What's wrong?? Please help!!

NVIDIAGeek · 11-02-2009, 10:38 PM

hi, here's the problem: when my cous was playing gta sa, he said he heard two beeps and the system was shut down. When he switched on the monitor gave 'No Signal'. He reinserted 9800GTX+ but the monitor gave him no signal, he reinserted the ram also, but no. He even took out the cmos battery and inserted again nothing. What's the problem, guys. He can't test his card with my rig, 'cause i am on a holiday. Please tell me a solution guys. He's worried. Thank you in advance

ambar.hitman · 11-02-2009, 10:53 PM

most probably RAM or SMPS is faulty. But as monitor is showing no signal, i doubt its RAM problem. Ask him to try with different RAM

saqib_khan · 12-02-2009, 12:02 AM

RAM or SMPS problem, check both.

Ethan_Hunt · 12-02-2009, 01:19 AM

Try and isolate it with the graphic card as well.

**topgear** · 12-02-2009, 06:37 AM

1. Tell your friend to re-insert ram sticks.
2. Try with different Ram.
3. Try with a different Gfx card.
4 Try with a different PSU.

gaurav_indian · 12-02-2009, 06:40 AM

I had a same problem 4 months ago.I also thought RAM was at fault.But my motherobard,gfx card and RAM all were dead due to overheating.

ambar.hitman · 12-02-2009, 10:18 AM

Did you overclock ur system @ Gaurav?

NVIDIAGeek · 12-02-2009, 12:47 PM

^^Thank you guys for suggesting. He said RAM was the culprit. He was using 2GB RAM of Transcend & 1GB RAM of ZION, both were 667MHz. The ZION had gone nuts

. Now he's using only 2Gigs of RAM. Is it sufficient for playing games [Crysis, Fallout 3] at 4x AA 16x AF and 1440x900 res.???? Is there any difference between 2GB & 3GB in games???

damngoodman999 · 12-02-2009, 01:01 PM

ya its ok ,, but try to increase

when he is using 32bitos means its ok

NVIDIAGeek · 12-02-2009, 01:12 PM

Yes, 32bit OS. No probs, huh???

damngoodman999 · 12-02-2009, 01:22 PM

ya ,, up to gta-4 there is no probs

dont know about future ???

ambar.hitman · 12-02-2009, 01:22 PM

Yup no probs in 32 Bit OS, max 32 bit can use is 2GB RAM

Liverpool_fan · 12-02-2009, 01:23 PM

2GB is enough...The extra GB would hardly make a difference...

damngoodman999 · 12-02-2009, 01:24 PM

32 bit OS use 3.25GB RAM !!!

Liverpool_fan · 12-02-2009, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by damngoodman999

ya its ok ,, but try to increase

when he is using 32bitos means its ok

32bit or 64bit, makes no difference until you have 4GB RAM or so, since some RAM is not utilized.

Quote:

Originally Posted by damngoodman999

32 bit OS use 3.25GB RAM !!!

32bit can use upto 64GB RAM with PAE...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension

damngoodman999 · 12-02-2009, 01:32 PM

the default 32bit OS only uses 3.25 GB

there are many modds r there to convert the 32bit os to recogonize 32gb RAM

NVIDIAGeek · 12-02-2009, 02:57 PM

Does Crysis will be sufficient with 2GB??? At 4x AA & 16x AF 7 1440x900 res.

???

foruamit2004 · 12-02-2009, 07:00 PM

^^^ just remove the 4xAA part..it will work with good gpus like 4850 or 9800gtx+.. btw 4xAA won't even work on gtx 260..

amitash · 12-02-2009, 07:45 PM

Yea forget about aa in crysgs

himadri_sm · 12-02-2009, 10:24 PM

i played crysis at very high settings but with 2x AA & crysis: warhead at enthusiast settings & 2x AA on my hd 4850..without any crashes or freezing whatsoever.

**topgear** · 12-02-2009, 10:27 PM

@ nvidiageek - tell your friend to buy another 2 GB stick & run both 2GBs in dual channel. They will give better perf in games.

NVIDIAGeek · 13-02-2009, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by topgear

@ nvidiageek - tell your friend to buy another 2 GB stick & run both 2GBs in dual channel. They will give better perf in games.

"tell your cousin"

. 32-bit OS uses 3.25GB RAM, right?? But is 4GB RAM utilized by the 'demanding' games on 32-bit OS???

Quote:

Originally Posted by amitash

Yea forget about aa in crysgs

"CRYSiS". Why?? I have played with 4x AA with High settings & Crysis WARHEAD with Enthusiast settings & at same AA [DX9]. No probs.

foruamit2004 · 13-02-2009, 02:45 PM

^^^ you are not eligible to say that....hardly anyone has sig like your

@sekhar CRYSIS - simply not possible, i'hv almost same setup as yours and cpu/gpu well overclocked. in benchmark tool you might get 30+ fps, but gamepaly won't be smooth with very high+2AA

NVIDIAGeek · 13-02-2009, 04:18 PM

^^Rig in the Sig [

] is my brother's. It's supremely fast! I can't wait when he comes back to India.

@foruamit2004 - What's not eligible, I didn't understand???

. I've played Crysis at above quoted settings with my Rig. Which's Intel C2D E8400@3.0GHz, 2GB RAM 667MHz, PALiT Radeon HD4850 Sonic, Intel DG31PR [

]

**topgear** · 13-02-2009, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nvidiageek

"tell your cousin"

. 32-bit OS uses 3.25GB RAM, right?? But is 4GB RAM utilized by the 'demanding' games on 32-bit OS???

Buddy that's not true. 32 bit OS doesn't have 3.25GB mem limitation.
For eg. Windows Server 2003 32 bit Enterprise Edition SP2 Supports 64GB Ram.
Windows Server 2003 32 bit Datacenter Edition SP2 Supports 128GB of Ram.

But, 32 bit consumer grade OS like Vista & XP 32 bit editions have such limitations.

For 4 GB Ram - I've said to get 2x 2GB Ram & Run them in dual channel. Coz Dual Channel does gives 15-30% more bandwidth compared to single channel.
So all memory intensive apps will run faster.

32 bit programs can support a max mem of 2GB. So games & other programs
which can utilise 2GB ram will benefit even more.

Also you can always go for 64bit OS & get more performance.

NVIDIAGeek · 14-02-2009, 01:08 PM

If I switch to 64-bit OS, does 32-bit games uses the performance of 64-bit OS??? Or do I have to buy 64-bit Games?? Do Games switch to 32- or 64-bit when we change the OS 32- or 64-bit???

comp@ddict · 14-02-2009, 01:23 PM

^^Dun worry, the work. And only if the game is 64-bit optimized(it's usually mentioned), then it benefits from the 64-bit OS. Else only the xtra ram comes in2 use.