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mrc0w   09-06-2009 at 05:37:19 AM

Hi all

i'm facing this issue where my computer many a time dont boot properly.
as such, my computer will start running yet nothing can be seen on the monitor, and it doesnt make that noise when it does when booted normally.
and it will automatically change my resolution to a much lower resolution when i entered desktop.

anyone please help me, is it the graphic card being faulty ?
i just bought this computer and the graphic card being gtx 275

thanks in advance

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jlear3   09-06-2009 at 05:58:10 AM

sounds like ur gfx card to me, got a spare u could sub?

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Bronze CPUs badge Twoboxer   09-06-2009 at 06:31:35 AM

What is the make, model, and native resolution of your monitor? How old is it?

What resolution are you using for your desktop?

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mrc0w   09-06-2009 at 01:36:56 PM

no spare graphic card to sub.. and monitor being samsung syncmaster 173v, an old monitor i bought i think 5 yrs ago ?

i set my resolution to 1280 x 1024
which it will change it to 800x 600 when it **** up

------------------------------ Asus P6T6, i7 920, ThermalRight 120 TrueBlack
3x2GB Cosair 1600,XFX GTX 275, Cosair 850W
HAF932
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shubham1401   09-06-2009 at 04:02:07 PM

Are you running XP?
(I had same problems with it)
Try reinstalling the OS.

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mrc0w   09-06-2009 at 05:37:32 PM

running vista basic version..

------------------------------ Asus P6T6, i7 920, ThermalRight 120 TrueBlack
3x2GB Cosair 1600,XFX GTX 275, Cosair 850W
HAF932
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Bronze CPUs badge Twoboxer   09-06-2009 at 11:01:15 PM

mrc0w wrote :

. . . many a time dont boot properly.

So, sometimes it boots fine. Most times? Does anything unusual happen before one of these "bad boots"?

mrc0w wrote :

as such, my computer will start running yet nothing can be seen on the monitor, and it doesnt make that noise when it does when booted normally.

So, what do you do when this happens? Power off? Just wait?

mrc0w wrote :

and it will automatically change my resolution to a much lower resolution when i entered desktop.

How did you get it into desktop?

mrc0w wrote :

anyone please help me, is it the graphic card being faulty ?
i just bought this computer and the graphic card being gtx 275 thanks in advance

Dont know yet. Some crazy ideas, but need the above info.

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Bronze CPUs badge ulysses35   09-07-2009 at 12:35:41 AM

most likely culprit is the video card driver. lowe resolution is caused by windows using the legacy driver. If / when you manage to boot into windows normally download the latest driver and re-install it.

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stardude82   09-07-2009 at 09:48:57 AM

I was going to say bad power source... your powersource has more than one PCIe connector for the vid card, try another. Maybe one of the rails is going?

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stardude82   09-07-2009 at 09:52:48 AM

Also, you can try to turn of monitor auto detect through the GeForce driver and force 1920 x 1200 / 60 Hz (which should be the native resolution/freq.)

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mrc0w   09-07-2009 at 10:36:08 AM

sorry stardude, dont quite understand the auto detet through geforce driver.. which driver is that ?

------------------------------ Asus P6T6, i7 920, ThermalRight 120 TrueBlack
3x2GB Cosair 1600,XFX GTX 275, Cosair 850W
HAF932
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mrc0w   09-10-2009 at 08:41:42 PM

I've tried updated driver, reinstalling OS but no avail...

anyone else experience this before ??

------------------------------ Asus P6T6, i7 920, ThermalRight 120 TrueBlack
3x2GB Cosair 1600,XFX GTX 275, Cosair 850W
HAF932
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