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Lately, i've been having this problem with my computer sometimes where it won't passed the BIOS post screen. It doesn't happen every time, however. Its been a little over a week since it last happened to me, but its been happening quite frequently.
First off, here are my computer specs:
i7 920 @ 4ghz
gigabyte x58 ud4p
3x4gb corsair vengeance 1600
xfx 5870 1gb non ref
corsair hx620
1x 80gb intel ssd g2, 1x 300gb vraptor, 1x 1tb samsung
windows 7 x64
3 20wmgx2 monitors in eyefinity
I start up my comp, then the fans turn on and everything and it just sits there. My monitors awaken from their sleep state, but nothing shows on the display. I usually have to power off the machine by holding the power button down. I then unplug it from the wall for 20 secs or so, and sometimes it will go past the BIOS post or freeze half way, or freeze during the windows 7 logo splash. Also, I notice that my screens flicker artifacts and discolored strips across the screen sometimes, but quickly go away.
After about 5-10 more sessions of powering on and off my comp, it eventually gets to windows and it works. I usually test my computer by running the crysis warhead benchmark with 3 loops, and it usually works fine. However, today was a little different because during the middle of the benchmark, my screens displayed artifacts and eventually turned into a solid color, though the sound was still playing. I tried alt+tabbing and ctrl+alt+del and it eventually brought me to task manager though the screen was a little artifacted. It then showed on a notification that my display driver stopped working, but everything was fine after that. I ran the benchmark again and it ran flawlessly.
I'm a little puzzled to what this could be. I've had this setup since the summer of 2009 and it worked flawlessly until around the start of this year. I've had the computer at the same overclocked settings, and the only upgrades i've done lately are upgrading my ram for 6gb (3x2) to 12 gb (4x3) and i've adjusted the timings and voltage accordingly.
I was thinking it was the video card, but then i'm typing from this very computer right now and i just ran the warhead benchmarks and it passed fine.. I was thinking it could be my powersupply since its around 4 years old or so, but my computer wouldn't turn on if it wasn't working properly, right? My ram is detected by windows 7 as 12gb so i doubt thats the problem.
Sorry for the long post, and thanks for any insight.
First off, here are my computer specs:
i7 920 @ 4ghz
gigabyte x58 ud4p
3x4gb corsair vengeance 1600
xfx 5870 1gb non ref
corsair hx620
1x 80gb intel ssd g2, 1x 300gb vraptor, 1x 1tb samsung
windows 7 x64
3 20wmgx2 monitors in eyefinity
I start up my comp, then the fans turn on and everything and it just sits there. My monitors awaken from their sleep state, but nothing shows on the display. I usually have to power off the machine by holding the power button down. I then unplug it from the wall for 20 secs or so, and sometimes it will go past the BIOS post or freeze half way, or freeze during the windows 7 logo splash. Also, I notice that my screens flicker artifacts and discolored strips across the screen sometimes, but quickly go away.
After about 5-10 more sessions of powering on and off my comp, it eventually gets to windows and it works. I usually test my computer by running the crysis warhead benchmark with 3 loops, and it usually works fine. However, today was a little different because during the middle of the benchmark, my screens displayed artifacts and eventually turned into a solid color, though the sound was still playing. I tried alt+tabbing and ctrl+alt+del and it eventually brought me to task manager though the screen was a little artifacted. It then showed on a notification that my display driver stopped working, but everything was fine after that. I ran the benchmark again and it ran flawlessly.
I'm a little puzzled to what this could be. I've had this setup since the summer of 2009 and it worked flawlessly until around the start of this year. I've had the computer at the same overclocked settings, and the only upgrades i've done lately are upgrading my ram for 6gb (3x2) to 12 gb (4x3) and i've adjusted the timings and voltage accordingly.
I was thinking it was the video card, but then i'm typing from this very computer right now and i just ran the warhead benchmarks and it passed fine.. I was thinking it could be my powersupply since its around 4 years old or so, but my computer wouldn't turn on if it wasn't working properly, right? My ram is detected by windows 7 as 12gb so i doubt thats the problem.
Sorry for the long post, and thanks for any insight.
