I've built this rig before the summer started, maybe in June or July, and It has been running beautifully up until a couple days ago.
One night while gaming, my monitor suddenly lost signal to my desktop, yet my desktop retained power. I thought nothing of it and restarted and continued as normal.
The next day, when I came home, my power light kept blinking about once per second, and I couldn't turn the thing on or off, resulting in me having to pull the plug.
Since then, my computer has slowly deteriorated. I would run games for 30 minutes, or be idling for maybe an hour or two, when either the pc would fully restart, or again, the monitor would lose signal while the desktop stayed on. Soon it got to the point where it would do this during booting, in the BIOS, and during memtest. I'm now at the point where I get the windows 8 logo loading, then the monitor shuts off.
The only things that I can think of that may have caused this are:
1. a blackout, but I restarted and the computer ran with no issues
2. me installing a new ssd, where when I put it in, without configuring it or touching it in any way my pc would only start up after I took it out
3. overheating: my cpu seems to run pretty hot, maybe around 50-55 while idling, 60-70 in games.
Solution attempts:
I've checked for viruses
updated all my drivers
tried a system restore
done a refresh of windows where all my apps were uninstalled,
ran a memtest on one stick of ram with 4 passes, no errors but the monitor still shut off
checked all my connections, loose cables, dusted things off, etc.
booted up with onboard integrated graphics, monitor shut off after about 10 minutes on the desktop
ran windows in safe mode, crashed after about an half an hour
My specs are:
i5 4570
4gb ram
Gtx 770
600w psu
asrock b85 pro4
I've spent the entirety of the day trying to figure this out, please anyone with any suggestions/solutions would be much appreciated.
One night while gaming, my monitor suddenly lost signal to my desktop, yet my desktop retained power. I thought nothing of it and restarted and continued as normal.
The next day, when I came home, my power light kept blinking about once per second, and I couldn't turn the thing on or off, resulting in me having to pull the plug.
Since then, my computer has slowly deteriorated. I would run games for 30 minutes, or be idling for maybe an hour or two, when either the pc would fully restart, or again, the monitor would lose signal while the desktop stayed on. Soon it got to the point where it would do this during booting, in the BIOS, and during memtest. I'm now at the point where I get the windows 8 logo loading, then the monitor shuts off.
The only things that I can think of that may have caused this are:
1. a blackout, but I restarted and the computer ran with no issues
2. me installing a new ssd, where when I put it in, without configuring it or touching it in any way my pc would only start up after I took it out
3. overheating: my cpu seems to run pretty hot, maybe around 50-55 while idling, 60-70 in games.
Solution attempts:
I've checked for viruses
updated all my drivers
tried a system restore
done a refresh of windows where all my apps were uninstalled,
ran a memtest on one stick of ram with 4 passes, no errors but the monitor still shut off
checked all my connections, loose cables, dusted things off, etc.
booted up with onboard integrated graphics, monitor shut off after about 10 minutes on the desktop
ran windows in safe mode, crashed after about an half an hour
My specs are:
i5 4570
4gb ram
Gtx 770
600w psu
asrock b85 pro4
I've spent the entirety of the day trying to figure this out, please anyone with any suggestions/solutions would be much appreciated.
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