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    I fried it didn't I.

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by WysockiSauce, Dec 19, 2009.

  1. WysockiSauce

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    Well I was playing WoW today on my p6860. Everything was going fine. Suddenly a bunch of pixels went crazy in a few vertical lines, screen turned off, when I restarted I was getting artifacts in the gateway screen and the windows loading screen. It restarts after the loading screen. Works fine with no artifacts in safe mode. Re-installed drivers, didn't help. Only way I can run it now is without gpu drivers installed.What do I do now ?
     
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    Did you have any overclock at all? or are your fans still running fine?
     
    t3rR0r, Dec 19, 2009
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  3. WysockiSauce

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    Yes was at 600/850/1500 when it happened. Temps never went above 80C. Fan runs fine. Just can't start it up with drivers installed.
     
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    If anyone has had their p6860 serviced how much would a gpu/mobo replacement cost?
     
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    Replacing the mobo is futile. My gpu died, I scrapped it and sold all the parts i could and then built the computer in my sig.
     
    idiotpilot, Dec 19, 2009
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    So as you mentioned... you only get artifacts upon startup when drivers are installed? that is actually pretty wierd... try running a complete driver cleanup such as from guru3d... then reinstalling... if the card took a crap it should have artifacts no matter what you do
     
    t3rR0r, Dec 19, 2009
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    Hmm wierd also do you have warranty? Of not you could try baking iy :) or doing as mentioned part it out im sure plenty of people with the p7915u would be intrested in youre screen ;) HOPE it doesnt come to that :)
     
    I_Make_Chips, Dec 20, 2009
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    Try using drivercleaner first on safe mode.

    Keep in mind when you overclock, you can only see the GPU core temps not memory temps which is what causes artifacts.
     
    flipfire, Dec 20, 2009
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    It artifacts at the start up screen either way.(Artifacts are exactly the same a few purple lines at the top right then a bunch of brown dots, dunno if that matters) But I can turn it on completely without drivers installed. I already tried driver sweeper to no avail. I can still use it with absolutely no artifacts or problems except for gaming which is the whole point of having the 8800mgts lol. Maybe I wasn't clear in the first post. When I do install drivers it freezes after the loading screen for windows ( the one with the green bar) and restarts itself after 2 minutes.
     
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    This is why I'm glad i have the best buy accidental warranty. A few months ago my gpu fan went out and they replaced the mobo and gpu fan for free. If you do plan on parting it out I'm looking for a t9300.
     
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    the overclock might still be in effect when you install the drivers. what did you use to oc? Also how many other drivers have you tried?
     
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    I used nvidia system tools to oc, tried dox 185.85, some old drivers from windows update and nvidia 195.81
     
    WysockiSauce, Dec 20, 2009
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    Well I haven't gotten a straightforward answer yet, (I realize its hard without actually seeing it), do the symptoms I describe point to a burnt out gpu or could it be something else? Probably shouldn't have oc'd the memory since it doesn't even touch the heatsink. : (
     
    WysockiSauce, Dec 21, 2009
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