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Hi guys,
Unfortunately, something seriously wrong seems to have happened to my 9300. Yesterday, i was playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R when suddenly the system locked up, and the screen became garbled. After restarting, i found the BIOS garbled up too (Text all wrong, wierd symbols, blue pixels flickering, generally strange)
Whether or not it Boots into windows is now down to sheer luck. Sometimes, after the XP load bar it will bluescreen and restart. Other times, it will allow me to log in. However, my desktop appears blank and takes absolutely ages to do things (Took 5 mins to bring up the Task Manager).
I've taken it apart to check, sprayed it with canned air / a thorough clean. Still no difference. Tried removing / cleaning the heatsinks - still the same. In the end i just gave up.
Any ideas on what might be the problem? I'm guessing its got something to do with Overheating of the GFX / CPU, however the fact that tasks are taking so long when it actually works might lean towards a CPU issue. What i dont get is why the BIOS are affected by the garbling.
Thanks, your help will be much appreciated!
Here are some screenies:
Hi guys,
Unfortunately, something seriously wrong seems to have happened to my 9300. Yesterday, i was playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R when suddenly the system locked up, and the screen became garbled. After restarting, i found the BIOS garbled up too (Text all wrong, wierd symbols, blue pixels flickering, generally strange)
Whether or not it Boots into windows is now down to sheer luck. Sometimes, after the XP load bar it will bluescreen and restart. Other times, it will allow me to log in. However, my desktop appears blank and takes absolutely ages to do things (Took 5 mins to bring up the Task Manager).
I've taken it apart to check, sprayed it with canned air / a thorough clean. Still no difference. Tried removing / cleaning the heatsinks - still the same. In the end i just gave up.
Any ideas on what might be the problem? I'm guessing its got something to do with Overheating of the GFX / CPU, however the fact that tasks are taking so long when it actually works might lean towards a CPU issue. What i dont get is why the BIOS are affected by the garbling.
Thanks, your help will be much appreciated!
Here are some screenies:
