Gaming PC Diagnostic

[gotrocks]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I had a long reply typed out, mainly yelling at Ghostface for thinking that googling everquest technical FAQ would be anything but insulting. This thread was for bouncing ideas off other advanced pc builders. I scrapped it though.

Rog, clearly you just need to google my p99 tech faq for the fix. duh [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Joking aside, you've already got it figured out - either the mobo itself is just straight bad, or it's not liking something you've got plugged into it. Regardless, it's time for a new board. Newegg is usually pretty good about returns, but I'd call and find out - tell them it was DOA or something like that and they *should* take it back and refund.

When someone suggested that it may be a problem with the onboard gpu + video card I thought that may be the issue, but since you popped out the vid card and the integrated was still failing, that's not it. It's still possible there's a bad driver jacking hte whole system, but since he's having trouble resetting when frozen directly from mobo... yeah, that's a dead giveaway.

Refund if possible, new mobo. I'll let you pick one out because I'm lazy and it's more fun for you that way [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

p.s. buy me a new pc, im jealous.

[gotrocks]

btw, ghostfaced (you'd be much cooler if it was just 'ghostface'), attention to detail?

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Here's the really confusing part. It won't launch ANY games.

Originally Posted by Ghostfaced [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Please explain why a motherboard would be selective about the games it does and does not want to operate?

Originally Posted by Ghostfaced [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Secondly, it's Ghostfaced, and if you can't get my name right, then I have no difficulty in assuming why you fucked up this build... no attention to detail.

fail.

[Ghostfaced]

Hey Gotrocks. I know the end user and know for a fact that he can run WoW. So go fuck yourself.

[Vandy]

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

I've had 3 different ASRock motherboards and I have had nothing but trouble with them. If you can get a refund I would go with a different manufacturer.

[moklianne]

Originally Posted by Vandy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've had 3 different ASRock motherboards and I have had nothing but trouble with them. If you can get a refund I would go with a different manufacturer.

They tend to be hit or miss depending on the model. I think I've only had one DOA Asus board in all my years of building systems, so that's who I almost always stick with.

[Chronoburn]

Have the guy run a linux live CD .. Ubuntu or something. Run wine and try to run everquest. This would rule out issues with drivers and such in windows 7 ...

[EchoedTruth]

Try a new PSU and new Mobo.

PSU might be pulling too much when intensive apps are run and it craps out?