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by **victor_alpha_charlie** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:13 pm

Hey guys,

I've had a problem over about the last week or so where my computer well.. effectively turns into a useless piece of cr@p. It first happened when I installed the Lionheart Creations Trinidad/Tobago pack that I won from the Simflight Screenshot Comp- I started FS at TNCM and the screen started to get funny lines in it in bright fluoro colours. I know it's a weird way to describe it, but they were little horizontal lines about the size of a few grains of rice (with a similar shape) all across the screen. I thought it may have just been a funny FS moment, so I restarted my comp and started FS again. As sson as I started a flight the dreaded "Flight Simulator needs to close- would you like to restart?" box came up, and continued doing so.

I gave up on FS for that night, and haven't used it since, but now those lines have started appearing in Firefox and Chrome as well. 8 times out of 10 whenever I open a new window/go to a new internet page, the screen blacks out for a second or two, and the computer freezes sometimes too. Whenever I restart, I get a message with something like "Error BOOT.INI. Booting from C:/ instead.". Then more often than not the computer won't start, and the screen goes into that mode where it turns off and the power light flashes, as if it is in screensaver mode.

I have no idea what's happening, can anyone help?

by **creator2003** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:54 pm

Well the color thing sounds like a graphic card frying slowly and the ini file boot could be anything from a software or harddrive on its way out ? ...does it have a blue screen with text flash quick and starts its reboot again each time ?

by **Chairman** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:15 pm

Have you had any power cuts lately ? Does sound like a hardware thing ...

Cheers
Gary

by **victor_alpha_charlie** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:35 pm

creator2003 wrote:
QUOTE (creator2003 @ Oct 17 2008, 08:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well the color thing sounds like a graphic card frying slowly and the ini file boot could be anything from a software or harddrive on its way out ? ...does it have a blue screen with text flash quick and starts its reboot again each time ?

Nope, just blacks out straight away. I'll call the VA 'Techie Guy' (He built the comp) and get him to look at it.

Chairman wrote:
QUOTE (Chairman @ Oct 17 2008, 09:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Have you had any power cuts lately ? Does sound like a hardware thing ...

Cheers
Gary

Not that I know of. We've just been away from home for a week but the computer was turned off so I can't see that being a problem?

Cheers for the help so far guys.

by **creator2003** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:15 am

Well if you had color flicks and what you explian then id put it down to the graphic card has fryed ,and now you only get a black screen all together well that still points toward the card aswell to me ,well that would be the first thing id be checking of my list ....

by **victor_alpha_charlie** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:23 am

creator2003 wrote:
QUOTE (creator2003 @ Oct 18 2008, 09:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well if you had color flicks and what you explian then id put it down to the graphic card has fryed ,and now you only get a black screen all together well that still points toward the card aswell to me ,well that would be the first thing id be checking of my list ....

Ok cheers

by **mfraser** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:33 pm

If it only started happening after you installed the addon then I'd uninstall the addon and see if it fixes the issue. I say this as I installed VoxATC on my cockpit simulator and it resulted in the same sort of 'corrupt' graphics blocks you mentioned. I found that if I ran VoxATC in separate window then it fixed the problem, so you may well find its the addon that's the issue. It is strange though that its affecting other Windows programs as well and may well be the video card itself - I guess it could just be a coincidence that the card failed just after you installed a new program! A reinstall of Windows may fix the problem if its not a hardware issue. I also suggest in all of my 'tech' replies that you check the obvious - have you checked to ensure the cable is securely attached?

Best of luck,
Mat

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:52 pm

Back racing again , crashing PCs seem the weekly thing recent .. the first thing my very good friend , Austen of 'Calder Electronics' CHCH thought was a Faulty HD all the symptoms .. first place to look , checked all out to find was the MOBO .. Ikes ... a P4 -865PE/PE pro chipset .. no way never find one off them .. he damn well did and the PC .... well I'm happy very

HAPPY .

by **victor_alpha_charlie** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:24 pm

Thanks for all the replies guys, sounds like I might be able to get a new graphics card out of it, hopefully some kind of Nvidia 512mb one. Of course if anyone asks it was something to do with my RAM as well, so I'll need some more

by **creator2003** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:36 am

LOL yes i think you need a new puter /quad core /ram /big graphic card just so it never happens again ,and some realnz scenerys to test out the new pc with some new aircraft addons to boot ...

oh and while you at it mom and da i need a new car

by **victor_alpha_charlie** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:42 am

creator2003 wrote:
QUOTE (creator2003 @ Oct 20 2008, 03:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
LOL yes i think you need a new puter /quad core /ram /big graphic card just so it never happens again ,and some realnz scenerys to test out the new pc with some new aircraft addons to boot ...

oh and while you at it mom and da i need a new car

You know what? Let's just make it easy. "Mum, I need $1 mill"

You think I'd get a decent comp for that?

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