[Fixed] Windows 8 Metro bug (low def, blurry text) after crash
First of all, I believe it ain't a hardware issue. Said that, let's proceed.
Hi!
I've been overclocking my GTX550 Ti for a while, and it never went like this. I always clocked my card to 1GHz proc and 2GHz memories (exactly 1000MHz and 2000MHz), but today I decided to go further and clock the memory to, precisely, 2174MHz. Fired up Driver: San Francisco and didn't notice any improvement to the previous 2000MHz, but I wanted to know how long it could run like this.
After what.. 10, 15 minutes, the "" face went right up. Reported WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR. Experience says it's a uncorrectable hardware issue -- Overclock failed, boo hoo. Nothing new, happened before but....
Metro never been like this:
It ain't a low def image. It's exactly like that. I didn't edit a pixel of this image, the black metro apps happens when there's an animation (live metro app).
I thought "oh man, the card's fried!" but when I clicked on 'Desktop', everything was fine.
So I thought "it.. must be the 3D that's screwed up!", fired my game back and well... it's running great. No loss on FPS or whatsoever.
PSU is powerful enough for this card. Motherboard is fine for overclocking. Drivers are updated.
Can't count on fingers how many times I've restarted the PC. I didn't try to reinstall the drivers. I didn't try to reinstall Windows 8 (duh). Graphics Card is back to factory frequencies for troubleshooting.
I've googled a little for this blurry text, but my findings were inconclusive. Any thoughts?
First of all, I believe it ain't a hardware issue. Said that, let's proceed.
Hi!
I've been overclocking my GTX550 Ti for a while, and it never went like this. I always clocked my card to 1GHz proc and 2GHz memories (exactly 1000MHz and 2000MHz), but today I decided to go further and clock the memory to, precisely, 2174MHz. Fired up Driver: San Francisco and didn't notice any improvement to the previous 2000MHz, but I wanted to know how long it could run like this.
After what.. 10, 15 minutes, the "" face went right up. Reported WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR. Experience says it's a uncorrectable hardware issue -- Overclock failed, boo hoo. Nothing new, happened before but....
Metro never been like this:
It ain't a low def image. It's exactly like that. I didn't edit a pixel of this image, the black metro apps happens when there's an animation (live metro app).
I thought "oh man, the card's fried!" but when I clicked on 'Desktop', everything was fine.
So I thought "it.. must be the 3D that's screwed up!", fired my game back and well... it's running great. No loss on FPS or whatsoever.
PSU is powerful enough for this card. Motherboard is fine for overclocking. Drivers are updated.
Can't count on fingers how many times I've restarted the PC. I didn't try to reinstall the drivers. I didn't try to reinstall Windows 8 (duh). Graphics Card is back to factory frequencies for troubleshooting.
I've googled a little for this blurry text, but my findings were inconclusive. Any thoughts?
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro / Ubuntu 13.04 / Win2Go
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Don't be fooled by the looks
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 2310 @ 3.1GHz
- Motherboard
- Asus P8H61-M LE/BR
- Memory
- 6GB DDR3 Kingston
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GTX550Ti 2GB Version @ 1000MHz
- Sound Card
- Realtek ALC889A
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung SyncMaster P2250 21.5" / LG 42LM3400 3D 42"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- Hitachi 320GB SATAII Samsung
1.5TB SATAII and a ThermalTake Muse 5G USB 3.0 with Toshiba 500GB 2.5"
- PSU
- Seventeam E-Force 550w
- Case
- XPredator X1 white
- Cooling
- six 12CM BladeMaster fans, two side 14cm Akasa Viper
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 3000
- Mouse
- Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
- Internet Speed
- 10mbps