UPDATE: I FOUND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM
see my last post http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2430283/advice-years-graphics-card-failed-black-screen-windows-logo-safe-mode-onboard-graphics-works.html#14869001. IT WAS THE GPU THAT WAS FAULTY! So piece of advice to you guys, if you ever experience this and narrow it down, don't be afraid to suspect that the graphics card is indeed faulty. It would save you much frustration and effort trying to fix what is actually a hardware problem
So my graphics card (a Club3D HD7850) has been working well for over 2 years (same age as the rest of the PC). Until 2 days ago after playing 4 League of Legends matches in a row, I closed League and went to chrome to do some internetting. Suddenly, the entire screen went white and my mouse&keyboard became unresponsive. I tried to use the Reset button but it didn't work, so I had to hold the power button down and power it up again.
That is when it happened. My PC boots up, past the ASROCK bios screen and then the "Starting Windows" logo, but before I could even see the "Welcome" screen everything turns black. No cursor, no start-up sound. It's like the system is frozen, even the Reset button didn't work as well, same as during the white screen. The monitor does not display "No signal" so I know it is receiving input from my GPU.
I can boot to safe mode, and uninstall/disable the drivers to get windows to boot normally. But then I can't use the gpu
If I try to reinstall the graphics card drivers, or windows automatically installs them, I get the black screen again when I restart the PC.
Drivers I tried: AMD's latest Omega 14.12 as well as the older 14.9 version
However, I can go to my Asrock bios and set the Primary Graphics Adapter to Onboard, switch my HDMI cable from the GPU to the motherboard and everything works well.
So after browsing hundreds of black screen threads (most are with new graphics cards or they can see a cursor and hear a start-up sound) I have come to the harrowing conclusion that my hd7850 has failed, at a mild age of 2 years
I would just like to hear expert opinions to confirm if it is indeed my graphics card that has failed me, because it has survived a few blue screens, freezes and other weird shit in the past. It would suck to know it failed after 2 years just after the warranty expired.
I don't have a spare PC or GPU in the house to test in and I'm still a student so I'm not in a position to buy a new graphics card either, however tempting that may be.
Possibly Helpful Info: -I reseated my GPU to the second PCI-E slot, but it didn't work.
-Recently I downloaded realtemp to check CPU temps and realised it's running hot at up to 78C on Dragon Age Inquisition, 67C in LoL. Silly me reseated the cpu heatsink without reapplying thermal compound my but my i5 3470 still runs fine.
edit: OH and the GPU's fan still runs normally when booted up, as if nothing happened. It's not running loud at full speed like when its improperly connected. Now I'm using onboard graphics with a hd7850 sitting in the PC like a brick
-I overclocked it before but seldom, the GPU has been running at stock for some time when this happened.
Manymany thanks in advice to someone who can help me fix this!!
see my last post http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2430283/advice-years-graphics-card-failed-black-screen-windows-logo-safe-mode-onboard-graphics-works.html#14869001. IT WAS THE GPU THAT WAS FAULTY! So piece of advice to you guys, if you ever experience this and narrow it down, don't be afraid to suspect that the graphics card is indeed faulty. It would save you much frustration and effort trying to fix what is actually a hardware problem
So my graphics card (a Club3D HD7850) has been working well for over 2 years (same age as the rest of the PC). Until 2 days ago after playing 4 League of Legends matches in a row, I closed League and went to chrome to do some internetting. Suddenly, the entire screen went white and my mouse&keyboard became unresponsive. I tried to use the Reset button but it didn't work, so I had to hold the power button down and power it up again.
That is when it happened. My PC boots up, past the ASROCK bios screen and then the "Starting Windows" logo, but before I could even see the "Welcome" screen everything turns black. No cursor, no start-up sound. It's like the system is frozen, even the Reset button didn't work as well, same as during the white screen. The monitor does not display "No signal" so I know it is receiving input from my GPU.
I can boot to safe mode, and uninstall/disable the drivers to get windows to boot normally. But then I can't use the gpu
If I try to reinstall the graphics card drivers, or windows automatically installs them, I get the black screen again when I restart the PC.
Drivers I tried: AMD's latest Omega 14.12 as well as the older 14.9 version
However, I can go to my Asrock bios and set the Primary Graphics Adapter to Onboard, switch my HDMI cable from the GPU to the motherboard and everything works well.
So after browsing hundreds of black screen threads (most are with new graphics cards or they can see a cursor and hear a start-up sound) I have come to the harrowing conclusion that my hd7850 has failed, at a mild age of 2 years
I would just like to hear expert opinions to confirm if it is indeed my graphics card that has failed me, because it has survived a few blue screens, freezes and other weird shit in the past. It would suck to know it failed after 2 years just after the warranty expired.
I don't have a spare PC or GPU in the house to test in and I'm still a student so I'm not in a position to buy a new graphics card either, however tempting that may be.
Possibly Helpful Info: -I reseated my GPU to the second PCI-E slot, but it didn't work.
-Recently I downloaded realtemp to check CPU temps and realised it's running hot at up to 78C on Dragon Age Inquisition, 67C in LoL. Silly me reseated the cpu heatsink without reapplying thermal compound my but my i5 3470 still runs fine.
edit: OH and the GPU's fan still runs normally when booted up, as if nothing happened. It's not running loud at full speed like when its improperly connected. Now I'm using onboard graphics with a hd7850 sitting in the PC like a brick
-I overclocked it before but seldom, the GPU has been running at stock for some time when this happened.
Manymany thanks in advice to someone who can help me fix this!!
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