- Nov 17, 2013
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Hi all,
Firstly this is my first thread so apologies if this is posted in the wrong section.
However, I'm at my wits end and need the help of some experts.
I've had an overclocked system which has been running fine now for 6 months or so. Then today, I'm playing a game and notice the game stutters to the point of locking up. To rectify the problem I had to CTRL / ALT / DEL and start the task manager. When I went back to the game it ran smothly again.
However, 5 mins later and the prolem started again.
I then tried a new game, nd all was good for 20 mintes, but all of a sudden it lagged, then locked up and finally went to a black screen with very thin sporadic white lines. Odd I thought. So I restarted Windows and it gets as far as the Starting Windows page and reboots.
My stsrem:
i5 4670k
Gigabyte 660 TI OC edition (2gig)
Gigabyte Z87 D3HP motherboard
8 gig of 1600mhz DDR3
Windows 7
500gig hard drive
PSU 700w
Actions I've done:
1) ran full virus malware software - nothing found
2) ran windows safety mode - everything works fine this way
3) removed graphics card to reseat - still not booting
4) removed all ram and replaced / swapped modules - still not booting
5) updated drivers for Nvidia in safe mode - still not booting.
6) booted stock profile from BIOS to see if it was an overclocking issue - Still not booting
7) ran msconfig and started only basic star up programs - works in safe mode but wont boot in normal mode
Of course, I'm only making the assumption it's the GPU due to the weird stuttering before it crashed. Of course it could be something else.
Note - the Overclock of the system was done by Scan as I'm not technical enough minded to play with the voltages. It could be this I guess but it has ran smoothly for 6 months.
The graphics card is 10 months old so just about in warranty. I have a 1440p monitor that only houses a DVI-D input. I don't believe the onboard graphics from the chip can output to DVD-D so I can't test this.
Thank you in advance for anyone that can fix this!
Firstly this is my first thread so apologies if this is posted in the wrong section.
However, I'm at my wits end and need the help of some experts.
I've had an overclocked system which has been running fine now for 6 months or so. Then today, I'm playing a game and notice the game stutters to the point of locking up. To rectify the problem I had to CTRL / ALT / DEL and start the task manager. When I went back to the game it ran smothly again.
However, 5 mins later and the prolem started again.
I then tried a new game, nd all was good for 20 mintes, but all of a sudden it lagged, then locked up and finally went to a black screen with very thin sporadic white lines. Odd I thought. So I restarted Windows and it gets as far as the Starting Windows page and reboots.
My stsrem:
i5 4670k
Gigabyte 660 TI OC edition (2gig)
Gigabyte Z87 D3HP motherboard
8 gig of 1600mhz DDR3
Windows 7
500gig hard drive
PSU 700w
Actions I've done:
1) ran full virus malware software - nothing found
2) ran windows safety mode - everything works fine this way
3) removed graphics card to reseat - still not booting
4) removed all ram and replaced / swapped modules - still not booting
5) updated drivers for Nvidia in safe mode - still not booting.
6) booted stock profile from BIOS to see if it was an overclocking issue - Still not booting
7) ran msconfig and started only basic star up programs - works in safe mode but wont boot in normal mode
Of course, I'm only making the assumption it's the GPU due to the weird stuttering before it crashed. Of course it could be something else.
Note - the Overclock of the system was done by Scan as I'm not technical enough minded to play with the voltages. It could be this I guess but it has ran smoothly for 6 months.
The graphics card is 10 months old so just about in warranty. I have a 1440p monitor that only houses a DVI-D input. I don't believe the onboard graphics from the chip can output to DVD-D so I can't test this.
Thank you in advance for anyone that can fix this!
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