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    Fallout 4 will only run in background HELP!

    Thing is the screens are connected to the GPU and with it installed the onboard display connections are useless
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    Fallout 4 will only run in background HELP!

    Ok so i was running an old btx mobo with an nvidia gt730 when i bought the game and it ran fine in minimum graphics. Now in a search for higher definition i built a pc with all new gen tech and when i try to run fallout 4 heres the sequence of events: -click play on the launcher - fallout icon...
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    Cardboard under the chipset heatsink?

    Ok so if anyone has seen my other posts about the refurb mobo i purchased, we finally narrowed it down to the most likely culprit; the chipset was overheating. Long story short i got a new ASUS B80M mobo with an intel i5 6400 cpu and the build is working. HOWEVER, just for <mod edit> and giggles...
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    New Build won't stay active long enough to install an OS

    Ok got my new build to boot into bios. However no matter if i try installing an OS or just running thru the bios settings, the end result is the same; monitor looses signal drive activity light goes black USB keyboard stops responding Basically the only things left running are the fans and...
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    Cpu is overheating and pc wont run without black screening. Why?

    Im running an ASUS P5G41C-M LX Motherboard with a core 2 quad qp9500 processor (with the air based fan cooler), a blackbone pc case with 2 internal fans, a generic dvd-rom optical drive, a seagate 7200 barracuda hard drive, and 8 gb of crucial ddr3 ram. Its all powered by an EVGA 430w psu. Also...
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    Cpu is overheating and pc wont run without black screening. Why?

    Ok so I built a new pc and now that I try and install my os the same things happen each time 1. Boots like normal and starts set-up process then screen goes black and drive activity button goes dead but the fans are still running and power indicator light remains on 2. According to the bios the...
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    new build shutting down every 30 seconds regardless of task. All activity ceases except for fans and mobo light

    Ok so i completed my new build. at first i couldnt get it to boot into bios. solved that. THEN i started to run thru installing my os and the monitor all the sudden went blank. the fans kept running but i wasn't getting any indication that the drive was still processing anything. following that...
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    New Build wont load to bios!

    finally got it to post, had to mess with the reset plug for the front control panel. it boots to bios now but according to the hardware monitor, the cpu is overheating. I think i had too much thermal paste on it but wiped it off and applied it using the pea method. will try to run it again...
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    New Build wont load to bios!

    I tried that and no dice. Any specific connections I may have missed?
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    New Build wont load to bios!

    Ok so I put the mobo in place and connected all the power and ram as well as a blank hdd. I first plugged in my old gt 730 gpu and ram a monitor to that and powered up. Fans and lights kicked on and drives clicked up but I got no response from the monitor. I ran it thru the old vga port on the...
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    prepping a new build for install

    Ok so i finally have my new pc built and will be doing an install of aftermarket windows 7 (non-oem). After working with the folks here its ovious that i cant just do an image transfer to my new rig. heres my 2 questions: 1.) would downloading all the available drivers for my mobo and optical...