What's wrong?? Please help!!

[NVIDIAGeek]

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]

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]

RAM or SMPS problem, check both.

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

Try and isolate it with the graphic card as well.

 

[topgear]

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]

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]

Did you overclock ur system @ Gaurav?

 

[NVIDIAGeek]

^^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]

ya its ok ,, but try to increase


when he is using 32bitos means its ok

 

[NVIDIAGeek]

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

 

[damngoodman999]

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


dont know about future ???

 

[ambar.hitman]

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

 

[Liverpool_fan]

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

 

[damngoodman999]

32 bit OS use 3.25GB RAM !!!

 

[Liverpool_fan]

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.

32 bit OS use 3.25GB RAM !!!

32bit can use upto 64GB RAM with PAE...
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension

 

[damngoodman999]

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]

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

 

[foruamit2004]

^^^ 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]

Yea forget about aa in crysgs

 

[Deleted member 26636]

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.