I'll start with system specs.
(Custom build)
Intel Dual Core
4GB of RAM (Faulty sticks, should be 8GB, Win only recognizes 4 though)
ASUS GTX 650 Ti
Windows 8.1
PSU is a Dynex 425W Peak. (I salvaged this from an old Compaq)
Okay the issue is this. I spent about a month at my cousins house, then I finally went back to my house with my rig. The rig ran fine at my cousins house, it was perfectly fine when I went to pick it up. When I got home, I hooked it up, turned it on, after the Windows boot screen, the computer wouldn't show a picture. Just a black screen. My monitor is an HDTV, but the TV remains on. I was able to get into safe mode and tried uninstalling the graphics driver. After that the computer would load up normally. I tried re-installing the driver then the issue would happen again during the installation. To be specific, the installer was at the stage of installing the graphics driver. I repeated the steps, but this time I had music playing. The sound was coming from a USB Behringer UCA202, not the graphics card. Tried the installation again. It did the same thing, but the music stopped at the same time the screen blacked out. Tonight I tried cleaning the thermal paste off the GPU and reapplying fresh. (The old thermal paste was all dried up and worn out).
Also, I forgot to mention, I tried a fresh install of Win8.1. The issue remains, whenever I attempt to install the driver. I also tried using a much older driver. I'm stumped. I have not been able to try a different PSU. I wanted to hear some opinions on a possible problem before I go spending money on a new PSU.
I have tested my RAM as well. They are faulty sticks but they have worked for the 2.5 years I have used my computer. I don't think they are the cause of the issue. I can't really afford to buy new sticks or a new PSU. A PSU is cheaper than RAM.
So any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Cody
(Custom build)
Intel Dual Core
4GB of RAM (Faulty sticks, should be 8GB, Win only recognizes 4 though)
ASUS GTX 650 Ti
Windows 8.1
PSU is a Dynex 425W Peak. (I salvaged this from an old Compaq)
Okay the issue is this. I spent about a month at my cousins house, then I finally went back to my house with my rig. The rig ran fine at my cousins house, it was perfectly fine when I went to pick it up. When I got home, I hooked it up, turned it on, after the Windows boot screen, the computer wouldn't show a picture. Just a black screen. My monitor is an HDTV, but the TV remains on. I was able to get into safe mode and tried uninstalling the graphics driver. After that the computer would load up normally. I tried re-installing the driver then the issue would happen again during the installation. To be specific, the installer was at the stage of installing the graphics driver. I repeated the steps, but this time I had music playing. The sound was coming from a USB Behringer UCA202, not the graphics card. Tried the installation again. It did the same thing, but the music stopped at the same time the screen blacked out. Tonight I tried cleaning the thermal paste off the GPU and reapplying fresh. (The old thermal paste was all dried up and worn out).
Also, I forgot to mention, I tried a fresh install of Win8.1. The issue remains, whenever I attempt to install the driver. I also tried using a much older driver. I'm stumped. I have not been able to try a different PSU. I wanted to hear some opinions on a possible problem before I go spending money on a new PSU.
I have tested my RAM as well. They are faulty sticks but they have worked for the 2.5 years I have used my computer. I don't think they are the cause of the issue. I can't really afford to buy new sticks or a new PSU. A PSU is cheaper than RAM.
So any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Cody
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