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by 00-Evan
Sat Jun 21, 2014 1:23 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!
Replies: 13
Views: 11208

Re: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!

Hey, so I have an update The DVI cable does seem to be dead actually, but replacing it did not solve my issue. I opted to spend $40 and have Canada Computers diagnose the problem. After three days of testing the found that: my GTX 570 is dead, no question my Power supply is working but the current i...
by 00-Evan
Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:21 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!
Replies: 13
Views: 11208

Re: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!

notfred wrote:
HDMI may have an audio endpoint so that unplugging may get you the device disconenct noise out of your speakers.


my thoughts exactly, I wouldn't think any kind of DVI disconnect would get a device d/c sound, would it?
by 00-Evan
Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:00 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!
Replies: 13
Views: 11208

Re: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!

"device disconnect" noise and a black screen does indicate either a monitor fault or dodgy cable. The fuzzy corrupted BIOS image with another graphics card reinforces that theory, though it is just a theory. sorry I mustn't have been clear. Everything you mentioned happened with a single ...
by 00-Evan
Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:50 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!
Replies: 13
Views: 11208

Re: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!

just brew it! wrote:
Try a different cable too. I've seen video cables go bad. It doesn't happen often, but it *does* happen.


would be lovely if it were that simple. All this time it was the graphics card and this is a totally unrelated issue, I'll test that when I get home.
by 00-Evan
Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:33 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!
Replies: 13
Views: 11208

Re: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!

Even without an IGP, video cabling issues could cause it to not see the monitor. sorry, forgot to mention when you asked about reseating, the first thing I did when I saw the blank screen was reseat my DVI cable at both ends, when I get a bit more time I'll test with a different monitor but given t...
by 00-Evan
Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:22 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!
Replies: 13
Views: 11208

Re: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!

I had some slightly similar issues when first building my Z87 rig. The system would POST and load Windows, but I'd only see a black screen. It turned out that for unknown reasons the motherboard was sending the video out through the 4770K's IGP instead of the GTX 480 in the main graphics slot. I do...
by 00-Evan
Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:24 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!
Replies: 13
Views: 11208

Re: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!

I have not reseated my CPU/cooler, sound card, or case/fan cables, everything else has been reseated. I unfortunately do not have a spare PSU. I ran some memory diagnostics back before my initial reformat and they came up clean. I'm likely going to throw $40 at my local computer shop to see if they ...
by 00-Evan
Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:34 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: inconsistent hardware problem frustration!
Replies: 13
Views: 11208

inconsistent hardware problem frustration!

So at this point I’m convinced that something in my computer is cursed, inhabited by an evil entity whose goal is to create as annoying a hardware issue as possible. … Seriously though, the issues I’m having are driving me up the wall. So about a month ago my machine started having issues after I di...
by 00-Evan
Sun May 11, 2014 11:13 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Has anyone ever had Win7 system restore work?
Replies: 13
Views: 3445

Re: Has anyone ever had Win7 system restore work?

Generally I find that in cases of serious OS damage or corruption it's not so useful, but usually it works wonders for bad driver installs and viruses.
by 00-Evan
Sat May 10, 2014 7:18 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: did some tinkering, pretty sure I corrupted my OS
Replies: 10
Views: 14051

Re: did some tinkering, pretty sure I corrupted my OS

hrm,, so just before turning off my computer to start reinstalling windows I got that black screen error again, and for the second time it resulted in the corrupted image. I had a chance to observe it better, it's 4 copies of the displayed image, each copy is about 25% the width/height of the monito...
by 00-Evan
Sat May 10, 2014 6:39 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: did some tinkering, pretty sure I corrupted my OS
Replies: 10
Views: 14051

Re: did some tinkering, pretty sure I corrupted my OS

Are you monitoring your temps? Also, are you sure default bios settings are stable? e.g. memory timings. temps are fine, nothing abnormal with anything I can see, and my bios settings have always been 95% default, still I did think to check RAM timings and they look fine, plus memtest should catch ...
by 00-Evan
Sat May 10, 2014 5:31 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: did some tinkering, pretty sure I corrupted my OS
Replies: 10
Views: 14051

Re: did some tinkering, pretty sure I corrupted my OS

nope, nevermind, system was stable for several hours but then did the same freeze as before.

I"m going to reinstall windows and hopefully that'll fix the issue, if it turns out to be a hardware problem, which part do you think is the culprit?
by 00-Evan
Sat May 10, 2014 12:16 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: did some tinkering, pretty sure I corrupted my OS
Replies: 10
Views: 14051

Re: did some tinkering, pretty sure I corrupted my OS

Mainly due to my reluctance to spending half a day reinstalling, i've been doing some other stuff. I cleared CMOS again (this time through BIOS menu, keeps things like the date) and did another restore point, the system seems more stable but I got another freeze crash. Fortunately I had resource mon...
by 00-Evan
Fri May 09, 2014 11:50 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: did some tinkering, pretty sure I corrupted my OS
Replies: 10
Views: 14051

Re: did some tinkering, pretty sure I corrupted my OS

Odd, i've run sfc (handy command, never knew about it) and it came up clean. I'm honestly pretty clueless then, I would hope none of my hardware is damaged, but it still seems so odd that i've not encountered any issues outside of windows. Also, I used Asus Ai suite to adjust voltage, was just decre...
by 00-Evan
Fri May 09, 2014 10:57 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: did some tinkering, pretty sure I corrupted my OS
Replies: 10
Views: 14051

did some tinkering, pretty sure I corrupted my OS

posted in general because i'm not 100% sure it's a software issue. Basically, long story short, I fiddled with some CPU profiling (lowered voltage slightly, then decided against it) rebooted, and now my OS doesn't work in a variety of wonderful ways, but i'm not completely sure what's causing it. Mo...
by 00-Evan
Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:05 am
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Looking for new monitor, thoughts on 30" Nixeus VUE?
Replies: 3
Views: 1984

Re: Looking for new monitor, thoughts on 30" Nixeus VUE?

I bought this: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=141161911922 for $500 Can in my hands. Pleased, it's just a 70Hz max thing but cheap, and runs Elder Scrolls Online very well. Sweet, good colours, and plays ESO so well, with my new GTX 780.. hmm, while I appreciate I can get a K...
by 00-Evan
Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:55 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Looking for new monitor, thoughts on 30" Nixeus VUE?
Replies: 3
Views: 1984

Looking for new monitor, thoughts on 30" Nixeus VUE?

I'm in the market for a new monitor to replace my BenQ FP241W, and was wondering if anyone has had experience with the Nixeus VUE 30"? It's on sale this weekend at NCIX for $650, and seems to fit my goal of getting the largest possible 16:10 monitor with north american customer support for ~$70...
by 00-Evan
Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:15 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: No display on monitor. Not sure how to proceed?
Replies: 15
Views: 6455

Re: No display on monitor. Not sure how to proceed?

Consider trying the card in your motherboard's other PCI-E slot. From my experience GPU fans spin up when the card is only receiving power from the PCI-E slot, so the inverse (the fan won't spin when receiving no power over PCI-E, but is still getting power from PSU conenctors) may be true. Fans spi...
by 00-Evan
Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:42 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Computer Problems
Replies: 4
Views: 2058

Re: Computer Problems

It did have a connected speaker actually, but the motherboard was shorting in some way which didn't even allow the motherboard to attempt post, let alone fail to post, so the speaker never gave a signal.
by 00-Evan
Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:05 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Computer Problems
Replies: 4
Views: 2058

Re: Computer Problems

I've had some more tests done and its the motherboard. I still don't know why its messed up but its the only component that won't function when swapped to a test bench(got a bit of help from a computer store). Power supply chugs along fine when put in another system. Oh well, off to the ASUS RMA dep...
by 00-Evan
Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:23 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Computer Problems
Replies: 4
Views: 2058

Computer Problems

After 5 years it was bound to happen, I've experienced my first non-obvious hardware failure. I have very little experience with diagnosing these so any help would be greatly appreciated. During use my computer immediately turned off and would not start. Upon pressing either power or the memOK butto...
by 00-Evan
Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:45 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Laptop for Runescape & Minecraft??
Replies: 7
Views: 3460

Re: Laptop for Runescape & Minecraft??

A discrete GPU makes a big difference on Runescape. Just have to enable DirectX rendering under graphics options. And to 00-Evan, they're making a lot of changes to make it seem like it'll be around for a while. Whether those changes percolate to f2p, well.... probably not, but still. I think the g...
by 00-Evan
Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:51 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Laptop for Runescape & Minecraft??
Replies: 7
Views: 3460

Re: Laptop for Runescape & Minecraft??

RuneScape does utilize the GPU and will see a benefit from a dedicated card, however both games should operate tolerably on the integrated. hope your family enjoys RuneScape while it lasts though, recent developments in that game make it seem an awful lot like it won't be around much longer, very sad.
by 00-Evan
Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:43 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Logitech G51 speaker trouble.
Replies: 10
Views: 4128

Re: Logitech G51 speaker trouble.

Well it's a bit odd that it's fatigue, the speakers have hardly ever been moved and have plenty of clearance at the jack, just bad luck I guess.

If I was to get a replacement part, would it be a replacement to the whole satellite, or a part of the satellite?
by 00-Evan
Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:45 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Logitech G51 speaker trouble.
Replies: 10
Views: 4128

Re: Logitech G51 speaker trouble.

okay, and then I'm guessing that triggering that protection mechanism over and over would cause the sort of damage I'm seeing in the satellite then? How can I repair the weak satellite, replace the amplifier in it, or is it unrecoverable? Also, if the connection has gone bad for that one jack, would...
by 00-Evan
Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:07 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Logitech G51 speaker trouble.
Replies: 10
Views: 4128

Re: Logitech G51 speaker trouble.

Okay problem's changed, now instead of popping the right surround has gone completely lame, it plays audio but just barely, and if I try to increase the volume much I just get this raspy noise. The worst part is that it seems to be the satellite now, not the connection. The back right satellite has ...
by 00-Evan
Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:53 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Logitech G51 speaker trouble.
Replies: 10
Views: 4128

Re: Logitech G51 speaker trouble.

The cable is fine, the speaker which goes buggy is the one that's connected to the port that's meant for the right surround speaker, I've tried switching satellites and the issue always carries to the satellite that's connected to that port. I'm not very experienced with audio hardware but it seems ...
by 00-Evan
Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:42 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Logitech G51 speaker trouble.
Replies: 10
Views: 4128

Re: Logitech G51 speaker trouble.

oh, yeah, sorry, forgot to mention that. If I switch the left and right surround speaker, the problem switches too, meaning that the problem seems to be at the subwoofer where the speaker connects.Could I fix this if I opened the subwoofer (assuming that's possible)?
by 00-Evan
Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:17 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Logitech G51 speaker trouble.
Replies: 10
Views: 4128

Logitech G51 speaker trouble.

Hey Gerbils, once again I reemerge from lurking to ask for your help =S, My speaker system is on the fritz. The right surround speaker is giving a constant popping noise, as if constantly gaining and losing power. What's worse, is that whenever said speaker pops (about one half-second long pop per s...
by 00-Evan
Mon May 09, 2011 12:36 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Xonar Driver Issues
Replies: 6
Views: 4503

Re: Xonar Driver Issues

alrighty then, I have 15 minutes; brb. EDIT: ding ding ding we have a winner! I was used to having to battle with the xonar on the driver front, as i've had numerous driver issues with it in the past, but it must have been the mobo or the PSU. Either way, new slot, new 4-pin power connector (this ti...
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