Boot loop help?

[laptopgeek]

 Playing BF4.

 No irregularities, 60+fps

 Close game

 Chrome is only thing open

 Pc just shuts down as if I turned the switch off at the wall

Turn PC back on, goes to motherboard menu (press key for bios)

A tonne of text in polish that translates roughly to windows error something, launch normally or run diagnostics?

Both options lead back to the motherboard screen.

Whole thing loops over and over.

 

 

Specs:

Amd Fx 8350

Gtx 970 (standard) / Gtx 660ti (Spare one that I tried with no difference)

12Gb Ram

Asus M5A78L-M motherboard

Windows 7

 

Any help?

 

Tried:

Clearing Cmos

Changing GPU

Checked cables

Changed battery

Reset Bios

[Haydenp10]

Make sure all (if any) loose cables are plugged in securely 

[laptopgeek]

Checked 3 times. All plugged in

[TidaLWaveZ]

You try clearing the cmos?

[laptopgeek]

Yep.

[TidaLWaveZ]

Restoring BIOS defaults?

[laptopgeek]

Done it. 

 

 

Minor issue, random squares are popping up. I'll post a picture in a minute

[deWaardt]

5 minutes ago, laptopgeek said:

Done it. 

 

 

Minor issue, random squares are popping up. I'll post a picture in a minute

random squares popping up does not sound like a minor issue.

Such things can hint to a graphics card failure.

 

That could explain the bootloop.

Do you know your GPU's temperature during average gaming?

[laptopgeek]

Slightly larger issue now, It's become lines.........

[Zyndo]

Well if i had to guess, you've either got yourself a GPU issue, or aliens are attempting to make first contact with our planet

[laptopgeek]

6 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

random squares popping up does not sound like a minor issue.

Such things can hint to a graphics card failure.

 

That could explain the bootloop.

Do you know your GPU's temperature during average gaming?

Never goes higher than 50. Also, I tried my old 660, with no difference

[Prokart2000]

2 minutes ago, laptopgeek said:

Slightly larger issue now, It's become lines.........

I would say gpu but i realised you checked your other one, maybe ram?

[deWaardt]

1 minute ago, laptopgeek said:

Never goes higher than 50. Also, I tried my old 660, with no difference

You've tried a different graphics card, and still lines and stuff?

 

This is what my screen looked like when my HD6570 burnt out.

 

 

Tried a different cable and connector?

[laptopgeek]

6 minutes ago, Prokart2000 said:

I would say gpu but i realised you checked your other one, maybe ram?

The p

 

7 minutes ago, deWaardt said:

You've tried a different graphics card, and still lines and stuff?

 

This is what my screen looked like when my HD6570 burnt out.

 

 

Tried a different cable and connector?

It's not the cable, I tried it on another PC and it worked fine. Also, the lines aren't all the time. They've only appeared on the black screen with the flashing cursor.

[laptopgeek]

10 minutes ago, Prokart2000 said:

I would say gpu but i realised you checked your other one, maybe ram?

Trying different ram now.

[Prokart2000]

1 minute ago, laptopgeek said:

Trying different ram now.

report results

[laptopgeek]

8 minutes ago, Prokart2000 said:

report results

No difference, swapped 2x 6gb for 1x 4gb. Stuck on the flashing cursor from before, but no lines yet. Although they'd probably show up if I waited a bit longer.

[Prokart2000]

1 minute ago, laptopgeek said:

No difference, swapped 2x 6gb for 1x 4gb. Stuck on the flashing cursor from before, but no lines yet. Although they'd probably show up if I waited a bit longer.

I would guess from the shear process of elimination that it is your cpu or mobo, what were the cpu temps while gaming?, were you overclocked?

 

[laptopgeek]

6 minutes ago, laptopgeek said:

No difference, swapped 2x 6gb for 1x 4gb. Stuck on the flashing cursor from before, but no lines yet. Although they'd probably show up if I waited a bit longer.

Never mind, 2 secs after posting, this came upHard to see, but jut random dots

[laptopgeek]

6 minutes ago, Prokart2000 said:

I would guess from the shear process of elimination that it is your cpu or mobo, what were the cpu temps while gaming?, were you overclocked?

 

Not sure about cpu temps, and it was overclocked slightly. Not to mention that there's a tonne of dust in there, which is probably the cause

[Prokart2000]

2 minutes ago, laptopgeek said:

Not sure about cpu temps, and it was overclocked slightly. Not to mention that there's a tonne of dust in there, which is probably the cause

Is this your board? https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/M5A78LMUSB3/

If so it is a 760 chipset with the vrms having no cooling so maybe it is something to do with the board? 

Im not too sure being honest

[laptopgeek]

Yeah, that's the board

[Prokart2000]

5 minutes ago, laptopgeek said:

Yeah, that's the board

Im not sure but i would look towards the board (not saying that is the problem, it would be my guess though)

[deWaardt]

13 minutes ago, Prokart2000 said:

Im not sure but i would look towards the board (not saying that is the problem, it would be my guess though)

 

17 minutes ago, laptopgeek said:

Yeah, that's the board

A very easy one, is take another motherboard, and connect all your other hardware (psu, gpu etc) to that mobo.

If the problem still occurs, either the mobo or the CPU is to blame.

 

My guess goes to the mobo.

[laptopgeek]

Issue has now evolved to nothing appearing on the screen at all.