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Windows xp sp3
Opteron 185 dual core @ 2.8
MB:Asus A8N-E SLI 939 nforce 4
2 gigs Corsair xms 400ddr pc3200 ram
PSU:Corsair HX620W
Video:EVGA 2x 8800gts 320 in SLI
Samsung SyncMaser 226bw
Can someone narrow down a possible cause of what happened to my system?
I've used the above configuration for over a year with no problems. Then the other day I was playing around with Google Earth when my system locked up. There appeared a mesh of colored lines overlaid on Google Earth. So I hit the reset button, got the normal one beep post but the same kind of graphical corruption was now overlaid on my motherboard's splash screen. Nonetheless, the boot up process continued until I got to the screen where you're asked what type of restart. But the numbers and text were messed up, like segmented into little blocks. At this point I shut down everything, hoping that 30 seconds of down time would fix it. Actually, Windows loaded normally, everything in place. NFS Undercover launched normally but the screen went blank and I got what I think is called a random re-boot. Subsequent attempts at normal restart yield a corrupted mb splash screen, and then to the choice of restart screen. No matter what type of restart I choose, Windows will try to load but before I get to the log-on screen, I'll get a random reboot (or whatever it's called). Funny, on that first go-round everything seemed to have been normal again but it seems that phase of this problem is over. My unlearned opinion is that one of my video cards is broken. That would be cool because of the EVGA lifetime warranty. But I really have no idea. Does this tale help to narrow the possible causes. I'd really appreciate some help with this.
Opteron 185 dual core @ 2.8
MB:Asus A8N-E SLI 939 nforce 4
2 gigs Corsair xms 400ddr pc3200 ram
PSU:Corsair HX620W
Video:EVGA 2x 8800gts 320 in SLI
Samsung SyncMaser 226bw
Can someone narrow down a possible cause of what happened to my system?
I've used the above configuration for over a year with no problems. Then the other day I was playing around with Google Earth when my system locked up. There appeared a mesh of colored lines overlaid on Google Earth. So I hit the reset button, got the normal one beep post but the same kind of graphical corruption was now overlaid on my motherboard's splash screen. Nonetheless, the boot up process continued until I got to the screen where you're asked what type of restart. But the numbers and text were messed up, like segmented into little blocks. At this point I shut down everything, hoping that 30 seconds of down time would fix it. Actually, Windows loaded normally, everything in place. NFS Undercover launched normally but the screen went blank and I got what I think is called a random re-boot. Subsequent attempts at normal restart yield a corrupted mb splash screen, and then to the choice of restart screen. No matter what type of restart I choose, Windows will try to load but before I get to the log-on screen, I'll get a random reboot (or whatever it's called). Funny, on that first go-round everything seemed to have been normal again but it seems that phase of this problem is over. My unlearned opinion is that one of my video cards is broken. That would be cool because of the EVGA lifetime warranty. But I really have no idea. Does this tale help to narrow the possible causes. I'd really appreciate some help with this.
