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Problem description: Hi everyone, I have a bit of an issue. I was playing some video games last night and my computer shut off*. I went ahead and turned it back on and when the computer loaded the motherboard splash screen (generally first thing I see when I turn on the computer), it appeared as artifacts. *It could have maybe been a system crash and not just a shut off. I was pretty drunk when I was playing games so I am a bit hazy on what happened, it was just so sudden. Attempted fixes: I heard the hard drive spinning so I decided to turn it off. I unplugged the machine and hit the power button to make sure to drain the power. Turned it back on and then same thing. I just can't get past the motherboard splash screen, I have never had this happen before. I thought it may have been heat related because I had a heater running near my computer (stupid) so I decided to sleep. I tried it again this morning and it still won't load. I thought maybe it was the monitor somehow so I decided to let it go for a bit and then try to log into windows as if my monitor was broken. I didn't hear any difference with what the HDD was doing so it looks like it is not getting past the initial splash screen. Recent changes: Have you made any changes to your system/configuration recently that might have caused the problem? None. Operating system: 64 Bit Windows 8 System specs: I really don't know the exact pieces I have, I generally use system hardware in Windows to identify that but I don't have access to that. I do know that I have: MSI Motherboard (motherboard is only 3 years old) ATI HD1450 (older card) HDD (slave) SSD (master) Location: USA I have Googled and read the FAQ: Yes, I haven't actually been able to find anything about this. I hope the Motherboard didn't fry.
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Dec 10, 2016 22:11
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Okay a bit of an update. I decided to take the CMOS battery out. I turned it on and after a bit I got this screen.  I turned it off and turned it on again then after a splash screen that is artifacts then I got this.  Not sure what is going on.
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Dec 10, 2016 23:36
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I'd disconnect all non-essential peripherals like the hard drives/disc drives and see if you're able to get into the BIOS. Use onboard GPU if you have it temporarily (take out video card). See if you're able to run memtest for a few hours: http://www.memtest.org/
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Dec 10, 2016 23:50
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Zogo posted:I'd disconnect all non-essential peripherals like the hard drives/disc drives and see if you're able to get into the BIOS. Thank you. I actually found the fix through this. I took out my graphics card and tried onboard and it booted up no problem. I went out and got a new video card and it works perfectly. Thanks!!!
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Dec 11, 2016 19:39
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