Evening Reading: What Are You Playing?

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  How much did you pay for a GTS 250? : abrasion
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    ~$150, why? : c0bra
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      http://www.anandtech.com/show/2731 :( : abrasion
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        What does this have to do with my problem? : c0bra
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          He's trying to take your mind off your problem. : CRasterImage
          • At least it's, um... good on power consumption :) : Jobos
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  First order of business: Swap the PSU out. : aggressor
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    damn, really? : c0bra
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      It's a rosewill 550w :( : c0bra
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        Well, what do you mean by boots to a black screen? Do you see the POST screen at all? : aggressor
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          Yea it boots through BIOS but when it gets to the part where you would normally see the Windows XP loadin... : c0bra
          • Previously (with my old card) when I had this problem I was able to occasionally get the boot options scr... : c0bra
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        That's a mediocre PSU brand. Bad PSUs tend to have more fluctuations in there voltage and therefore may c... : Alco23
        • No I used the updated ones. I think. : c0bra
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  Bad hard drive? : ajvitaly
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    Or motherboard. You aren't overclocking the processor, are you? : ajvitaly
    • No. : c0bra
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  Ram. Every time ive booted to a black screen its a bad stick of ram. Try that before you do anything dr... : Fooldozer
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    Would it get through bios if it was bad ram? : c0bra
    • Bad ram can do everything from not booting to random crashes in windows. : Nali4Freedom
    • Do you still have your old video card? Can you plug that in and see if it will boot? You should start swa... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  Serious answer, is it posting - does it display anything on the monitor? : abrasion
  • Yes, it displays all the boot info. I can get into BIOS and edit things . : c0bra
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  UPDATE: I can boot into a Ubuntu live-cd just fine. Video works great. WTF why is windows such an enor... : c0bra
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    did you try booting to last known good config? : JohnnyRey
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      I can't get to that screen! : c0bra
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        wow reading comprehension FTL...sorry =(
        
        

        Apr 03, 2010 8:27am PDT
        wow reading comprehension FTL...sorry =( : JohnnyRey
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        OK I got it, I have to press F8 twice, there's an initial boot device screen and after I hit <enter> I ha... : c0bra
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          note: I just got Windows 7. Can I somehow upgrade to that non-destructively? : c0bra
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            Yuo should be able to, it will save all your files for you in a folder. Though you will have to reinstall... : JohnnyRey
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              So no partition formatting? What do you mean by save "all your files"? How about steam? Will I have to... : c0bra
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                From xp to win 7, the install will put all your stuff in a folder for you, but format the rest of the dri... : JohnnyRey
                • The only option I get (besides repair stuff) is "Install Now" :( : c0bra
              • Even if it doesn't keep the install information, you can just run the Steam executable and it'll fix itse... : Helter Skelter
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          Try letting it sit. My machine does the same thing every now and then (using Win7), eventually after sitt... : Helter Skelter
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            I let it sit for a long time last night but I guess I can try it again. : c0bra
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              It's been on the black screen booting into safe mode for like half an hour now :( : c0bra
              • Oh. I was thinking maybe 5 minutes, tops. Half an hour is not so good. :( : Helter Skelter
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    Sounds like a user issue : ateam311
    • I am going to kill you. : c0bra