Hello. I was playing a FarCry v1.31 mod and then bam my 17" CRT monitor's display goes black and I see a video signal loss light blinking. It seems like my monitor and GeForce 6800 video card lost connection. Then, my computer/Windows seem have to crashed(?) -- I could still hear the game music but it was like choppy/laggy (on and off). Also, pings to the computer from another box (set the firewall to let pings through) were not consistent (no pings, normal pings, or delayed ping responses). I tried to SSH into my Windows box, but it failed (never conencted). I had to reboot (reset button). It gets better! My computer failed to reboot! I pressed power button but it shut down fast (should take me 5 seconds not like 1-2 seconds). Now, I can't even power on anymore! I turned off the PSU in the back, and turned it back on and heard a single beep (no fans came on, computer still off, etc.) and saw the case lights come on for one second (HDD and power). I am not sure what that beep means and couldn't find this information in the motherboard manual (never saw anything about beeps for errors). I don't even get any POST voices. I tried letting my computer rest for about 30 minutes when I went to take a cool shower, but that doesn't seem to help (still hear that single beep and see case lights after turning on PSU switch). I think my computer overheated (last saw 117F degrees case and 152F degrees CPU before launching FarCry to play). And it was about 90F degrees in my room when the system crashed. I opened the case cover and looked around. I don't see or smell anything odd. I did see the green light being on the motherboard when PSU was on. It just nothing else comes on (beside the one second case lights) for when I try to power the computer on (no fans spinning, etc.). What do you think? Thank you in advance. -- "You're kissing an ant hill." --Mike Nelson /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phillip (Ant) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Please remove ANT if replying by e-mail. ( )
Are you saying my XFX GeForce 6800 (AGP; 128 MB) video card is dead? I only had it since November 2005. That doesn't explain why my PSU and motheboard come up. Shouldn't motherboard tell me that something is wrong with my video card after I hear PSU and motherboard boot up (e,.g., fans, power lights on the ATX case)? -- "You're kissing an ant hill." --Mike Nelson /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phillip (Ant) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Please remove ANT if replying by e-mail. ( )
My P5AD2 did something similar. Turned out that the video card was hosed. BTW, you should install as many fans in that case as will fit and consider a better fan assembly for the CPU as well. These suckers run HOT. The Intel cooler blows air down over the CPU and the heated air stream cooks the electrolytic caps in the near vicinity. I installed a Scythe Katana instead and although it was a pain in the butt to install it cools much better and directs the heat away from the motherboard. Tom S
Your computer beeped (1 second) when trying to power on and no fans going? I thought when this happens, PSU fans spin, motherboard boots up, and then computer beeps/POST voices. Mine didn't do that. -- "You're kissing an ant hill." --Mike Nelson /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phillip (Ant) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Please remove ANT if replying by e-mail. ( )
blabbered in First, the green LED will be on whenever the system is plugged in. Losing the CPU from overheating will not cause your monitor to lose power/synch, so your obvious choice is the PSU puked itself or it has a thermal limiter that could have popped a circuit breaker. Is there a reset button on the PSU? If not ... time for a new PSU If you have an AMI bios, here are the POST beep codes.... AMI BIOS Beep Codes: Beeps Error Message Description 1 short DRAM refresh failure The programmable interrupt timer or programmable interrupt controller has failed 2 short Memory parity error A memory parity error has occurred in the first 64K of RAM. The RAM IC is probably bad 3 short Base 64K memory failure A memory failure has occurred in the first 64K of RAM. The RAM IC is probably bad 4 short System timer failure The system clock/timer IC has failed or there is a memory error in the first bank of memory 5 short Processor error The system CPU has failed 6 short Gate A20 failure The keyboard controller IC has failed, which is not allowing Gate A20 to switch the processor to protected mode. Replace the keyboard controller 7 short Virtual mode processor exception error The CPU has generated an exception error because of a fault in the CPU or motherboard circuitry 8 short Display memory read/write error The system video adapter is missing or defective 9 short ROM checksum error The contents of the system BIOS ROM does not match the expected checksum value. The BIOS ROM is probably defective and should be replaced 10 short CMOS shutdown register read/write error The shutdown for the CMOS has failed 11 short Cache error The L2 cache is faulty 1 long, 2 short Failure in video system An error was encountered in the video BIOS ROM, or a horizontal retrace failure has been encountered 1 long, 3 short Memory test failure A fault has been detected in memory above 64KB 1 long, 8 short Display test failure The video adapter is either missing or defective 2 short POST Failure One of the hardware testa have failed 1 long POST has passed all tests
Hello. Hi, this has been resolved a few weeks ago. It seems like the PSU was in safety mode because the video card sparked into smoke after removing other cards and turning on the PSU. -- "Ants can attack with a grain of rice." --Madagascar /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phillip (Ant) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Please remove ANT if replying by e-mail. ( )
