GPU overclock fail

[Titan]

Hey, anyone know any tips for restoring corrupted software after a failed gpu overclock? I was overclocking my friend graphics card, (NOT KNOWING IT WAS BOTTLEKNECKED AND HE HAD A OLD OLD OLD MOBO) and I corrupted some software. I have had him reinstall most of his drivers, but some of it is still bad. Any tips? He isn't very "techy" and think I broke his gtx 650 ti.


Edit: Sorry, I do not believe this is the correct spot for this thread

[dkevelx]

I'd just delete everything and reinstall.

 

Also, what software got corrupted while you were overclocking? Overclocking your graphics card shouldn't cause such a terrifyingly bad system failure to the point of where it corrupts other software. The worst I got with an overclock was a display driver crash, even when I was boosting it by like +300 MHz for fun.

[Titan]

He doesn't want me touching his computer, so I can't do it myself, only tell him what to do. The problem is when the first few oced failed he didn't wait for the display driver to turn back on, and just turned off his computer. He did this like 5-6 times. So I haven't touched his comp since, so all he has told me was that it's still slow. After he reinstalled all the graphics drivers. (most recent)

[dkevelx]

Your friends the type of person to solve all problems with a hammer, isn't he?

 

Well, considering you have no idea whats going on with his computer, just tell him to do a clean install of Windows. That's the fastest way to eliminate any sort of software issue. Especially if he won't let you near his computer, you sort of need to know what's wrong to fix it. XD

 

And if it's still slow after that, he might have broken something.

 

Though I'm no expert and you might want to wait for a second opinion. I've just never heard of anyone being so brutish with his computer before.

[Godlygamer23]

Please tell your friend to treat his computer a little better, or he may end up destroying it because of being misinformed or something else. What software got corrupted?

[Titan]

I have no clue how bad the damage is, he was considering a factory reset, but that does lose all his data, with no extra HD to back data up. I know for a fact at this point that it's not a hardware issue, since reinstalling the NVIDIA drivers fixed some of the errors. I was thinking I could let him use my Windows 8 pro key, and have him to reinstall, but keep data. Then you do have a lot of problems, of the likes I ran into.

@Godlygamer23 I am not sure how much got corrupted, but I am for sure windows os got corrupted. Some games did not work, but obviously reinstalling the Graphics Drivers fixed that. I treated it good for him btw, I tuned it up and everything :)

[Godlygamer23]

If you want to, you can partition his drive temporarily. So he can put his personal files on the other partition.

[mgsstar]

I would try an in place install of windows 7 to fix the windows files if it still boots and if you have the windows 7 installation disk. But first, I would boot it up and run sfc /scannow on a elevated CMD (run as admin) to check integrity of windows files and repair them. Then type in findstr /c:"[sR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log >"%userprofile%\Desktop\sfcdetails.txt" and check your desktop for your file and post the contents here.

Link about this tool: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

[Titan]

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I would try an in place install of windows 7 to fix the windows files if it still boots and if you have the windows 7 installation disk. But first, I would boot it up and run sfc /scannow on a elevated CMD (run as admin) to check integrity of windows files and repair them. Then type in findstr /c:"[sR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log >"%userprofile%\Desktop\sfcdetails.txt" and check your desktop for your file and post the contents here.

Link about this tool: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

Will be sure to send him this. :D