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Gatecrasher3
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Hello, so I have tried many different troubleshooting solutions with no success, so I'm asking because maybe there is something I overlooked.
Spec:
AMD x2 4200
EVGA 590 sli (I know...what the hell is that?)
4 GB Corsair 3200
2x evga 8800GT sli
500 GB WD black
Win 7
Ok my five year old PC is failing to boot past POST, if I turn it on it will get to the Windows loading screen and then the screen stays black after that.
I have managed to get it to boot a few times trying different methods, like booting in low rez mode (works maybe 1 out of 15 times), booting in safe mode (safe mode always works) and even a few times it would just boot normally into Windows (very rarely).
I have tried many different things to narrow down the problem, like using a W7 cd and doing a repair install, doing RAM tests to check for errors and doing systems restore, different GPUs, but nothing has got it to work normally (properly boot into regular windows).
I feel it must be a hardware (i think MB) because a don't think a software issue would cause it to boot past POST randomly like this, but I get an 'FF' code readout on my MB and FF means fully functional.
Anyways I know its old hardware and it's time for a upgrade anyways, I just want to get it working because I was going to give my PC to a friend of mine after I upgraded my system so I wanted to get it working for him.
Any advice would be great, thanks guys.
Spec:
AMD x2 4200
EVGA 590 sli (I know...what the hell is that?)
4 GB Corsair 3200
2x evga 8800GT sli
500 GB WD black
Win 7
Ok my five year old PC is failing to boot past POST, if I turn it on it will get to the Windows loading screen and then the screen stays black after that.
I have managed to get it to boot a few times trying different methods, like booting in low rez mode (works maybe 1 out of 15 times), booting in safe mode (safe mode always works) and even a few times it would just boot normally into Windows (very rarely).
I have tried many different things to narrow down the problem, like using a W7 cd and doing a repair install, doing RAM tests to check for errors and doing systems restore, different GPUs, but nothing has got it to work normally (properly boot into regular windows).
I feel it must be a hardware (i think MB) because a don't think a software issue would cause it to boot past POST randomly like this, but I get an 'FF' code readout on my MB and FF means fully functional.
Anyways I know its old hardware and it's time for a upgrade anyways, I just want to get it working because I was going to give my PC to a friend of mine after I upgraded my system so I wanted to get it working for him.
Any advice would be great, thanks guys.
