PC gets stuck while gaming, buzzing sound & vertical lines on display

Jun 20, 2014
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Hi. I recently bought a new gaming PC and I'm experiencing some issues after a week or so. I was playing Far Cry 4 when my PC got stuck (like after 4-5 hours of gameplay) and some weird buzz sound came out (too much noisy). I saw vertical lines on my display with awkward background color. I'm not able to use the PC without a restart.

At first, I thought it was the game so I installed an update, but then I experienced the same problem while playing COD: AW. This should be self-explanatory. My LCD is pretty old and the blue connector attached with my LCD isn't of very high-quality either.

I've not tried any other screen yet. Is it a problem with my LCD or the GPU? Or any other component? Please let me know and I'm changing my LCD soon!

Specs:

  • ■Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
    ■Intel Core i5 4460 @ 3.20GHz
    ■8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
    ■ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. H81M-E (SOCKET 1150)
    ■Generic Non-PnP Monitor (1280x1024@60Hz)
    ■3072MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner)
    ■1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 (SATA)
    ■AMD High Definition Audio Device