My friend has computer problems.

skellattarr · Jan 25, 2013, 07:30 AM

he keeps getting black screen then recover then the screen turns white then black then he has to shut down and restart. then the computer won't start it has a memory error wich he switches the ram around into different slots and after messing around with it for a long time he finely gets it started. his old video card went bad on him and two of his mem sticks went bad on him so i think it mite be his power supply. this is what he has
cooler master 750w power supply
amd 6 core 1090 cpu
msi 890fxa gd70 motherboard
16gb corsair 1333 ram using 8gb
evga gtx 660 video card
does any body got any input on this?

sttubs · Jan 25, 2013, 02:49 PM

Have you tested the "bad" video card & memory in a different system? Maybe it's the motherboard failing.

drdeathx · Jan 25, 2013, 03:26 PM

To be honest, your not being specific and all over the board with the problem. Post his entire specs also pls.

Why is he switching memory around?

skellattarr · Jan 25, 2013, 08:32 PM

its the old video driver stops responding then recovers problem it happens so bad that his system doesn't com back and all he can do is force a restart then it won't restart because he has a memory error one long beep and two short beeps so he has to fiddle with the ram to get it to start. he ran memtest on all the ram and two was bad the aether two was ok but maybe going bad now. his first video card was doing the same thing which was a gtx 460 then it went out so he got the gtx 660 that worked good for about three months now its going out.

skellattarr · Jan 27, 2013, 09:34 AM

well i had him switch the video card to a different slot on the board and so far its been working with out any problems. do you think there is something wrong with the motherboard?

Pehla · Jan 27, 2013, 11:09 AM

try one memory module by one!! i had similar problem on my previus pc.. even one by one memory worked like sharm.. when i put two of them together i had wierd things going on on my screen..when i replace memory everithing worked fine...could be that..
then again find magnifaing glas and search for hardware errors on that gpu card..some of those small electrolite's could be broken..

Widjaja · Jan 27, 2013, 11:19 AM

Strange the machne now runs fine while in a different PCI-E slot.

Some sort of motherboard failure by the sound of things.

Pehla · Jan 27, 2013, 02:13 PM

yes it does.. but im thinking it is working in x8 bandwith...
uper slot is x16.. lower x8...like i say'd i had same issue..

skellattarr · Jan 28, 2013, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pehla

yes it does.. but im thinking it is working in x8 bandwith...
uper slot is x16.. lower x8...like i say'd i had same issue..

how do you check to see if its working 16x or 8x?

Pehla · Jan 28, 2013, 07:24 AM

use gpu-z and give ur gpu some load and u will see...

skellattarr · Jan 30, 2013, 12:08 PM

its working at 16x thanks for the help

Geofrancis · Jan 30, 2013, 12:48 PM

1st and 3rd pcie run at 16x 2nd and 5th run at 8x (it splits the 1st and 3rd slot to get the 8x) and the 4th one runs at 4x as it runs from the southbridge

lordjohn · Jan 30, 2013, 01:57 PM

run mem86+, pass 3 tests, each time only one ram
if pass, run OCCT, for 5 hours, if that pass too.
then cpu, ram and main board has no major problems.

[502] · Jan 30, 2013, 06:17 PM

It could be that specific pci-e slot which has issues. Test another gpu on that particular pci-e slot and if the problems appears, change/rma the mobo.

skellattarr · Jan 31, 2013, 12:41 AM

he plans to rma the board if he can handle being away from his games wile the board is being shipped. rite now he cant stop playing his games lol

Widjaja · Jan 31, 2013, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skellattarr

he plans to rma the board if he can handle being away from his games wile the board is being shipped. rite now he cant stop playing his games lol

As long as he RMAs the board before the warranty runs out and the board is still available, otherwise it should be upgraded at no extra cost.

Jan 25, 2013, 07:30 AM	#1
skellattarr Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: midway city ca Posts: 500 (0.28/day) Thanks: 32 Thanked 68 Times in 53 Posts System Specs	My friend has computer problems. he keeps getting black screen then recover then the screen turns white then black then he has to shut down and restart. then the computer won't start it has a memory error wich he switches the ram around into different slots and after messing around with it for a long time he finely gets it started. his old video card went bad on him and two of his mem sticks went bad on him so i think it mite be his power supply. this is what he has cooler master 750w power supply amd 6 core 1090 cpu msi 890fxa gd70 motherboard 16gb corsair 1333 ram using 8gb evga gtx 660 video card does any body got any input on this?

System Name:	gaming system
Processor:	amd fx 8350 4.63ghz 21,220
Motherboard:	Crosshair v Formula
Cooling:	Corsair hydro H80
Memory:	Mushkin 4x4gb 17000 2133 996996 16gb
Video Card:	x2 evga 285 gtx sli
Hard Disk:	seagate 1 tb,seagate 1.5 tb,hitachi deskstar 1tb total of 3.5 tb's and a new 120gb ssd
Optical Drive:	1 lg sata dvd burner
CRT/LCD Model:	samsung 22 inch widescreen and a I-INC 28 inch 1920x1200
Case:	rosewill blackhawk ultra super gaming case
Sound Card:	creative x-fi platinum fatality champion
PSU:	ultra X3 1000 watt
Software:	windows 7 ultimate 64 bit, i got rid of vista

Processor:	AMD 1090T
Motherboard:	Asus Crosshair IV Formula 890FX
Cooling:	Corsair H70
Memory:	4x4GB DDR3 1600 GSkill Ripjaws CL7
Video Card:	EVGA GTX 660 Ti FTW+ 3GB
Hard Disk:	WD Black 1tb WD1002FAEX
Optical Drive:	Lite-On iHES108
CRT/LCD Model:	HP XP599AA
Case:	HAF 922
Sound Card:	onboard
PSU:	Silverstone Strider 1000w
Software:	Win 7 Premium 64bit

System Name:	Halloween Boo!
Processor:	Intel Core i7 3770K
Motherboard:	Gigabyte Z77-Up7
Cooling:	Custom Water/ Thermalchill TA 120.3/ Swiftech Apogeee XT/ MCP655/ Swiftech M icrores/ XSPC RX 240
Memory:	16G G.Skill trident 2400MHz
Video Card:	3 x Radeon 7970
Hard Disk:	OCZ Revo Drive 240G
Optical Drive:	Asus
CRT/LCD Model:	24 inch Viewsonic
Case:	Phobia WayCoolIt Test Bench
PSU:	Nexus 1100 watt

System Name:	gaming system
Processor:	amd fx 8350 4.63ghz 21,220
Motherboard:	Crosshair v Formula
Cooling:	Corsair hydro H80
Memory:	Mushkin 4x4gb 17000 2133 996996 16gb
Video Card:	x2 evga 285 gtx sli
Hard Disk:	seagate 1 tb,seagate 1.5 tb,hitachi deskstar 1tb total of 3.5 tb's and a new 120gb ssd
Optical Drive:	1 lg sata dvd burner
CRT/LCD Model:	samsung 22 inch widescreen and a I-INC 28 inch 1920x1200
Case:	rosewill blackhawk ultra super gaming case
Sound Card:	creative x-fi platinum fatality champion
PSU:	ultra X3 1000 watt
Software:	windows 7 ultimate 64 bit, i got rid of vista

Jan 25, 2013, 02:49 PM	#2
sttubs Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rock Falls, IL Posts: 480 (0.25/day) Thanks: 536 Thanked 85 Times in 76 Posts System Specs	Have you tested the "bad" video card & memory in a different system? Maybe it's the motherboard failing.

Jan 25, 2013, 03:26 PM	#3
drdeathx Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 1,515 (1.03/day) Thanks: 39 Thanked 335 Times in 275 Posts System Specs	To be honest, your not being specific and all over the board with the problem. Post his entire specs also pls. Why is he switching memory around?

Jan 25, 2013, 08:32 PM	#4
skellattarr Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: midway city ca Posts: 500 (0.28/day) Thanks: 32 Thanked 68 Times in 53 Posts System Specs	its the old video driver stops responding then recovers problem it happens so bad that his system doesn't com back and all he can do is force a restart then it won't restart because he has a memory error one long beep and two short beeps so he has to fiddle with the ram to get it to start. he ran memtest on all the ram and two was bad the aether two was ok but maybe going bad now. his first video card was doing the same thing which was a gtx 460 then it went out so he got the gtx 660 that worked good for about three months now its going out.

Jan 27, 2013, 09:34 AM	#5
skellattarr Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: midway city ca Posts: 500 (0.28/day) Thanks: 32 Thanked 68 Times in 53 Posts System Specs	well i had him switch the video card to a different slot on the board and so far its been working with out any problems. do you think there is something wrong with the motherboard?

Jan 27, 2013, 11:09 AM	#6
Pehla Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: brčko dc/bosnia and herzegovina Posts: 241 (0.57/day) Thanks: 90 Thanked 61 Times in 47 Posts System Specs	try one memory module by one!! i had similar problem on my previus pc.. even one by one memory worked like sharm.. when i put two of them together i had wierd things going on on my screen..when i replace memory everithing worked fine...could be that.. then again find magnifaing glas and search for hardware errors on that gpu card..some of those small electrolite's could be broken..

System Name:	windows 7 64bit
Processor:	intel core i7 2600k
Motherboard:	msi z68ma-ed55 b3
Cooling:	corsair h50
Memory:	2x2gb adata 1333mhz
Video Card:	hd 6950 2gb visiontek
Hard Disk:	wd 320gb
Optical Drive:	dvd-rw LG super multi
CRT/LCD Model:	ACER G225HQV
Case:	custom made
Sound Card:	creative (thx pro enabled)
PSU:	silverstone strider 500w evolution

Jan 27, 2013, 11:19 AM	#7
Widjaja Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Wangas, New Zealand Posts: 4,023 (1.85/day) Thanks: 241 Thanked 617 Times in 534 Posts System Specs	Strange the machne now runs fine while in a different PCI-E slot. Some sort of motherboard failure by the sound of things.

System Name:	Darth Obsidious
Processor:	Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard:	ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3
Cooling:	Cooler Master Hyper 212+ in Push Pull
Memory:	2X4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
Video Card:	ASUS HD7870 Direct CU II
Hard Disk:	128GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green
Optical Drive:	ASUS BC-12B1ST 12X Blu-ray Combo
CRT/LCD Model:	LG IPS234V-PN
Case:	Corsair Obsidian 650D
Sound Card:	Infrasonic Quartet
PSU:	Corsair HX650w
Software:	Windows 7 64bit and Windows XP Home
Benchmarks:	2cm mark on bench with a razor blade.

Jan 27, 2013, 02:13 PM	#8
Pehla Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: brčko dc/bosnia and herzegovina Posts: 241 (0.57/day) Thanks: 90 Thanked 61 Times in 47 Posts System Specs	yes it does.. but im thinking it is working in x8 bandwith... uper slot is x16.. lower x8...like i say'd i had same issue..

Jan 28, 2013, 07:24 AM	#10
Pehla Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: brčko dc/bosnia and herzegovina Posts: 241 (0.57/day) Thanks: 90 Thanked 61 Times in 47 Posts System Specs	use gpu-z and give ur gpu some load and u will see...

Jan 30, 2013, 12:08 PM	#11
skellattarr Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: midway city ca Posts: 500 (0.28/day) Thanks: 32 Thanked 68 Times in 53 Posts System Specs	its working at 16x thanks for the help

Jan 30, 2013, 12:48 PM	#12
Geofrancis Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SCOTLAND! Posts: 919 (0.60/day) Thanks: 91 Thanked 137 Times in 106 Posts System Specs	1st and 3rd pcie run at 16x 2nd and 5th run at 8x (it splits the 1st and 3rd slot to get the 8x) and the 4th one runs at 4x as it runs from the southbridge __________________ machine XI Phenom II 965 Black @3.8ghz, 8Gb XMS3 1600, Asus M4A88TD-M EVO/USB3, HD5970, 128gb sandisk SSD, mcubed t-balancer HP EliteBook 2530p SL9400 Core 2 Duo ULV @ 0.9v, 4Gb ddr2, 80Gb Intel X-18m G2, 64Gb express card SSD, Ubiquiti SR71-E 400mw wifi, 21mb HSPA+ ESXI Server Phenom II 1155T, MSI 890FXA-GD70, 12Gb ddr3, IBM M1015 sas, Dell sas 6i, 10 drive 8tb UNRAID array. Old Builds :watercooled matx rig\|Water Cooled ITX rig \|EeePC 701 7" netbook \| ITX Gaming raid build

System Name:	Machine XI
Processor:	Phenom II 965 Black 3.4@3.8 stock voltage
Motherboard:	Asus M4A88TD-M EVO/USB3
Cooling:	OCZ Gladiator
Memory:	8Gb ddr3 1600mhz XMS 3
Video Card:	HD5970 2Gb
Hard Disk:	128Gb Sandisk SATAIII 6G/s
Optical Drive:	2x DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	19" + 23" + 17"
Case:	micro atx case
Sound Card:	Reaktek
PSU:	750W
Software:	Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

Jan 30, 2013, 01:57 PM	#13
lordjohn Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 154 (0.42/day) Thanks: 73 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts System Specs	run mem86+, pass 3 tests, each time only one ram if pass, run OCCT, for 5 hours, if that pass too. then cpu, ram and main board has no major problems.

System Name:	i7 960 FX8120
Processor:	i7 960 FX8120
Motherboard:	ga x58a FX990gd65
Cooling:	APSALUS2-90 water cooled APSALUS2-90 water cooled
Memory:	Team 1600 8gbx6 patriot 1600 4gb x4
Video Card:	winfast gf 560 HIS ati6850CF
Hard Disk:	7200rmp 1gb 7200rmp 1gb
CRT/LCD Model:	21 24
Case:	cooler master gigabyte
PSU:	cooler master 500w enhance 600
Software:	win 7 64 win 7 64

Jan 30, 2013, 06:17 PM	#14
[502] Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: (v) Posts: 21 (0.18/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	It could be that specific pci-e slot which has issues. Test another gpu on that particular pci-e slot and if the problems appears, change/rma the mobo.

Jan 31, 2013, 12:41 AM	#15
skellattarr Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: midway city ca Posts: 500 (0.28/day) Thanks: 32 Thanked 68 Times in 53 Posts System Specs	he plans to rma the board if he can handle being away from his games wile the board is being shipped. rite now he cant stop playing his games lol

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