PC Refuses to boot... Cant figure it out!

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Basically what is going on is.. I have been OC'ing my R9 270X to 1225 & 1510 MHz. It was showing problems, and instabilities.. So I underclocked it a bit, i went to check if GTA would be stable. and it KEEPS crashing on me, suddenly freezes fully, and then nothing happens. I try to go in amd driver by right clicking the desktop. And it wont show up, so I assume GTA crashes because the driver crashed or stops responding..

I decided to try the 16.11 amd crimson driver. Went with DDU it prompted me to go Safemode, I clicked fine... And everything trying to access safemode it would hang on the AMDKMPFD loading up the driver... And now for some reason Im seeing a little screen corruption and artifacts during boot up, and everytime it boots. it happens in the same order, its not randomised..

But what I find weird, how can it run Heaven for hours without a problem. But show the symptoms it does? Anyone that had a similar problem?

Youtube link showing the problems clearly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdLG-GkeKQ4

 
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What do you mean if GTA does what's described on other computers? Sorry lol

And my damn computer has died on me, lol.. My intention was to check if the booting up would also show artifacts on the onboard graphics card... So I went into bios, set the PCI to onboard first, and enabled the onboard graphics card (forgot the name)... And now it does NOT boot anymore.. I tried to reset to BIOS by plugging out the PSU, and turning it off for 5+ minutes. And still doesnt boot up.. Its stuck in this cycle when it starts, and it doesnt even get to the BIOS

Fml man
 
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I still want to try updating the BIOS and/or going to Windows 10, to see if it would solve any problems before giving up on my R9 270x. I refuse to believe it will die this easily with all the caution i've overclocked it with.. I know it is voltage locked, and heaven simply wouldnt show any artifacts neither would Furmark. You'd expect these intense stress testers to give away with a failing gpu?

How can I get it to boot?
 
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I seriously cant find it lol. Do you perhaps know if the Gigabyte Z68AP-D3, has a video port? I'm reading that the motherboard does not have built in graphics, but my i5 2500k processor does have a build in graphics card. But I cant activate it since it wont boot lol.

Maybe u can check google pictures for this motherboard and see if u recognize a video port? :<
 
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Im thinking, isnt it possible to boot or start the computer without a graphics card installed? I decided to take it out, to make it as dust free as possible. Perhaps it'll automatically go to its onboard graphics if i try to boot it?
 
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I found it, i feel so stupid lol. I was searching on the board inside the computer.. Haha but, i found it and gave it a try.. Connected it to my TV but it stays in the same booting loop. Like it will attempt to start, but will turn itself off like 5 secs in the booting process. Even without the GPU installed? I feel like the windows or bios is glitched out?

When booting the screen will never even appear, it gives its best effort it seems and then restart. Repeat > restart > repeat, etc. Is there a way to force the bootup progress?
 
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Hey yea, I had to give it a thought lol. Wish U could just insert [video][/video] here.. But will you be able to watch when its viewable on the site, or not anything related to youtube?

Perhaps skype lol, i rlly dont know :/
 
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Im uploading it to dailymotion! Hold on

Damn feelin' so lonely without a working computer lawl. I find it so damn strange how it suddenly refuses to boot.. I think its pretty unlikely to have real hardware failure other then maybe the GPU seeing the artifacting during bootup
 
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I just tried to start the computer with just the Battery, Motherboard & CPU, everything else detached on recommendation.. And still gets stuck in the same pattern. Anyone knows a way how to reset all the settings on the PC without it being able to get to the bios screen or any other possible way to get it working again?
 
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Hey a question.. I've been looking into clearing cmos via the motherboard since it wont start up.. But i'm missing something lmao. I've read about the jumper cab in order to clear the cmos. And i've just tried to do so along with deconnecting the BAT on the motherboard.. But i came to find that theres no jumper cab where it is supposed to be? Would disconnecting the BAT alone clear the cmos aswell, or is it recommended/required to do both steps? If it can give better results possibly getting the pc to boot up again via the jumper cab, i'd rather go for that thoguh than just disconnecting the BAT and hope for the best heheh

Anyone with knowledge? Im kinda surprised..

Edit: Manual also states to replace the BAT, is it required?


Thanks!
 
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I've found it bro, it's alive once again after much research and trying.. Placing the GPU back, and the ram sticks back it suddenly started like nothing had happened. I think in combination with clearing CMOS and removing the battery

But appreciate the thoughts bro
 
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Im not even sad that I had no pc for 2 days, I came to conclusion that my r9 270x does have voltage unlock.. And everything symptom of failure before it died on me seems to have magically dissapeared too. Now left to test and see if my driver will crash.. Cross fingers ;P
 
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