Hey guys, I'm having some problems here hopefully you can help me out.
Before I go on and on the TLDR: System specs at bottom of post.
PROBLEM: Black Ops crashed after installing a new (used) 8800GTS 640MB from eBay and playing through about half of one match. The system now repeatedly hangs at reboot even after clearing CMOS and leaving power unplugged for 3 mins. Already pulled the (new) board and went back to my old one, problem persists.
I have had the same system for about 4 years now and due to its age and my upgrading to a 26 inch monitor running @ 1920x1200 I have recently looked into upgrading to a second GFX card to SLI and 2 additional GB of ram. Well I ordered these parts off eBay and the RAM came first so I replaced my original 2GB kit with the used RAM from eBay and played some CoD: Black Ops for a few matches before running Memtest86+ 4.20 for 24 hours. After 30 passes with no errors reported I assumed all was well and continued by installing my original 4GB of RAM and played Black ops some more. Everything was ok until -- the GFX card came in the mail today (used from eBay) and I did a similar procedure, replaced my original GFX card with the used one (identical) set the fan speed to 100% in nTune and proceded to load up Black Ops for testing. All seemed well and the game played as normal/expected until it suddenly froze in the middle of my first match... No big deal right? The game is buggy and it could have been anything. Well I pressed the reset button on my chassis and the computer did a strange thing I have NEVER seen it do... It beeped once as normal but then proceded to load the point where the computer was frozen prior to resetting it (nTune Fanspeed at 100% and all) and the system just hangs. I have Corsair LED series RAM so I can see that the activity lights are frozen meaning the system is hung and the fan speed profile would NEVER load on its own after a restart so this is all very strange... I thought OK... let's just turn the power completely off, remove the power cord for 2-3 mins and then reboot -- Nothing, system still hangs. Tried clearning CMOS and leaving power cable unplugged -- Nothing still hangs. Replaced original GFX card -- Nothing, Removed 2GB or used RAM from the system -- Nothing. Unplugged HDDs to see if I could JUST see a POST screen even if the computer won't boot -- Nothing. The computer persistently remembers where it hung up mid-game with the Fan speed at 100% on the GFX card no matter what I do.
I have never experienced anything like this before, the only thing I can think of is leaving the reset jumper on the CMOS and power cord unplugged for several hours ad trying again. My motherboard doesn't have any onboard GFX so I can't troubleshoot the system without at least my original GFX card plugged into the PCI express slot. So did this guy on eBay sell me a totally bum GFX card with a screwy BIOS or other defect? Or maybe my power supply just suddenly died? (unlikely as it was only ever at about 300W load and it's a 700W PSU). I have a PSU tester which I will bust out and try if all else fails but this is just too weird. Any help will be much appreciated guys, if anyone has had a similar experience please help me out here
My System Specs:
Mobo: Asus M2N SLI Deluxe / Chipset Nforce 570
PSU: Thermaltake 700W
RAM: 4x1GB Corsair XMS2 LED Series 800Mhz
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6GHz
GFX: Asus Nvidia Geforce 8800GTS 640MB
HDDS: 2x WD Caviar Black 640MB 7200RPM in Raid 0
Before I go on and on the TLDR: System specs at bottom of post.
PROBLEM: Black Ops crashed after installing a new (used) 8800GTS 640MB from eBay and playing through about half of one match. The system now repeatedly hangs at reboot even after clearing CMOS and leaving power unplugged for 3 mins. Already pulled the (new) board and went back to my old one, problem persists.
I have had the same system for about 4 years now and due to its age and my upgrading to a 26 inch monitor running @ 1920x1200 I have recently looked into upgrading to a second GFX card to SLI and 2 additional GB of ram. Well I ordered these parts off eBay and the RAM came first so I replaced my original 2GB kit with the used RAM from eBay and played some CoD: Black Ops for a few matches before running Memtest86+ 4.20 for 24 hours. After 30 passes with no errors reported I assumed all was well and continued by installing my original 4GB of RAM and played Black ops some more. Everything was ok until -- the GFX card came in the mail today (used from eBay) and I did a similar procedure, replaced my original GFX card with the used one (identical) set the fan speed to 100% in nTune and proceded to load up Black Ops for testing. All seemed well and the game played as normal/expected until it suddenly froze in the middle of my first match... No big deal right? The game is buggy and it could have been anything. Well I pressed the reset button on my chassis and the computer did a strange thing I have NEVER seen it do... It beeped once as normal but then proceded to load the point where the computer was frozen prior to resetting it (nTune Fanspeed at 100% and all) and the system just hangs. I have Corsair LED series RAM so I can see that the activity lights are frozen meaning the system is hung and the fan speed profile would NEVER load on its own after a restart so this is all very strange... I thought OK... let's just turn the power completely off, remove the power cord for 2-3 mins and then reboot -- Nothing, system still hangs. Tried clearning CMOS and leaving power cable unplugged -- Nothing still hangs. Replaced original GFX card -- Nothing, Removed 2GB or used RAM from the system -- Nothing. Unplugged HDDs to see if I could JUST see a POST screen even if the computer won't boot -- Nothing. The computer persistently remembers where it hung up mid-game with the Fan speed at 100% on the GFX card no matter what I do.
I have never experienced anything like this before, the only thing I can think of is leaving the reset jumper on the CMOS and power cord unplugged for several hours ad trying again. My motherboard doesn't have any onboard GFX so I can't troubleshoot the system without at least my original GFX card plugged into the PCI express slot. So did this guy on eBay sell me a totally bum GFX card with a screwy BIOS or other defect? Or maybe my power supply just suddenly died? (unlikely as it was only ever at about 300W load and it's a 700W PSU). I have a PSU tester which I will bust out and try if all else fails but this is just too weird. Any help will be much appreciated guys, if anyone has had a similar experience please help me out here
My System Specs:
Mobo: Asus M2N SLI Deluxe / Chipset Nforce 570
PSU: Thermaltake 700W
RAM: 4x1GB Corsair XMS2 LED Series 800Mhz
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6GHz
GFX: Asus Nvidia Geforce 8800GTS 640MB
HDDS: 2x WD Caviar Black 640MB 7200RPM in Raid 0