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General Category => PC Upgrade and Repair => Topic started by: COmpaQ on December 16, 2011, 09:39:48 PM

Title: black screen D:
Post by: COmpaQ on December 16, 2011, 09:39:48 PM: hey guys my computer just got messed somehow..
when i boot my computer all i see is a black screen.

im guessing my poswer supply died?
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Post by: adamshkee on December 16, 2011, 09:44:04 PM: are your drives spinning up? are you getting boot sounds from your speakers? if it's just a black screen check your monitor cables and graphics card. There's some great tech help alot of the guys can offer but we're gonna need some more info. Best of luck!
Title: Re: black screen D:
Post by: COmpaQ on December 16, 2011, 10:02:35 PM: yeah drives are spinning.
i know monitor works- i plugged it with my laptop
Title: Re: black screen D:
Post by: adamshkee on December 16, 2011, 11:17:31 PM: if your motherboard has integrated graphics, try removing your graphics card and running of of just the integrated. my guess is that's your problem. what hardware are you running?
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Post by: COmpaQ on December 16, 2011, 11:35:51 PM: Processor:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920
Hard Drive:
Intel X25-M 120GB SSD
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Monitor:
LF Flatron W2453V
Sound Card:
Creative SB X-Fi
Operating System:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Title: Re: black screen D:
Post by: adamshkee on December 17, 2011, 12:59:23 AM: damn man. nice setup. i would try the graphics card in a different pci slot . if there's still no dice, see if you have an old spare laying around to see if that's your problem
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Post by: Spray22-C4- on December 17, 2011, 06:41:53 AM: Def sounds like gpu..
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Post by: Groovechild on December 17, 2011, 06:43:14 AM: Also, what motherboard do you have? As a sanity check, if you pull out the ram from your motherboard, and then turn on the PC, do you get a bunch of beeping?
Also, the GPU (video card) also should spin up (loudly) on boot, and then spin down as the BIOS wraps up. Does the fan on the video card stay loud, or simmer down after a couple seconds?
Title: Re: black screen D:
Post by: COmpaQ on December 17, 2011, 11:04:23 AM: mobo:Asus P6T Deluxe V2
gpu spins down.
and i dont get beeping. when i pulled out ram
Title: Re: black screen D:
Post by: butt on December 17, 2011, 12:19:04 PM: Quote from: adamshkee on December 16, 2011, 11:17:31 PM
if your motherboard has integrated graphics, try removing your graphics card and running of of just the integrated. my guess is that's your problem.
this

Quote from: adamshkee on December 17, 2011, 12:59:23 AM
i would try the graphics card in a different pci slot . if there's still no dice, see if you have an old spare laying around to see if that's your problem
or this
Title: Re: black screen D:
Post by: COmpaQ on December 17, 2011, 12:44:08 PM: okay ill borrow my buds 9800gt and try to see if itll fix it
Title: Re: black screen D:
Post by: DevilDogUSMC on December 18, 2011, 12:23:28 PM: Is it a black screen with mouse pointer?
Title: Re: black screen D:
Post by: COmpaQ on December 18, 2011, 06:40:32 PM: just black screen
all i see from start up is black screen.
cant see any post msgs or anything
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Post by: DevilDogUSMC on December 19, 2011, 04:21:48 PM: The reason I asked about the black screen of death is I had the issue when I tried to set my ram to 1600. It is 1600 and the mobo was only recognizing it as 1333. Found out later I had bad ram. I will never buy GSkill again.

Black screen with no pointer is normally gpu as others have already said.
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Post by: COmpaQ on December 25, 2011, 12:10:49 PM: thnak guys.. yeah after putting my buddys graphiocs card in it worked.. so its my
gtx295

damit.. i hope warranty is still valid..
but i cant seem to find the info about it can anyone lead me to it?
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Post by: butt on December 25, 2011, 01:04:02 PM: Go to their homepage, look for the support link. You will need to request an RMA if its still covered. Most times you just need a copy of the receipt showing the date purchaced. good luck
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Post by: COmpaQ on January 03, 2012, 01:38:50 PM: ty yeah so its not on warranty.. siighh..
but i decided to put the card back in my computer and it booted just fine.. then it went to a screen that said you have a new CPU and two options leave the settings and move on or default settings
then i clicked default settings and it restarted and it wasa black screen again.. :S
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Post by: DevilDogUSMC on January 03, 2012, 06:07:43 PM: Time to trash it and buy a new one. May I recommend an ATI over an Nvidia. I think Nvidia missed the boat with their drivers for BF3. I keep having driver-related issues (Zed as well). But when mine crashes I get bootlog errors I have to fix with system restore or revert to a savepoint. My old rig, (the one my son plays on) is running an ATI 1/4 the size of my 560ti 2gb in ram and he has no issues. I know it goes without saying, but don't count on windows to find the best driver. Download it yourself from the manufacturers website.
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Post by: COmpaQ on January 04, 2012, 12:23:53 AM: sigh yeah byebye gtx 295
im actually thinking of getting MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II, what you guys think?
never been an ati fan tbh.
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Post by: Spray22-C4- on January 04, 2012, 06:40:33 AM: I'm running a "evga GTX560SC 2GB" and I have not had any probs what so ever. This card performes very well,I will be looking to add another asap..
Title: Re: black screen D:
Post by: COmpaQ on January 04, 2012, 01:43:34 PM: right now im deciding between MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II 1gb vs the 2gb one..
Title: Re: black screen D:
Post by: butt on January 04, 2012, 09:42:18 PM: if you have the dough, go 2 g - reguardless of the card
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Post by: COmpaQ on January 05, 2012, 02:38:09 PM: (http://i51.tinypic.com/332xbm9.jpg)
(:
finally i can go back to BF3
thank you guys for all the help