Error - Device Won't Start.

[bonse]

Hey i was playing Quake Live then suddenly my PC crashed (Graphics crash, get it occasionally) i restarted the pc and my opening screen had blue dots all over it. It finally get's into windows and it's running standard 800x600 resolution, that i'm unable to change. I check in the Hardware Manager and it says the device is unable to start so i did the following:

1. Uninstalled all previous drivers, restarted, then installed new ones.
2. Removed all but one stick of my RAM.
3. Changed PCI-E slot on my graphics card
4. Reinstalled my nforce drivers.

Still no luck? Is my gcard fried or is it something else?

 

[bonse]

btw i'm running:

8800GT 512
P5N-E SLI 650i
2GB PC6400 CL5 Patriot
650W Stealth PSU

 

[RazberyBandit]

Fried? Yeah, probably. Same thing happened to me, only I was playing CoD4 at the time. I also have an 8800GT 512, too. Interesting coincidence. Do you also have artifacts on your display? I do, all the way down to my POST and BIOS screens.

EVGA has approved my RMA, but I'm beginning to think I have further problems. (See my recent update on my Dead 8800GT post.)

 

[bonse]

Pretty sure my card is EVGA too... and yeah i do on my pre-windows screens eg bios etc. Looks like it's time for a GTX280 lol.