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[ConsumateDragon]

Since installing and attempting to play the Dragon Age 2 demo my PC crashed and immediately started experienceing serious graphical artifacts, to the point where if i start windows i can't even tell if it is working or not. The anomalies also are present outside windows, i managed to get into windows in safe mode and after some struggling completely removed my graphics drivers, after re installing the issues returned. I have also done system restores and scanned windows for corrupt files. now i can't even get my windows to boot in safe mode. Any help would be greatly appreciated especially if it doesn't require a format.

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[Icinix]

..I don't believe the demo has the capability to do that kind of damage.



I would say it was something to do with the System Restore botching something.

Grab your Windows DVD and boot from disc and do a repair.

[Fredvdp]

Software can't cause hardware failure but bad cooling can if you are running a current-gen video game. What did the graphical artifacts look like? If they're green dots it means your graphics card is dead.

[J-PV]

Sounds like graphics card died. Do you overclock?



And you know, it could have been any 3d intensive graphics application...

[DarthCaine]

Sounds like your graphic card died. It's just a coincidence, nobody else has reported stuff like that

[ConsumateDragon]

hey guys i don't overclock at all. My card is a 4890.



the game crashed before i was able to do anything, during the intro movies, after i was booted to the desktop i had an error about a graphics driver and that windows had recovered except large parts of my screen had solid blocks of various colours with noise on them.

[J-PV]

Have you looked inside computer case? A lot of dust can cause overheating. Overheating kills cards.



I hope it isn't so, but this really sounds that your graphics card is gone.

[ConsumateDragon]

my case has a tranparent side. It is quite cool today it seems wierd that my card would die now, my case is also relatively dust free internally. I guess i will try a different graphics card then a system restore.

[ConsumateDragon]

Modifié par ConsumateDragon, 24 février 2011 - 11:19 .

[ConsumateDragon]

sorry for triple post, posting from phone

Modifié par ConsumateDragon, 24 février 2011 - 10:59 .

[0x30A88]

Temperature is the worst enemy known to any components.

Would recommend trying to swap the card and see if there's a difference.

Modifié par Gisle Aune, 24 février 2011 - 12:31 .

[wolfsite]

Yay I did have a similar issue once last year, in my case it did turn out that my graphics card died.  After swapping it out with a new one everything was resolved.

[Darth Wraith]

Are the anomalities present immediately after starting your computer (that is, before Windows has a chance to load)? If so it's a hardware problem. Something very similar happened to me when playing Fallout: New Vegas last year, and it turned out my graphics card simply happened to pick that moment to die. It happens.

[Kinthalis ThornBlade]

Try cleaning out the video card heatsink and the rest of your PC with some compressed air. Pick up a can and go to town. Make sure to hold down the fans with your hand before letting loose on them, or you might damage them.



After cleaning, I would re-set my GPU. Remove it, make sure the contacts are clean and then place it back in it's slot.



Hopefully you'll be good then, otherwise yeah, dead hardware.