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Tech Lounge => General => Topic started by: PDAFreak14 on September 19, 2009, 01:35:14 PM
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I thought maybe u guys could help. When i try to start gmod i get an error message from ati vpu recovery. My graphics accerlerator has been reset, thats what it says. Sometimes i can start gmod but the chance is really small. I have this problem since yesterday. Oh and i get weird colours when its crashing. Hopefully somebody can help me with this.
Pdafreak14.
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Basically you are having issues somewhere with the GPU, could be drivers. The VPU recovery console does what it does to stop the system crashing or freezing.
someone i know had it keep coming up before and tried just installing the display drivers not the CCC and then running ATI Tray Tools which has more control than the CCC anyway. That worked.
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It's the same issue that the nvidia drivers handle.
When your graphics card is unstable, it prevents the entire system from becoming unstable.
Not enough information to really give too much incite.
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I don't have more info to give you, really. But i found out i have the same issue with css. The graphics card is an ati radeon 9200.
I'll try what tomcat said. I'll keep you updated.
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Uhm, yeah. My computer died. When i turn it on nothing happens, only the cpu and psu fans spin. No beep, no led, not even harddrive activity.
I tried using a minimal config by using only 1 stick of ram and only the necessarily parts hooked up. Still no sign of life.
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omg omg omg what am i gunna do for 3 week D:
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Well, does your HDD LED stay completely lit or any other wierd behavior.
Looks like cpu or mobo issue.
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Nope, nothing happens. I can't even turn off the computer with the button, i have to pull the cable out of the psu. I put my HDD in another computer and that works great, so that's not the problem i think.
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Oh, I just saw my dvd burner light stays completely lit, my primary dvd player light doesnt burn.
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Ok it sonde like your CPU orpower supply if you can't start up your comp
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But i tried another psu, although i had this problem before with another pc and the spare psu. Shiz i need another psu maybe. Does the power matter just for testing?
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umm what you mean by for testing
btw justput all you hd ware onto an old computer lol
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I meant for just to see if it runs. But i know now it's not the PSU, maybe it's the CPU. And yeah i put my old hd in another computer.
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lol buy a new cpu i recomend if your a intel fan
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=38512 (http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=38512) about 160 dollors but quad core and for
AMD http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/phenom/Pages/AMD-phenom-processor-X4-X3-at-home.aspx (http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/phenom/Pages/AMD-phenom-processor-X4-X3-at-home.aspx)
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i bought a new pc lol, thx for ur help :)
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Did you try swapping out the gfx card? If the GPU dies, the bios will freak out and give an error code (usually beep pattern). Since that's where the problem started, thats the first thing that should be tested.
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i get no beeps at all. With or without gpu.
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SO THIS TOPIC IS OVER?
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Uhm lol?
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SO THIS TOPIC IS OVER?
Bah! Even if he already bought a new system, the old one is still sitting there. If it can be fixed for cheap/free, well.. 2 working systems is better than one right?
A lotta machines don't come with beepers anymore (just like the occasionally still useful floppy drives). I guess the manufacturers don't figure the home user is going bother with troubleshooting and a professional tech can just plug one in as needed.
If you want to see if the system is salvageable you can strip down the board, leaving one stick of memory, processor (and fan), power and header connections, and an old PCI gfx card. Slap a monitor on the gfx cards port and fire it up. If it gives you a POST screen, the systems still good. If not, take it out with the trash.
Even if it's dead, you should certainly keep the hard drive, power supply, maybe even the memory and optical drives. You can use the old hard drive in your new system for additional storage or backups and the rest of the parts make great spares since they're pretty standard across modern computers. If the memory is the same type, you can upgrade your new machine further with it.
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Thanks! I will certainly keep the working parts. Maybe even the whole computer if i have enough room left :)
Thanks for all of your replies.
PDAFreak14.
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if you fix it run a server off of it lol
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lol i already do sometimes on a similar system. :)
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:O I had a ati radion 9200, I turned VPU recovery off since the first time it did what it did. I played gmod with that card for 2-3 months until it died : P, Apparently it doesn't last long when playing gmod. Yeah the way I fixed it after the VPU recovery was taking out the card and use the onboard gpu, then leave it out for awhile then put it back in(with the safety procedures of course or the pc would be dead). Then it works normally for some reason. The card is now broken but still works, hardly *darn you power surges in the winter*