Overclock = White Screen of Death!

blu3flannel · Dec 18, 2010, 06:32 AM

I had just finished running 3DMark 11 and had put my results in when I saw a score, made with a GTX 470 at a higher clock, that was higher than mine. Naturally wanting to outscore this score, I opened Afterburner and adjusted my clocks (it was ridiculously high TBH). When I hit "Apply", the computer froze and I had to restart. When I restarted, it booted normally and I got to the desktop. I'm not sure what happened, possibly a setting loading or something, but then my screen went completely white and I couldn't do or see anything. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.

EDIT: I'm currently in safe mode with networking, if that helps anything.

slyfox2151 · Dec 18, 2010, 06:47 AM

go into afterburner and make sure its not set to change settings at startup, once you are sure this box is not ticked just reboot into windows and all should be fine.

blu3flannel · Dec 18, 2010, 06:55 AM

Whenever I try and open Afterburner I get a "Failed to load RTCore64.sys driver!" error. How do I get around that?

slyfox2151 · Dec 18, 2010, 07:01 AM

uninstall afterburner.

then reboot and problem solved.

garyinhere · Dec 18, 2010, 07:02 AM

I'd just uninstall afterburner in safe mode then reinstall in win

blu3flannel · Dec 18, 2010, 07:05 AM

Oh duh, I feel pretty stupid.

Thanks guys.

garyinhere · Dec 18, 2010, 07:06 AM

No prob happens to me with the small stuff it's the easiest to miss!

micropage7 · Dec 18, 2010, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blu3flannel

Oh duh, I feel pretty stupid.

Thanks guys.

yeah sometimes we miss something and that what forum is for..
Happy oc ing

blu3flannel · Dec 18, 2010, 07:21 AM

Alright, everything is sorted out and I'm back to my old clocks. Thanks for your help.

Steevo · Dec 18, 2010, 04:43 PM

Or rename the afterburner exe to .old reboot and change, and win.

Dec 18, 2010, 06:32 AM	#1
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Dec 18, 2010, 06:47 AM	#2
slyfox2151 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 2,522 (1.56/day) Thanks: 57 Thanked 530 Times in 472 Posts System Specs	go into afterburner and make sure its not set to change settings at startup, once you are sure this box is not ticked just reboot into windows and all should be fine. __________________ “it's still EA.. they will F* it up. F*ing up games is the only thing they do consistently.” -TRIPTEX_MTL

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Dec 18, 2010, 06:55 AM	#3
blu3flannel Join Date: May 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 757 (0.67/day) Thanks: 335 Thanked 121 Times in 108 Posts System Specs	Whenever I try and open Afterburner I get a "Failed to load RTCore64.sys driver!" error. How do I get around that? __________________ CPU-Z validation sig pics temporarily blocked

Dec 18, 2010, 07:01 AM	#4
slyfox2151 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 2,522 (1.56/day) Thanks: 57 Thanked 530 Times in 472 Posts System Specs	uninstall afterburner. then reboot and problem solved. __________________ “it's still EA.. they will F* it up. F*ing up games is the only thing they do consistently.” -TRIPTEX_MTL

Dec 18, 2010, 07:02 AM	#5
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Dec 18, 2010, 07:05 AM	#6
blu3flannel Join Date: May 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 757 (0.67/day) Thanks: 335 Thanked 121 Times in 108 Posts System Specs	Oh duh, I feel pretty stupid. Thanks guys. __________________ CPU-Z validation sig pics temporarily blocked

Dec 18, 2010, 07:06 AM	#7
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Dec 18, 2010, 07:21 AM	#9
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Dec 18, 2010, 04:43 PM	#10
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