i was playing titanfall on my new build, it froze, i turned it all off, tried turning it back on, now it will not boot

raphmonsta · Jan 5, 2015

while still playing the intro to titanfall the whole screen turned pixelated light blue, then completely blue, and everything froze, i tried ctrl-alt-del, and it didn't do anything. i then turned off the computer, turned it back on, and then it showed this

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t34.0-12/10904886_10205636367458957_502440782_n.jpg?oh=3d73407f12c2f170dad205c541e5f3b2&oe=54AC194F&__gda__=1420573918_846e8d453c7f2bf055b4c971cd5970a4

and then it just stays at that black screen. what should i do?

specs:
MB: biostar TA970
PSU: Corsair CX600m 600w (refurbed i think)
CPU: AMD 8-core FX-8320E
OS: windows 8.1
video card: VGA Saphire 11197-03-CPO 7970 3G (radeaon HD 7970) (refurb)
I also had a zalman CNPS10X optima cpu fan

sla70r · Jan 5, 2015

Start by listing your complete specs including power supply.

Lmah · Jan 5, 2015

By the looks of it I would think that your PSU either destroyed your video card or your video card had bad memory on it, I doubt it was the second one. What's your full system specs and PSU Make/Model.

You might want to look if your PCI-E slot burned out as well.

KenGrinsven · Jan 5, 2015

Ouch..
Something is clearly wrong.
Try another gpu in your PC, because it looks like the gpu is pretty f'd up.

sla70r · Jan 5, 2015

On an old build I had a GPU come lose somewhat from the mobo. It was just slightly off, and It distorted my image like that. Once I took it out and reset it it was fine. I would start with that once you are done listing specs .

Lmah · Jan 5, 2015

I would start troubleshooting by trying a new PCI-E slot, the PSU isn't godawful, I still wouldn't recommend it either.

Edit: Just realized your motherboard only has 1 PCI-E slot.

Try the video card in another machine if you can.

raphmonsta · Jan 5, 2015

no it has 2 pci slots, and ill try that

sla70r · Jan 5, 2015

raphmonsta :

Try re-seating it into your own computer first. Just take it out and put it back in making sure its snug.

raphmonsta · Jan 5, 2015

sla70r :

ok, but it is screwed in, but ill try that

raphmonsta · Jan 5, 2015

sla70r :

i reseated it into the second pci slot and then this popped up instead of the usual black

what should i do, restart it, or just ignore it and try getting a replacement/new/diff graphics card,

Lmah · Jan 5, 2015

Is there any foul smell (smells like a dead body), usually a capacitor or burning smell in your case?

raphmonsta · Jan 5, 2015

Lmah :

no, none that i can tell, i just turned it off

Lmah · Jan 5, 2015

If you can I would test the video card in a new system before buying a new one just to make sure it's the issue, it could always be the motherboard's PCI-E slots burned out from a power surge from the PSU. Then I would just replace the PSU and motherboard.

raphmonsta · Jan 5, 2015

Lmah :

is there any other way i could test it? b/c i dont have another pc to put it in, also, do u know what might have caused it? b/c i have an extended warrenty on the grphics card from newegg

Lmah · Jan 5, 2015

raphmonsta :

No there's no other way.

If I was to troubleshoot this problem without being able to test the video card. I would replace the video card first, because I've seen this issue three times, though it was like 10 years ago, 2 of the times it was the GPU. Once it was the AGP (which is what existed before PCI-E) slot.

raphmonsta · Jan 5, 2015

Lmah :

also, is it just this one video card, or is it incompatible with some other part, or is the video card defective because of me?

Lmah · Jan 5, 2015

raphmonsta :

The card could just be issue bound, if it was RMA'd once and already refurbished it may still have a problem overlooked by the service technician who "fixed" the card and it reappeared on your system.

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