Hey everyone, first post here, and unfortunately not for the best reasons.
I have an i7 920, 6gb DDR 3, with an ATI HD4870 GDDR5 1GB and, as for the motherboard... I don't know. I tried to check it out but I couldn't. I bought this computer 5 or 6 years ago. In any case, it's a Gigabyte that is compatible with every component I've mentioned thus far.
Apparently, when someone tried to start a game, the computer ended up crashing, and, when we tried to turn it on again, windows didn't start normally - it only starts in safe mode, and the before mentioned artifacts are still showing up.
What do you think I should do? Do you think the graphics card or the motherboard is damaged? There's no way this can be solved with a BIOS update, right? (as in - it wouldn't make any sense).
Thank you!
Edit:
Screenshots
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwH...it?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwH...it?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwH...it?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwH...it?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwH...it?usp=sharing
I have an i7 920, 6gb DDR 3, with an ATI HD4870 GDDR5 1GB and, as for the motherboard... I don't know. I tried to check it out but I couldn't. I bought this computer 5 or 6 years ago. In any case, it's a Gigabyte that is compatible with every component I've mentioned thus far.
Apparently, when someone tried to start a game, the computer ended up crashing, and, when we tried to turn it on again, windows didn't start normally - it only starts in safe mode, and the before mentioned artifacts are still showing up.
What do you think I should do? Do you think the graphics card or the motherboard is damaged? There's no way this can be solved with a BIOS update, right? (as in - it wouldn't make any sense).
Thank you!
Edit:
Screenshots
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwH...it?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwH...it?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwH...it?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwH...it?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwH...it?usp=sharing