Red dots and Green dots on startup - Windows won't load

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Germad

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I was playing a video game last night that I have played many times and my computer froze. I rebooted the computer and let windows load up; when my screen saver came on my computer froze again, this time with strange red lines all over the screen. I rebooted a third time and tried the game again, and it froze yet again, this time with red stripes appearing again on the screen.

I rebooted the computer yet again and noticed that on the first screen which has the logo of my computer maker, there were red dots, when windows started loading, there were green dots and Windows never finished loading.

I was able to get the computer to safe mode successfully, but even in safe mode I see faint red horizontal streaks on the desktop (not when I'm using the browser or other apps). The only thing that worked one time in solving this problem was unplugging the computer for half an hour and restarting, I did this when the problem first manifested and Windows loaded fine. But I tried it again last night, letting the computer sit through the night, and I'm having the same problem again.

I haven't installed any new drivers or any new hardware, I'm pretty confused since this is a game that I have played numerous times without issue.

I'm running a Quad-core Q6600 on Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit. My graphics card is NVidia GeForce 8800 GT.
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hewlett-Packard SR5019UK
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800 + 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra)
    Memory
    2.50GB
    Graphics card(s)
    nVidia GeForce
    Sound Card
    Realtec ALC888 Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" LCD Monitor
    Hard Drives
    160 Gb Usable Hard Drive
    Other Info
    HP G56 Laptop Win 7 64bit. 4Gb Ram DDR2's. Hitachi 450Gb Hard Drive. Pentium(R) Duel-Core CPU.
Kesume....... That thread had no info in it what so ever.........

If it does it in safemode, its 90% hardware. Whats the bios look like?

I suggest giving the slot a good blow out, Do you happen to hve a 2nd pci-e?

Unfortunately youre setups 5yrs old... I have the same setup, and now its my server, so its quite possible its crapping out.

you could try underclocking it but i doubt it'll fix it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hewlett-Packard SR5019UK
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800 + 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra)
    Memory
    2.50GB
    Graphics card(s)
    nVidia GeForce
    Sound Card
    Realtec ALC888 Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" LCD Monitor
    Hard Drives
    160 Gb Usable Hard Drive
    Other Info
    HP G56 Laptop Win 7 64bit. 4Gb Ram DDR2's. Hitachi 450Gb Hard Drive. Pentium(R) Duel-Core CPU.
To the op........ tx650 is bit overkill on your system...... I ran my same setup on a quality 520...... 5yrs and still going.... But it is priced nicely... So a decent choice.

It is quite possible though the psu is failing, and as the techforums poster said, dells,and all prebuilt systems, the psus just barely get by. I wouldn't worry about dmagem, but I would try it out on another system to see if its a gpu or psu issue

Upgrading the psu could possibly solve the issue.. And would NOT be wasted money.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
The issue does not appear in safe mode, I was able to disable the graphics card through safe mode and restart the computer and it ran relatively fine, though I noticed three faint red horizontal streaks that were visible when the screen was red.

Interestingly, even when the graphics card was disabled, I was seeing red dots on the Dell splash screen.

I'm going to try to change the PSU tomorrow. I opened up the case today and cleaned it out, and tightened the connections, but it doesn't seem to have fixed anything.

For what its worth my installed PSU is 425W.

How do I check the BIOS?
 

My Computer

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I installed a new PSU and when I turn on the power on, I hear the video card and psu running, but the computer doesn't start. There is also a yellow light on the motherboard, what gives?
 

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Not too sure as you'd need to be more specific,, but here is the light meanings in your 420 manual
Documentation

Have you got asll the plugs pluged in? Specifically the 4 pin power, 24 pin power, and 6 pin video card plug?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
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