My build:
PSU: CORSAIR CX750M 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Rea
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 Processor 3.2GHz 6MB LGA 1150
CPU COOLER: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 (2)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING ATX R HDMI SATA 6G
Graphic Card: MSI Computer NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 (I had this one before when the problems started and it was the one I replaced the old one with)
Desktop Hard Drive: WD Blue 1 TB ,7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - WD10EZEX
I am trying to solve a problem with my monitor going black while I’m playing games. I had been playing on this rig for about 9 months when this started. I originally began having problems back last summer when my games would occasionally go to black screen for a few seconds before resuming. I updated my drivers and it didn’t seem to fix the problem, but it was only happening once every 3 hours or so and then only rarely. Then after a few months I started having full crashes with the screen going black – on occasion it would totally crash the computer, but most of the time the computer was still running, just with a black monitor. I did some online research and the problem seemed to likely be the graphics card. I tried it in another computer and had similar results. Elated, I bought myself a new card (same model) for Christmas and figured I could go back to gaming.
Only, now I’m having similar problems. The screen goes black and the computer is unresponsive (sometimes I can still hear the music from the game, sometimes not), I have to restart to get it to work. Thinking it might be the same problem I returned the new card and got a replacement – only to have nothing fixed. Now I have an added problem of the first PCIex x16 slot seeming not to work at all now (when I have the graphic card there, the monitor will not respond at all even during start up). I moved the card to the second slot and the monitor responds but I still have the crashing problem in game. This is making me believe it is the motherboard, but I can’t find anyone online who has ever seemed to have these symptoms and have the problem be due to the motherboard.
I have never had a crash not playing a game.
Things I have tried:
- Checking the temps – the game often crashes early in, so temps rarely get a chance to get high. On last crash GPU was 40C and CPU was 32C. Idle runs around 23-28C for CPU and 25-30C for GPU.
- Different monitor cords. I have 2 and both work with my laptop and the monitor.
- Cleaning the fans.
- Made sure all drivers are up to date.
Any help/thoughts on other tests to figure out what exactly is wrong at this point would be much appreciated.
PSU: CORSAIR CX750M 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Rea
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 Processor 3.2GHz 6MB LGA 1150
CPU COOLER: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 (2)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING ATX R HDMI SATA 6G
Graphic Card: MSI Computer NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 (I had this one before when the problems started and it was the one I replaced the old one with)
Desktop Hard Drive: WD Blue 1 TB ,7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - WD10EZEX
I am trying to solve a problem with my monitor going black while I’m playing games. I had been playing on this rig for about 9 months when this started. I originally began having problems back last summer when my games would occasionally go to black screen for a few seconds before resuming. I updated my drivers and it didn’t seem to fix the problem, but it was only happening once every 3 hours or so and then only rarely. Then after a few months I started having full crashes with the screen going black – on occasion it would totally crash the computer, but most of the time the computer was still running, just with a black monitor. I did some online research and the problem seemed to likely be the graphics card. I tried it in another computer and had similar results. Elated, I bought myself a new card (same model) for Christmas and figured I could go back to gaming.
Only, now I’m having similar problems. The screen goes black and the computer is unresponsive (sometimes I can still hear the music from the game, sometimes not), I have to restart to get it to work. Thinking it might be the same problem I returned the new card and got a replacement – only to have nothing fixed. Now I have an added problem of the first PCIex x16 slot seeming not to work at all now (when I have the graphic card there, the monitor will not respond at all even during start up). I moved the card to the second slot and the monitor responds but I still have the crashing problem in game. This is making me believe it is the motherboard, but I can’t find anyone online who has ever seemed to have these symptoms and have the problem be due to the motherboard.
I have never had a crash not playing a game.
Things I have tried:
- Checking the temps – the game often crashes early in, so temps rarely get a chance to get high. On last crash GPU was 40C and CPU was 32C. Idle runs around 23-28C for CPU and 25-30C for GPU.
- Different monitor cords. I have 2 and both work with my laptop and the monitor.
- Cleaning the fans.
- Made sure all drivers are up to date.
Any help/thoughts on other tests to figure out what exactly is wrong at this point would be much appreciated.
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