I am having intermittent startup and running issues with my wife's computer. There are times when I go to power it up and I get a video failure on POST(1 long, 2 short beeps), other times it powers on the fans but nothing else happens, and the rest of the time it starts up fine. It has also had random restart issues and freezing problems while on the internet and while playing games.
When it would give me a video failure I would swap the card in my computer with hers and both would start up fine. Switch them back and hers would work sometimes and not others. I have also tested the PSU and haven't found any issues with that. Except for the video card the entire system is 5 years old. I have a i7 920 cpu, MSI x58 platinum mobo, Tagan BZ series 900w psu, and a Radeon 5850 video card.
Money is somewhat of an issue right now and I am not sure what to try to replace first or what other tests I can run to try to pinpoint the problem. I appreciate any help you can give me with this.
When it would give me a video failure I would swap the card in my computer with hers and both would start up fine. Switch them back and hers would work sometimes and not others. I have also tested the PSU and haven't found any issues with that. Except for the video card the entire system is 5 years old. I have a i7 920 cpu, MSI x58 platinum mobo, Tagan BZ series 900w psu, and a Radeon 5850 video card.
Money is somewhat of an issue right now and I am not sure what to try to replace first or what other tests I can run to try to pinpoint the problem. I appreciate any help you can give me with this.
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