blakdragon39 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 First off, a couple days I made this topic: viewtopic.php?f=45&t=746477 To recap, last time, my entire screen went purple. I could still see and move my mouse, and hear the sounds that were playing. I pressed the sleep button, then turned my computer back on, and everything seemed fine. I recieved a lot of help, but as far as I could tell, there wasn't much that I myself could do. Today however, things seemed to get worse. =\ I was doin my thing, and all of a sudden, my screen went entirely white. I couldn't see my mouse this time, and putting the computer to sleep and turning it back also didn't work, but I could still hear the sounds. The computer turned back on, but somehow my screen was still in sleep mode somehow? It was on but the button was flashing, the way it does when the computer itself is not on. If anyone needs any clarification about what I'm talking about, I'd be glad to try and elaborate more. If anyone could try and help, that would be great. I've run regular virus scans since the last time my screen went funny, and there's been no threats to my computer detected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryomancer Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 If your screen is gone but your pc sounds like it's still running then it could be your monitor (/obvious) Otherwise might be your graphics card or your pc could be overheating if it is make sure nothing is blocking the air vents, and maybe buy a new fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade995 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Well what have you tried to fix this from suggestions from the last thread? This will help us to not suggest the same things again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maulmachine4 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 alright, your topic heading said screen of death, is this a blue screen of death with white letters across if it just flashed then it was prolly a bsod(blue screen of death) but if it hledyou could have auto reboot on. however if it was fully purple than I think the video card is teh likely culprit. http://www.draynor.net/stat/orbclaw/mal ... chine4.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konzserwas Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I wasn't sure before, but now it REALLY looks like gpu overheating If your power LED was flashing your pc was in stand-by mode i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WutangFlu Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 You're computers racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrash-boy Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 You're computers racist. lol. get a themometer if you dont have one and measure the temp around your gpu. if it has temp censors there may be programs that could tell you the temp but probably not as accurately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konzserwas Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 You're computers racist. lol. get a themometer if you dont have one and measure the temp around your gpu. if it has temp censors there may be programs that could tell you the temp but probably not as accurately. lmao! wtf are talking about :lol: the sensors are the only thing that can tell the temperature, a thermometer will be like 30-40 degrees C away from real temp, because you need the one that's INSIDE the gpu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrainbow Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Here's a link to a post on Nvidia forums. Similar problem to yours. Hope the info in the post helps. http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion/index.php?t48207.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakdragon39 Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 Hmm. I asked me dad what he thought was up, and he said it sounds like it might be overheating too. I could still hear the sounds though. Is that a different part of the computer that could still be working while the other parts aren't? I'm very certain it's not the screen, as the first time I could see and move my mouse. I went to that link, and my problem doesn't seem quite the same. The bright purple had absolutely nothing to do with what I was doing. However last time, I was just loading a screen (which is usually white when you're trying to load it), so that could be it. Maybe I'll try to see if I can clean something out. There's always a possibility of dust being in there or something, and blocking the fan I guess. I'll see how it goes. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbestfreind Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I would just disassemble the computer, clean out the parts with a vacuum for any large particles of dust, and then blast it (gently around like the motherboard) with some compressed air. Just be careful how you hold the can, and not to shake it. If you hold it at the wrong angle, liquid will shoot out and insta-freeze whatever it lands on, and can lead to cracking (and burns for you). Make sure you clean the fans really well, and any openings. Removal of parts is optional, but well-recommended, provided you know what went where, and how to reassemble everything (if not, don't worry, I've dusted a few out before without removing anything). If possible, remove the computer from an enclosed space should it be in one (like the inside of a desk), and out in the open (I often hook it up in the middle of the lanai, or kitchen, but in the Kitchen I have no internet, lanai I just take my mom's). This will ensure that air can pass through the system more easily. What you may have to do is cut a vent-hole in your desk (my dad had to do this...twice), blow a fan at the front of it so it can increase airflow (again, my dad), or cut a hole in the case or mount a new fan in there to increase airflow. Although, if you do have a graphics card that is compatible with your motherboard, switch it and see if that was the problem...and try to hook it up to another monitor (just for S&G)...If not...uhh...wait for Clare...lol [hide=Funny Quotes]So you sucker punched a kid in the back of the head? Good job.What scares me is that you're like 10 years old.-.- im not that freaking youngYou were a couple years ago.It's not racist if its true.Hmm... I wonder how one goes about throwing someone out a window in a mystic fashion :-k The mental image for that is freaking awesome.[/hide]- I dont need to "get a life." I'm a gamer - I have LOTS of lives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingMal Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Its probally a heat problem. Or it may be internal hardware failure. I suggest contacting customer support for help as its very hard to tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakdragon39 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Well our computer is within-the-year new. We got it in January-ish I think. I don't see how that much dust could have gotten in there since then =\ , but I'll definitely see what I can do. It IS inside a desk, but the back is opened (as its made specifically for a computer), and we always keep the front door open when its on. Unless the vents are on the side, (which they're not :P) I wouldn't think I could give it much more air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konzserwas Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Can we see a photo of what's inside your pc? Maybe there's some wire management to be done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakdragon39 Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Can we see a photo of what's inside your pc? Maybe there's some wire management to be done Hmm... I'll see if I can fish it out of there. (My moms many plants are in the way.. as well as many wires that have to stretch slightly.) If I can do that, THEN I'll see if I can take off the side. :XD: Then yes, I'll get a picture to here. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. V. Devnull Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 blakdragon, while we wait for that picture of the inside of your PC, I have a question for you. How strong is your PSU? If it is not powerful enough, then it won't provide the wattage/voltage that the Graphics Card needs to function. Call me crazy, but with how things are sounding to me, it looks like your Graphics Card isn't getting that minimum wattage/voltage, and is therefore crashing from it. :? BTW, if your Graphics Card is getting enough wattage/voltage, then overheating sounds extremely likely. :geek: Also, what are plants doing near the PC case? That really sounds like a recipe for disaster to me. :-s ~D. V. Devnull and normally with a cool mind.(Warning: This user can be VERY confusing to some people... And talks in 3rd person for the timebeing due to how insane they are... Sometimes even to themself.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakdragon39 Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 I have no idea what the wat .... lol wow. JUST as I was typing that... the purple screen happened again. If it was overheating, would it always go the same colour? Again this time, I could see my mouse and move it. I was typing in here, so it was the "I" thing. It stayed like that... Anyways. I have no idea what the wattage is, but in the old thread I posted a picture of my video card diagnostics or something. Maybe that might help? The plant is a fake plant, and it's on top of a box thats a good three or so inches away from the computer. It's not touching it at all. However, I can try moving it for a bit. If it's still doing this, I'll know that it's not the plant causing overheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konzserwas Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 to find out how powerful your PSU is you need to open your case and look at the side of your PSU :) Note that you should also look how many ampers you have on 12V rail(s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakdragon39 Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 So umm... go to take it out of the cabinet... there ARE vents on the side of the computer. :XD: Maybe thats the problem. -.- This computer has a LOT of freakin vents btw. =\ *stupid* #-o EDIT: So as predicted.. I cannot take the computer out of this cabinet. There's a hole where all the wires are going through, and all those wires are too short for me to pull through the hole enough to move the computer out. I would have to completely disassemble all the wires, and I'm not sure I trust myself to that task. :P I moved the plant away from the back, and I've moved the CPU as far to one side as I can (as there are only vents on one of the sides =\ ). I'll see how well that goes to keep the heat away from it. Thanks to everyone's who has helped though. :D I'll post again if the problem persists. If it does, I'll take out all of the wires from the back, and see if I can get a picture of the inside of the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konzserwas Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 It's starting to look like you have more than 1 problem there #-o Ok let's stick to overheating :pray: go here: http://downloads.guru3d.com/RivaTuner-v ... d-163.html , download, extract, install, run. Click on "customize" (the upper one, near the model of your gpu), Then "hardware monitoring". Hit setup, select where you want the log file to be located, deselect the "stop logging when blah blah blah..." box; in the list below deselect everything but core temperature and reference fan duty cycle, hit ok. then click on the button that looks like floppy drive (Called "log to file") and go play some heavy 3d game for 10-15 minutes. after you're done click the floppy once again, open the log file and tell us waht you've got there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakdragon39 Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 Okay. I've done all that, and I'm gonna do the Log to File thing right away. The only 3-d game I know of would be runescape. :XD: Does that work? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konzserwas Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Uhh not really. you should throw something to your video card, so it actually needs to work a bit :D I doubt runescape will get the temp much above what you have on idle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakdragon39 Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 No... the Reference fan duty cycle is at 100 (the top) and the Core Temp is at 0 (bottom), and it hasn't changed yet. Got any suggestions for something I could try? :P I don't want to download anything though really. Just like some online game would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konzserwas Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Now that's what i call a problem. Your temperature sensor seems to be down :? Try ambient temperature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakdragon39 Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 Where do I find that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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