white dots and wierd BIOS

2008-03-29 03:15:27

#1

Nessie09: I "fix" things; +107|6942|The Netherlands

Ok, so I've got a bit of a problem here...

After I woke up this morning, my computer was a bit weird.
The POST screen showed a lot of white dots (with the POST text in the background)
When I entered the BIOS setup I noticed that some letters which where supposed to be blue where purple. There is not a real pattern, but it are the same letters after a reboot (and shutdown)

It still goes further in the boot, but after (an during) the Windows Vista loading bar, it gives me a black screen with grey dots, in the same pattern as the POST screen.

Vista still boots fine in safe mode though, that is what makes this weird.

I did update my bios recently, but it worked fine yesterday, and I'm still able to update it again with the same version.

SPECS:
Asus M2N-E motherboard
AMD X2 5000+
2x512 DDR2 and 2x1GB DDR2 RAM
e-GeForce 8800GS

Anyone have an idea?

2008-03-29 03:23:40

#2

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6840|NYC / Hamburg

sounds a lot like your graphics card is on it's way out. Can't be a windows issue because it happens in BIOS. Have another PC to test the card?

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-03-29 03:27:28

#3

Nessie09: I "fix" things; +107|6942|The Netherlands

max wrote:
sounds a lot like your graphics card is on it's way out. Can't be a windows issue because it happens in BIOS. Have another PC to test the card?

No not here, but I can go to a friend for that...
If that is the probllem, I have the worst luck in video card. I got this one as a replacement for my broken 8600GTS not too long ago.

2008-03-29 03:42:02

#4

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6840|NYC / Hamburg

I'd say going to your friend and testing the card there would be the simplest solution. There could be other reasons for the corruption/artifacts (corrupted bios, bad ram, bad PSU, ...) but it seems rather unlikely.

Your card is clear of dust and seated correctly, right?

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-03-29 03:43:41

#5

Nessie09: I "fix" things; +107|6942|The Netherlands

max wrote:
I'd say going to your friend and testing the card there would be the simplest solution. There could be other reasons for the corruption/artifacts (corrupted bios, bad ram, bad PSU, ...) but it seems rather unlikely.

Your card is clear of dust and seated correctly, right?

Yes I even took it out, checked everything, and put the card back in.
No luck though.

Will go to my friend then in the afternoon. Hopefully we will see if that is the problem, so I can go to the store and get a new one (again)

2008-03-29 03:50:57

#6

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6840|NYC / Hamburg

Nessie09 wrote:
max wrote:
I'd say going to your friend and testing the card there would be the simplest solution. There could be other reasons for the corruption/artifacts (corrupted bios, bad ram, bad PSU, ...) but it seems rather unlikely.

Your card is clear of dust and seated correctly, right?
Yes I even took it out, checked everything, and put the card back in.
No luck though.

Will go to my friend then in the afternoon. Hopefully we will see if that is the problem, so I can go to the store and get a new one (again)

well to cheer you up:

when my mom bought a laptop some time ago (Toshiba I think) and we went though several before we had a working one. First the mailman that delivered the package dropped it down some stairs, breaking the laptop. The replacement had faulty ram (and they didn't allow me to change it, we had to send it in). The replacement for that had a piece of plastic stuck in the fan. The replacement for that had the wrong HD. Only that replacement works and is still humming along nicely after 4 years

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-03-29 04:20:03

#7

CrazeD: Member; +368|6945|Maine

max wrote:
Nessie09 wrote:
max wrote:
I'd say going to your friend and testing the card there would be the simplest solution. There could be other reasons for the corruption/artifacts (corrupted bios, bad ram, bad PSU, ...) but it seems rather unlikely.

Your card is clear of dust and seated correctly, right?
Yes I even took it out, checked everything, and put the card back in.
No luck though.

Will go to my friend then in the afternoon. Hopefully we will see if that is the problem, so I can go to the store and get a new one (again)
well to cheer you up:

when my mom bought a laptop some time ago (Toshiba I think) and we went though several before we had a working one. First the mailman that delivered the package dropped it down some stairs, breaking the laptop. The replacement had faulty ram (and they didn't allow me to change it, we had to send it in). The replacement for that had a piece of plastic stuck in the fan. The replacement for that had the wrong HD. Only that replacement works and is still humming along nicely after 4 years

Should have gotten a different model...that's ridiculous.

2008-03-29 05:58:55

#8

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6469|Winland

As max said, the graphics card is on the way out. A broken capcaitator/oscillator can cause voltage changes. I once had a bad oscillator, giving my GPU way too much voltage. I got the same exact symtomes.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-03-29 09:42:51

#9

Nessie09: I "fix" things; +107|6942|The Netherlands

Yeah thanks everyone

I took it back to the shop and they said it was a defect GPU memory chip.
They gave me a new one, and I can game again

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