So I started playing fallout recently on my rig that has a c2d e6750 o/c to 3 ghz, 2 gb ram, and a 7600gt. not the greatest specs but i don't do much gaming but wanted to try out fallout. anyway, sometimes, as i was playing, the video card fan would get really really loud and the graphics would start to get distorted. at this point i would usually exit the game. however, the display would then keep on refreshing when at the desktop, so i'd reboot.
however, the computer wouldn't start back up. it would power up, video card fan still running very loud, not post, turn off, power up again, etc etc until finally it would boot back up again. this process would sometimes take minutes, but sometimes even hours before it would boot back up again.
well i stopped playing fallout and i haven't had to reboot the computer in a long time. xp was being buggy a few days ago so i decided to reboot. bad move, as it won't turn on. i've left it on literally for days and it just continues the cycle of power on, no post, power off.
i've unplugged everything and have only the cpu, ram and video card in the mobo. took out the mobo and its sitting on a piece of cardboard right now. reset bios. now when i turn it on, it just stays on, all fans at full blast, keys light up on keyboard. no post, no beeps.
any ideas on what could be the problem? tried switching ram slots, took out video card and put it back in. i don't have any extra hardware unfortunately to test with. any help is appreciated
however, the computer wouldn't start back up. it would power up, video card fan still running very loud, not post, turn off, power up again, etc etc until finally it would boot back up again. this process would sometimes take minutes, but sometimes even hours before it would boot back up again.
well i stopped playing fallout and i haven't had to reboot the computer in a long time. xp was being buggy a few days ago so i decided to reboot. bad move, as it won't turn on. i've left it on literally for days and it just continues the cycle of power on, no post, power off.
i've unplugged everything and have only the cpu, ram and video card in the mobo. took out the mobo and its sitting on a piece of cardboard right now. reset bios. now when i turn it on, it just stays on, all fans at full blast, keys light up on keyboard. no post, no beeps.
any ideas on what could be the problem? tried switching ram slots, took out video card and put it back in. i don't have any extra hardware unfortunately to test with. any help is appreciated