in the 200-250 price range,

I was looking at the 7870 xt, supposedly a good card but cant find it, any suggestions??

 

[winb83]

http://slickdeals.net/?sdtrk=iphone...ital-Distribution-Scribblenauts/dp/B00A4MWX04

Scribblenauts Unlimited for $9. If I didn't already own the Wii U version I'd buy it.