BLACK SCREEN on my 2WEEK OLD PC (HELP!).

Skitzey

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Jul 27, 2013
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I will give the full story of whats happend. If you're going to reply please read it all. cheers.
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I purchased a PC about 2weeks ago. Put it all togeather. I went to turn it on for the first time (the monitor was in my Graphics card) the screen stayed black? I didnt think anything of it since it was my first time turning it on... So i plugged it into the onboard(which works) and installed windows. I then tryed to use my Graphics card again. Didnt work. I then installed about 150 windows updates. Afterwards it worked(for a day) I then turned off my PC while i went to work. I got home turned on the PC and it stayed black. i then plugged my monitor into my onboard and installed windows updates(there was a couple updates which were these :: Update For Windows 7 for x64-based systems / View Sonic - Display - ViewSonic VX2433vm :: I Installed these 2 Updates turned it off... plugged it back into my graphics card IT WORKED! turned it off went to work again. Come back turn it on... SAME SHIT IS HAPPENING. So i install windows updates and then do the same thing. IT WORKED! but then i noticed that view sonic display drivers were getting installed. So i installed them manually and it worked for 2-3 days. BUT. NOW ITS HAPPENING AGAIN.

^what i wrote. But simplifyed so you may understand it a bit easyier.
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#1 - turned on PC for first time. (monitor was plugged into the GPU) screen stayed black
#2 - plugged it onto the onboard GPU. (worked) installed windows 7
#3 - plugged it back into my Graphics card. Turned on the PC and it still stayed BLACK.
#4 - i then put it back onto the onboard GPU and installed windows updates.
#5 - plugged back into my Graphics card. WORKED!
#6 - turned it off later that night.
#7 - Turned it back on in the morning. DIDNT WORK...
#8 - plugged it back onto the onboard (installed windows updates) there were 2 updates which were called ; View Sonic - Display - ViewSonic VX2433vm 'AND' Update For Windows 7 for x64-based systems.
#9 - i then plugged it back onto my graphics card. and it worked.
#10 - i did this about 2-3 times (2-3 days) once each morning.
#11 - i then installed Display drivers for my monitor.(WORKED FOR 2-3 DAYS)
#12 - But now its doing the SAME SHIT AGAIN...

HELP D; PLEASE. I beg of you to help me.
I really have no IDEA whats going on here. Im not a computer wiz. Just want to get this issue sorted, Dont want to feel like i wasted $2,000 on nothing /: cheers everyone!
 
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Strange indeed, and frustrating. I don't know if I will be any help, or if you already tried this.
Start the computer and go into the BIOS (if you don't know how, the mobo manual tells you how, every bios is a little different; on mine you press delete when the boot (not windows)splash screen or the bios screen comes up)
In the BIOS you should be able to disable onboard graphics (don't know if this holds true for a CPU or APU with built in graphics); and you should be able to find an entry about 'initiating graphics......' and the choices will range from PCI, PEG, PCI-E.
Its worded differently in different mother boards, but it should be a setting on/in the Northbridge.
Make certain the graphics are initiating through PCI-E.
One last...
Strange indeed, and frustrating. I don't know if I will be any help, or if you already tried this.
Start the computer and go into the BIOS (if you don't know how, the mobo manual tells you how, every bios is a little different; on mine you press delete when the boot (not windows)splash screen or the bios screen comes up)
In the BIOS you should be able to disable onboard graphics (don't know if this holds true for a CPU or APU with built in graphics); and you should be able to find an entry about 'initiating graphics......' and the choices will range from PCI, PEG, PCI-E.
Its worded differently in different mother boards, but it should be a setting on/in the Northbridge.
Make certain the graphics are initiating through PCI-E.
One last thing; you are shutting the PC down to move the video cable around, right?
 
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