Ok i removed and replaced the battery, now my computer does not recognize my second monitor running from the integrated graphics anymore. I have spread spectrum on, but it just isnt picking it up now. Here is the info from the tool you linked me to.
Okay so your missing some drivers "PNP".
Go to this link and download them and tell me how it goes.
Generic PnP Monitor Drivers Download for Windows 7, 8, XP, Vista
That will sort the Monitor out.
Now we have to see if your CPU core Fails again, because i believe thats the problem.
Where exactly do i put those PnP monitor drivers?
Im going to reinstall the motherboard drivers just to be sure they didnt get messed up by taking out the battery.
Reinstalled the chipset drivers, got my second monitor back. Starting 2 hour prime95 run.
Ok i disconnected my ethernet cable and ran prime 95 with everything that can eat up cpu disabled including avast. 2 hours no warnings no errors. But I couldnt get my computer back on the internet, it kept saying local area connection doesnt have a valid ip configuration and it wouldnt fix it like it normally does. So i reinstalled windows again to be able to get online again.
Im thinking its the motherboard.
Going to test it on the game that crashed asap with this fresh install.
I didnt think pulling the battery could do that, but thats what happened, i lost my second monitor and it wouldnt recognize my amd hd 4290 until i reinstalled the chipset drivers. Im at a loss, unless my motherboard is just doing those motherboard things a motherboard does when it starts going out. I have been having game crashes since late january, but never enough to make me think it was hardware. I figured it was skype because it hates me, and i hate it.
But recently when trying to play terraria with my gf I noticed how often it crashes on that game, its like clockwork every time, unlike torchlight 2, which we can play for hours with no crashes randomly, or sacred 2, or league of legends. For some reason terraria uses a part of my pc that is bad, its another fresh install, I did a fresh windows 7 install not long after noticing the problem, yet it persisted to spite me.
I will run furmark after testing terraria to check for artifacts. If I get none i assume the motherboard is my problem then?
Btw thanks for taking the time to help me, I dont have a bench pc or another pc to help me determine what hardware is failing on me, if any that is. I contacted steam support also, but they are taking their sweet time getting back to me.
Last edited by MagicOfLight; 01 Jul 2014 at 18:06.
Ran furmark, no artifacts, game still crashes. I cant seem to recreate the crashes outside of steam games. Im going to load up the witcher and let it run for some hours and see if I can cause the crash that way. Could the motherboard be going bad but only affect steam games?? Nothing has changed on the computer to make it not work, its a fresh install of everything.
Antivirus blocked those viruses. I would appreciate not linking me to infected files.
If you're trying to link me to SF diagnostic tool i downloaded it from HLPTechs link already again. Is that what you want? Btw just ran the witcher for an hour and a half with no issues at all. It only happens in steam games
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