- Jul 19, 2014
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So the issue I have currently arose when I purchased my R7 260x graphics card. It was the first time I'd ever updated my computer's graphics, and the first time I'd ever touched my computer, but I believe I grounded myself (to avoid frying the motherboard) by touching the nail on a power outlet.
My initial purchase was an R7 260x graphics card along with a 520W PSU to cover for the recommended 500W PSU on the VGA's descriptions. I removed my old VGA, which was AMD 4650 and inserted the R7 260x. I booted up my CPU and was able to play on higher settings after updating my drivers, etc.
However, randomly during gaming my monitor's screen would go black and I wouldn't be able to revive it, yet I would still be able to hear noises such as gunshots, people talking, and my music, and at the same time I wasn't able to get a response out of my computer. It seemed the whole display and response had turned off except for the audio.
I took both the graphics card and PSU back to exchange them; however, when I was there they were selling a Thermaltake 600W and I pricematched it to get it $10 cheaper than the 520W PSU, so I left happy. I got home and installed the graphics card and PSU again and didn't have issues ... until last night.
I turned off my monitor to go downstairs and eat, and when I returned the monitor was not responding. I could still hear my friends talking, but I could get no response out of moving my mouse or keyboard. Moving my mouse down to areas in my computer that I knew for a fact should have been responsive did not instigate any response.
My friends could hear me talking, and I could hear them, but my monitor was blank and I couldn't talk with them.
The only solution to this issue was to force restart the computer by holding down the LED power button.
Any ideas? Is it a motherboard problem?
AMD Phenom(tm) 9750 Quad-Core Processor 2.40 GHz
8GB Ram
64-bit OS
VGA -> AMD R7 260x 2gb dual fan (recommended 500W PSU)
VGA -> AMD 3000 series graphics (don't know how to remove or where it is)
PSU -> Thermaltake 600W
Motherboard -> Gateway DX4300
Windows 7
So the issue I have currently arose when I purchased my R7 260x graphics card. It was the first time I'd ever updated my computer's graphics, and the first time I'd ever touched my computer, but I believe I grounded myself (to avoid frying the motherboard) by touching the nail on a power outlet.
My initial purchase was an R7 260x graphics card along with a 520W PSU to cover for the recommended 500W PSU on the VGA's descriptions. I removed my old VGA, which was AMD 4650 and inserted the R7 260x. I booted up my CPU and was able to play on higher settings after updating my drivers, etc.
However, randomly during gaming my monitor's screen would go black and I wouldn't be able to revive it, yet I would still be able to hear noises such as gunshots, people talking, and my music, and at the same time I wasn't able to get a response out of my computer. It seemed the whole display and response had turned off except for the audio.
I took both the graphics card and PSU back to exchange them; however, when I was there they were selling a Thermaltake 600W and I pricematched it to get it $10 cheaper than the 520W PSU, so I left happy. I got home and installed the graphics card and PSU again and didn't have issues ... until last night.
I turned off my monitor to go downstairs and eat, and when I returned the monitor was not responding. I could still hear my friends talking, but I could get no response out of moving my mouse or keyboard. Moving my mouse down to areas in my computer that I knew for a fact should have been responsive did not instigate any response.
My friends could hear me talking, and I could hear them, but my monitor was blank and I couldn't talk with them.
The only solution to this issue was to force restart the computer by holding down the LED power button.
Any ideas? Is it a motherboard problem?
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