Ever had this happen?

If this happens very randomly then it'll be very tough to figure.

I would reinstall the gpu drivers or a different one and wait to see if it helps.

If it happens again, try new monitor cable, maybe a different monitor port on the video card.   Plug the monitor into a wall outlet and leave it there until you can determine if it helps or not.    

This could be a bad monitor or graphics card.

While it's black, try to see if you can toggle capsLock, NumLock and see if they light up. This will help determine if it's just a video problem or the pc itself.

Good luck Arkansas and let us know.

Edited by bprat22 - 27 Aug 2017 at 11:22am

     Time will tell.    

You bad.   

Originally posted by DST4ME Lol oc Could be GPU going bad, hopefully its not monitor

hoping it isn't either one of them...lol

sounds like someone needs a new psu.

if you're sure about your connections and you've ruled out your monitor or graphics card, an old psu with degraded caps could be the issue.

were you up against the recommended wattage to begin with?  have you been pushing the system for a great length of time? oc?  multiple high performance components pushing the system (bitmining, gaming 24/7, benchmarking, etc.)?  do you leave the pc on all of the time? do you blow out the dust frequently? 

heat can also be the issue.  make sure all fans are running properly. 

do you have multiple peripherals plugged in to the pc?  try disconnecting things like printers and such that you don't need to troubleshoot and see if the problem persists.  if you narrow it down to a peripheral, it could be a driver issue or possibly a usb port on the mobo not getting the power it needs. 

if its not a hardware problem could be related to newly installed software or malware.  a corrupted update maybe?   try rolling back your vid drivers to something you know worked and see if the problem continues.  have you checked your system for crash reports?  is the pc still running (you can check this while playing music) during the screen going black or is this a crash? 

make sure all of your display settings match the native resolution of the monitor.  running it at a different resolution can sometimes cause this, especially on older monitors and older Windows OS's.  reaffirm the proper input is selected on the monitor as well. 

That reply is OCed

that's a good psu that uses Japanese caps and has a 10 year warranty, but you never know anything can fail (or begin to fail) at any time. 

hopefully your driver change did the trick.  good luck with your troubleshooting. 

Since iposted on the 27th it hasn't done it again, who knows maybe updating the video card drivers fixed it. I'll report back at the end of the month and give an update or if it happens again sooner.

 

Miscommunication between gpu & monitor via old/bad/corrupted drivers

Good to hear.  

An update to the OS, auto graphics update, etc could've corrupted some files.

Have fun.