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Post by Dark Phoenix Rising on Apr 12, 2010 8:51:54 GMT
Could also be something on the GPU, as I've had a similar fault before that was traced back to that (after I'd replaced everything else)
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 12, 2010 9:04:07 GMT
The GPU causing boot failure in SafeMode though?
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Post by Dark Phoenix Rising on Apr 12, 2010 9:24:22 GMT
aye, as if there's a problem on the graphics card (such as a dry joint, or some other heat related issue) then it will occur after the problem area gets to a certain tempreture regardless of what sort of graphics processing you're doing.
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 12, 2010 11:10:37 GMT
Maybe. Something heat related does seem reasonable. It would be something that's only occasionally a problem though, since most of the time it works fine but when it stops working the computer will hardly start for a while.
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 12, 2010 15:10:03 GMT
Maybe I need to let the computer breathe a little when I turn it on or something... Maybe some kind of collision occurs if I start browsing the internet (I think it always happens when I'm using FF) while the computer isn't fully done booting.
Edit: away goes the "only in firefox" theory and away goes the "only if I don't let it boot" theory go...
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 12, 2010 15:58:57 GMT
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Post by Elliot Kane on Apr 12, 2010 17:17:39 GMT
Sure looks it, Ube, yeah!
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 12, 2010 19:27:01 GMT
However, overheating causes random reboots and random shutdowns, not freezing. This makes me fear that rather than overheating in itself the overheating has caused the problem, which I fear might be prematurely aged parts.
And the problem is still finding out where exactly the problem is and what I can do about it. I also suspect that maybe I should take a peak inside my computer and see how high the walls of dust have grown...
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Post by Hand-E-Food on Apr 12, 2010 23:07:10 GMT
I had a power supply problems cause freezing before. Have you added any hardware lately? The addition of a CD burner was enough to make my machine not work properly.
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 13, 2010 7:10:37 GMT
Nope, no new hardware. I'm going to try this today or tomorrow: Quoted from this place. Übereil
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Post by Alrik on Apr 13, 2010 12:17:20 GMT
There is also a virus/trojan out there which corrupts the MBR ...
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 14, 2010 14:31:43 GMT
Ok, I've poked around inside my computer, we will see how long until my computer explodes.
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 17, 2010 8:00:11 GMT
I would just like to not mention that I haven't experienced any freezes yet. Übereil
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Post by Hand-E-Food on Apr 17, 2010 10:31:13 GMT
That's a good start...
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Post by Alrik on Apr 20, 2010 20:56:08 GMT
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Post by LaFille on Apr 21, 2010 1:24:58 GMT
Hey, you look to be quite involved there this past couple of years. (As you might expect though, I understood nothing from the video except Guten Tag and Alrik Fassbauer.)
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 21, 2010 13:33:13 GMT
My computer can't find my graphic card anymore. What's even more annoying is that it was my brother who was using the computer when it started malfunctioning again, so I don't/can't know if he did anything to upset the balance, so to speak.
What happens when I turn on my computer now is that the speaker beeps one long tone and three short ones, and nothing it displayed on the screen, so I figured it's the graphic card.
I don't know what I can do about it.
Übereil
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Post by Dark Phoenix Rising on Apr 21, 2010 13:47:49 GMT
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Post by Ubereil on Apr 21, 2010 14:03:39 GMT
It's an ASUS board. They (apparently) use award BIOS which means "Video (EGA) Display Circuitry".
I think I've found the problem as well. On the back of my Graphic card there are two power sockets. The plugs that go in these sockets are like Ethernet plugs, IE there is this switch on the side of the plug. If you press the switch while trying to unplug the plug unplugging is really easy and if you try to unplug it while not pressing the switch you can't unplug it. Now, one of those sockets is broken. You can unplug the plug while not holding the switch. I tried switching plug but that didn't matter.
So, I suspect the Graphic card isn't getting enough Power. It's that or it's not seated properly (or the seating is... broken...).
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Post by Alrik on Apr 21, 2010 16:11:11 GMT
You could try to carefully push the graphics card into the socket again ... You MUST turn off the computer and disconnect it from any current before that ! It's for safety ! LaFille: It's just a "greeting everyone from the RPC" and that Drakensang is my greatest news there, so to say. The RPC is a convention about Role-playing here in Cologne,.%0ny.
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