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Hey everyone!

I made my own custom Gaming PC last summer with;
Intel I5-4440 Haswell
GIGABYTE GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
8GB HyperX Fury
Rosewill 650W Modular Power Supply
Gigabyte GTX 750Ti
ATX Mid Tower Case
1 TB HDD Toshiba
1TB SSHD Seagate

I have also built a gaming pc for my brother recently and have like 2 spare pcs lying around wanting to sell.

About 2-3 months ago I started getting problems, Random freeze grey screen with beeping noise during gaming. I think its a problem with the graphic card or the ram and since the Graphic card is still under manufacturing warranty I will contact gigabyte after I get back from vacation.

it is graphics card maybe you haven't aligned it properly or haven't installed the software properly

Originally Posted by generator

it is graphics card maybe you haven't aligned it properly or haven't installed the software properly

I did have the graphic card for almost a year now and everythings been working fine, I had also uninstalled all the software and re-installed with the same issue

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Originally Posted by generator

it is graphics card maybe you haven't aligned it properly or haven't installed the software properly

computer freezes and a gray screen with vertical lines gets stuck on the monitor. If a sound was being played on the computer then that gets stuck in a loop with the freeze as well. I have to hard restart the computer to get it back running. Ctrl-alt-delete etc, does not work.

Originally Posted by TheBenefactor

Hey everyone!

I made my own custom Gaming PC last summer with;
Intel I5-4440 Haswell
GIGABYTE GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
8GB HyperX Fury
Rosewill 650W Modular Power Supply
Gigabyte GTX 750Ti
ATX Mid Tower Case
1 TB HDD Toshiba
1TB SSHD Seagate

I have also built a gaming pc for my brother recently and have like 2 spare pcs lying around wanting to sell.

About 2-3 months ago I started getting problems, Random freeze grey screen with beeping noise during gaming. I think its a problem with the graphic card or the ram and since the Graphic card is still under manufacturing warranty I will contact gigabyte after I get back from vacation.

Hmm.

What's your temps on your card and CPU. Which could result in a tempature alert.

Signs of GPU's dying honestly are blue screens, drivers not loading, drivers crashing alot. And if you have a bunch of white lines on your screen when you start your PC. Your card is dead. lol.

Gray screen, weird.

Most likely something else and not your GPU.

try looking on tomshardware i've been on that site in the past and it is a helpful site i recommend it for any hardware queries

Originally Posted by generator

try looking on tomshardware i've been on that site in the past and it is a helpful site i recommend it for any hardware queries

ill be sure to check it out. sorry i didn't see this earlier

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Originally Posted by Walkyr

if the machine is beeping, is it a actual beep from the PC itself or is through the Headphones? If it's from the Machine, that means there's some kind of error. Here are some BIOS Beeps from your Mobo

AWARD SOFTWARE BIOS: 1 Short Beep
System Normal: 2 Short Beeps
CMOS Error: 1 Long beep & 1 Short Beep
Memory Error: 1 Long Beep & 2 Short Beep
GPU Card Error: 1 Long Beep & 3 Short Beep
AGP Error: 1 Long Beep & 9 Short Beep
Memory Error: Continuous long beeping
Memory not correcty installed: Continuous short beeping

AMERICAN MEGATRENDS BIOS: 1 Short Beep
Memory Error: 2 Short Beep
Memory Parity Check Error: 3 Short Beep
Basic Memory 64K Address Check Error: 4 Short Beep
Real Time Clock Malfunction: 5 Short Beep
CPU Error: 6 Short Beep
Keyboard Error: 7 Short Beep
CPU Interruption: 8 Short Beep
GPU Error: 9 Short Beep
Memory Error: 10 Short Beep
CMOS Error: 11 Short Beep

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Please try and tell us if it still persists to happen or not. Thinking if it happened or not does not help. There's only Yes or No.

Yes I do recall it occurring despite doing that. And what I mean by beep is its through the headset or the speakers, and at the time of the freeze whatever is in the background gets looped and repeated until hard reset. from what u described the beeps I would think its a memory error. So I can try buying new set of RAMs and see if the problem persists

Originally Posted by TheBenefactor

computer freezes and a gray screen with vertical lines gets stuck on the monitor. If a sound was being played on the computer then that gets stuck in a loop with the freeze as well. I have to hard restart the computer to get it back running. Ctrl-alt-delete etc, does not work.

Have you tried putting your Monitor Output through the Onboard Graphic instead of through the GPU Card? If it still persists, you should take note at what the beeping errors are. Each and every Motherboard has an explanation on each Beep in their Guide. Be sure to take a look at them and identify them.

Originally Posted by Walkyr

Have you tried putting your Monitor Output through the Onboard Graphic instead of through the GPU Card? If it still persists, you should take note at what the beeping errors are. Each and every Motherboard has an explanation on each Beep in their Guide. Be sure to take a look at them and identify them.

Yes I did try that once but I dont recall if the problem did occur or not, I think I still did occur, I forgot to mention that I do use dual monitors. and I dont understand what you mean take record of the beep

Originally Posted by TheBenefactor

I dont understand what you mean take record of the beep

if the machine is beeping, is it a actual beep from the PC itself or is through the Headphones? If it's from the Machine, that means there's some kind of error. Here are some BIOS Beeps from your Mobo

AWARD SOFTWARE BIOS: 1 Short Beep
System Normal: 2 Short Beeps
CMOS Error: 1 Long beep & 1 Short Beep
Memory Error: 1 Long Beep & 2 Short Beep
GPU Card Error: 1 Long Beep & 3 Short Beep
AGP Error: 1 Long Beep & 9 Short Beep
Memory Error: Continuous long beeping
Memory not correcty installed: Continuous short beeping

AMERICAN MEGATRENDS BIOS: 1 Short Beep
Memory Error: 2 Short Beep
Memory Parity Check Error: 3 Short Beep
Basic Memory 64K Address Check Error: 4 Short Beep
Real Time Clock Malfunction: 5 Short Beep
CPU Error: 6 Short Beep
Keyboard Error: 7 Short Beep
CPU Interruption: 8 Short Beep
GPU Error: 9 Short Beep
Memory Error: 10 Short Beep
CMOS Error: 11 Short Beep

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Originally Posted by TheBenefactor

Yes I did try that once but I dont recall if the problem did occur or not, I think I still did occur, I forgot to mention that I do use dual monitors.

Please try and tell us if it still persists to happen or not. Thinking if it happened or not does not help. There's only Yes or No.

Originally Posted by TheBenefactor

So I can try buying new set of RAMs and see if the problem persists

If you're using two sticks, I'd advise you to boot with a single RAM Stick and see if the problem still persists. If you're using Single Channel RAM (One Stick), you should buy new RAM that's compatible with your MoBo.
But do try to confirm if it's really a RAM Issue. AMERICAN MEGATRENDS and AWARD are using completely different Beeping. If you're sure it's a RAM Issue, buy new RAM Stick(s) that's compatible with your MoBo.

Originally Posted by Walkyr

If you're using two sticks, I'd advise you to boot with a single RAM Stick and see if the problem still persists. If you're using Single Channel RAM (One Stick), you should buy new RAM that's compatible with your MoBo.
But do try to confirm if it's really a RAM Issue. AMERICAN MEGATRENDS and AWARD are using completely different Beeping. If you're sure it's a RAM Issue, buy new RAM Stick(s) that's compatible with your MoBo.

I use two RAM sticks, and thanks for the heads up

I was looking for a build simular to this one

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