- Mar 23, 2014
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Hi,
I was playing a game when my screen started showing random green dots. PC shortly after completely froze.
I restarted the PC thinking it was a windows error. The PC could not boot into windows, it kept trying to scan disks for errors.
I managed to enter the bios but the colors are all messed up.
I tried connecting the monitor directly to the motherboard, but I did not get a signal.
This is a picture showing the messed up colors in:
What do you think failed? CPU or the motherboard?
The likelihood of both CPUs failing is low. I suspect the motherboard is responsible for the both CPU failures.
PC specs:
i5 8600k (w/ cryorig h7)
MSI z370 gaming x
2x8gb ddr4
nvidia gtx 770
Additional information:
Around June last year I built a PC with the specs above. After 6 months of use CPU failed.I suspected the motherboard caused the CPU failure so I sent both back to the store under warranty. They tested both parts and concluded that the CPU was dead but the motherboard worked. So they sent back the motherboard with a new CPU. Now after few months of use here I am.
The CPU has never been overclocked. Temps are stable.
Threads I made earlier regarding the issues I had with the previous build:
MSI Z370 - top PCIe 3.0 x16 slot stopped working
Can a "working" motherboard cause CPU failure?
EDIT 1: I removed the GPU and turned on the PC with screen connecte directly to the motherboard.
It worked, booted into windows with all of the colors there!
Which makes me think: Why didn't the PC boot when I connected the screen directly to the motherboard WHILE the GPU was still installed?
This said, now I think the GPU is faulty. I will do more test and will update if I find anything.
EDIT 2: I installed the GPU back in the PC but this time into a secondary PCI slot. The original issue happened (missing colors, very very similar to the picture above). Now, I believe the GPU is the definite issue. I will install the GPU in another PC later.
I was playing a game when my screen started showing random green dots. PC shortly after completely froze.
I restarted the PC thinking it was a windows error. The PC could not boot into windows, it kept trying to scan disks for errors.
I managed to enter the bios but the colors are all messed up.
I tried connecting the monitor directly to the motherboard, but I did not get a signal.
This is a picture showing the messed up colors in:
What do you think failed? CPU or the motherboard?
The likelihood of both CPUs failing is low. I suspect the motherboard is responsible for the both CPU failures.
PC specs:
i5 8600k (w/ cryorig h7)
MSI z370 gaming x
2x8gb ddr4
nvidia gtx 770
Additional information:
Around June last year I built a PC with the specs above. After 6 months of use CPU failed.I suspected the motherboard caused the CPU failure so I sent both back to the store under warranty. They tested both parts and concluded that the CPU was dead but the motherboard worked. So they sent back the motherboard with a new CPU. Now after few months of use here I am.
The CPU has never been overclocked. Temps are stable.
Threads I made earlier regarding the issues I had with the previous build:
MSI Z370 - top PCIe 3.0 x16 slot stopped working
Can a "working" motherboard cause CPU failure?
EDIT 1: I removed the GPU and turned on the PC with screen connecte directly to the motherboard.
It worked, booted into windows with all of the colors there!
Which makes me think: Why didn't the PC boot when I connected the screen directly to the motherboard WHILE the GPU was still installed?
This said, now I think the GPU is faulty. I will do more test and will update if I find anything.
EDIT 2: I installed the GPU back in the PC but this time into a secondary PCI slot. The original issue happened (missing colors, very very similar to the picture above). Now, I believe the GPU is the definite issue. I will install the GPU in another PC later.
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