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    Help!!! Frustration!!

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by asusc90s, Jul 19, 2010.

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    alright well, about 3 weeks ago i wanted to backup some data on my asus c90s...so i plugged it into my desktop via ethernet cable, as soon as i did that...my task bar dissapeared and my c90s froze...i tried to turn it back on but all i got was a black screen...

    so i figured maybe my 8600m finally gave out so i ordered a HD 3650

    it came today...i put it in...still got a black screen, so i unplugged the bios battery and put it back in... i got visual and it booted up fine, went to windows and everything

    ..i shut it off, put the heatsink on and tried it again...BLACK SCREEN!!

    i can get to windows even with the black screen, (hear the windows login sound, can even swipe finger and login) so this tells me its not CPU/HD/MOBO


    please help :mad:
     
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    trying to press f1 for bios default values and down/enter for start windows normally/repair startup...maybe its some virus or some
     
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    oh yea i tried to buy one locally but it turned out to be a bad card...it would start up every time no problems then as soon as it got to the starting windows screen it would freeze , the colors would start changing or go to all white with lines on the screen...so i just ordered one...this one started all up all the way..once
     
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    ok i just got into windows with the c90s black screened , i plugged the monitor cable into it and it worked but the screen was all messed up(vertical lines/colors)...another bad video card??
     
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    trying to flash bios
     
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    Any chance your bios is not compatible and needs to be updated? I would say it should be a problem with the gpu. I had a similar problem on my desktop when one of my crossfire cards died. Try running with just one strip of ram first. I don't know but rams had always given me issues as well. Run the bare minimum to see if it works first then slowly add things in one at a time.
     
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    i think its a bios issue...having trouble flashing it too...especially with not being able to see anything
     
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    In the thread where the guy had his gpu killed by a bad flash, i remember reading something about using a .bat file. So like u boot into dos, and it just auto executes the flash. So everything is pre written on a working computer. Then put into the blind one to run. And since u can boot into windows, u definitely can boot into dos to make this work. So its worth a try, provided u have the correct bios.
     
    smile_gerard, Jul 20, 2010
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    Tried helping made a video refer to last post.
     
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    about to return this video card to HONG KONG, and purchase a 9600m
     
    asusc90s, Jul 21, 2010
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    gg no help
     
    asusc90s, Jul 22, 2010
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