Vista Black Screen and Crashes...PLZ HELP!!!!

2007-12-08 14:44:27

#1

elite3444: The other kid; +24|7114|USA

im on my other computer right now because today Vista crashed 3 times while playing COD4 and when my dad and i try to start it up its a black screen and if we get into safe mode or something it has black screen-crash-black screen again in like 1 sec

plz help me or my comp is kaput

ive had the computer since March/April

specs from xfire

Manufacturer:
Acer
Processor:
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+ (2 CPUs), ~2.1GHz
Memory:
3582MB RAM
Hard Drive:
121 GB
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Monitor:
Generic PnP Monitor
Sound Card:
Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speakers/Headphones:
Acer
Keyboard:
USB Root Hub
Mouse:
USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Dragonfire Mouse Pad
Operating System:
Windows Vista™ Home Basic (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.070627-1500)

when im in the system diagnostics part it scanned my comp and it says Root cause is

Unspecified changes to system confirguration might have caused your problem

Last edited by elite3444 (2007-12-08 15:45:52)

2007-12-08 14:50:14

#2

aLeX: .?; +160|6809|:D

Ok, first of all you need to post your specs.

If you don't know what they are.. god help us. Also, some background info; how old is the computer, is it only since you've started playing CoD? etc.

2007-12-08 14:59:26

#3

sIlEnT-kIlLaR: Banned; +2|6463|England

Download Everest Home Edition and see if any of your hardwarre is running at unsafe temps.

2007-12-08 15:01:06

#4

elite3444: The other kid; +24|7114|USA

sIlEnT-kIlLaR wrote:
Download Everest Home Edition and see if any of your hardwarre is running at unsafe temps.

thats jsut it...i cant get into my computer at all...this is my parents

2007-12-08 15:15:23

#5

sIlEnT-kIlLaR: Banned; +2|6463|England

Okay, everest doesn't give temps lol. But I have a program which does, which I d/l'ed at the same time as EHE. But I can't find it and don's know what its called

2007-12-08 15:26:32

#6

killinzero1: Member; +14|6865

sIlEnT-kIlLaR wrote:
Okay, everest doesn't give temps lol. But I have a program which does, which I d/l'ed at the same time as EHE. But I can't find it and don's know what its called

yes it does you need to look under *sensor*

2007-12-08 15:27:38

#7

killinzero1: Member; +14|6865

it might be your video card over heating because when i got a black screen for NFS thats what happens

2007-12-08 15:32:23

#8

De_Jappe: Triarii; +432|7005|Belgium

Well, seeing you can get to safe mode, I assume you can still access your bios which is a good thing.

First guess would be video card overheating too (or fried). try your on board card if that's possible.
If you have anything like knoppix or so (a bootable OS from a disk, try booting that).
If it just happens, remove the power cable etc, wait an hour and try again.

Last edited by De_Jappe (2007-12-08 15:39:51)

2007-12-08 15:40:06

#9

elite3444: The other kid; +24|7114|USA

De_Jappe wrote:
Well, seeing you can get to safe mode, I assume you can still access your bio which is a good thing.

First guess would be video card overheating too (or fried). try your on board card if that's possible.
If you have anything like knoppix or so (a bootable OS from a disk, try booting that).
If it just happens, remove the power cable etc, wait an hour and try again.

no when i click safe mode i get the blue screen

2007-12-08 15:42:18

#10

De_Jappe: Triarii; +432|7005|Belgium

which error is on the blue screen, should be something like: STOP 0x0000...

if it disappears too soon, press F8 (or whatever) again, and choose something like: Don't restart on error
Write down the error code

And do you have an onboard GPU, on which you can put your monitor, does that work?

Last edited by De_Jappe (2007-12-08 15:42:50)

2007-12-08 17:33:28

#11

bennisboy: Member; +829|7124|Poundland

I had this problem before. I believe when it crashed it may have corrupted the graphics drivers. I could get into safe mode though. Try unplugging your gpu and running off the onboards. Then reinstalling drivers.

Or have you recently installed new gpu drivers? If you didn't uninstall the old ones first it may lead to both starting when you turn on your pc. If you can start task manager, identify the driver processes and stop one of them. Uninstall all gpu drivers and then reinstall one

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