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Recent content by Geoff

  1. Geoff

    Solved pc will only work in safe mode... please read

    you can close it thank you. Geoff
  2. Geoff

    Solved pc will only work in safe mode... please read

    yeah.... rebuilt using asus 270e gaming mobo / intel 7700k proc / corsair 80i cooler and 8 gig ddr4 3000mhz ram.... all singing and dancing now and empty bank account :) nice bios with plenty of things to play around with. . only confusing thing that came about installing windows was the...
  3. Geoff

    Solved pc will only work in safe mode... please read

    i always used to be an Asus 'fan'.. and never had a problem really.. but i think the darkside sent me to gigabyte.. and I quite liked them..but now digging deep..seems voltages on the Giga mobo are higher than Asus... not a lot.. but maybe spikes mite kill em... probably just a conspiracy...
  4. Geoff

    Solved pc will only work in safe mode... please read

    well that worked out well...not.... changed everything over........ got the first post beep..then nothing... the whole board just died..... so fook it..im not gonna live for ever and and upgrade for him while hes at uni will help...( i can cancel drinking.. and eating lol..).......I...
  5. Geoff

    Solved pc will only work in safe mode... please read

    avg internet. done its job for the last x number of years.. its a long way from the first computer i worked on...it was as big as a house and had a massive 256k or 512k of memory and ran an operating system called george ..... ICLl computers in 1976 :-)
  6. Geoff

    Solved pc will only work in safe mode... please read

    Done all above... ran for 29 mins in the evening then hung..... seems like a communication fault between southbridge and any onboard chip. Ran program HWiNFO64 that looks at voltages all over the motherboard and instantly hangs. Fortunately... a pal has a brand new msi 1150 board that hes...
  7. Geoff

    Solved pc will only work in safe mode... please read

    thanks for reply.. tried all different combo's reinstalling all drivers, different gfx card.. even a new windows install on a spare ssd. beginning to think its a mobo southbridge issue./ capacitor issue. Have a 1150 board being given to me tommorow so ill rebuild.
  8. Geoff

    Solved pc will only work in safe mode... please read

    ok.. update Still failing but working in safe mode with netwqrk support. changed power supply thinking it mite be faulty rail.. still fails changed gfx card.. still fails. run memtest86 all mem seems ok... used 1 stick at a time. heres the log from minitoolbox MiniToolBox by Farbar...
  9. Geoff

    Solved pc will only work in safe mode... please read

    bit of background info.. worked in IT 35 years 1/2 in networking- retired 2008 built numerous pc's but on this i'm fecked.. its a 1150 gigabyte mobo x97x gaming gt Iv'e tried everything i can think of PC help. OK.. my sons pc went off when there was a power cut in his University...