Hello Sports fans!
So here's the down and dirty. Recently (like in the last 10 days) I'm seeing unexplained screen locks. Basically I can be doing anything that causes a screen change (opening a browser, starting a game, etc). The screen will go dark (usually black) some times I can still see the mouse pointer but this is rare. The only thing I can is shutdown (hold the power button). then restart. it all comes back up and the only errors I find (in system log) is windows telling me that the last restart was unexpected (duh). I've flashed the bios, deleted the upgraded the GPU drivers. Nothing appears to be overheating and to make matters worse it's random as snowflakes...sometimes goes hours without an incident.
I was about to blow up the OS and do a clean install because this initally had the smell of one of those old problems I used to see with the sleep\hibernate issues. But I honestly believe it has something to do with the GPU. Windows appears to be running fine in the background throughout the whole ordeal. My in-game friends tell me that to them it looks as if I just stepped away from the keyboard without telling them.
Am I seeing the beginning of the end for my GPU or some other component or is this some malicious code? I run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Windows Defender (both up-to-date) with no problems reported.
Anybody run into this or have some suggestions? Any suggestions (I own a good sturdy sledge hammer...just saying). Any help\suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
here's the system as it currently exist.
Win 10 Pro (X64
AMD FX 8350
AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series (7970)
INTEL SSDSC2CT240A4 ATA Device [Hard drive] (240.05 GB)
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB ATA Device [Hard drive] (500.11 GB)
WDC WD2500JS-60NCB1 ATA Device [Hard drive] (250.06 GB)
Board: ASRock 970 Extreme4
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
UEFI: American Megatrends Inc. P2.80 08/05/2015
So here's the down and dirty. Recently (like in the last 10 days) I'm seeing unexplained screen locks. Basically I can be doing anything that causes a screen change (opening a browser, starting a game, etc). The screen will go dark (usually black) some times I can still see the mouse pointer but this is rare. The only thing I can is shutdown (hold the power button). then restart. it all comes back up and the only errors I find (in system log) is windows telling me that the last restart was unexpected (duh). I've flashed the bios, deleted the upgraded the GPU drivers. Nothing appears to be overheating and to make matters worse it's random as snowflakes...sometimes goes hours without an incident.
I was about to blow up the OS and do a clean install because this initally had the smell of one of those old problems I used to see with the sleep\hibernate issues. But I honestly believe it has something to do with the GPU. Windows appears to be running fine in the background throughout the whole ordeal. My in-game friends tell me that to them it looks as if I just stepped away from the keyboard without telling them.
Am I seeing the beginning of the end for my GPU or some other component or is this some malicious code? I run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Windows Defender (both up-to-date) with no problems reported.
Anybody run into this or have some suggestions? Any suggestions (I own a good sturdy sledge hammer...just saying). Any help\suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
here's the system as it currently exist.
Win 10 Pro (X64
AMD FX 8350
AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series (7970)
INTEL SSDSC2CT240A4 ATA Device [Hard drive] (240.05 GB)
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB ATA Device [Hard drive] (500.11 GB)
WDC WD2500JS-60NCB1 ATA Device [Hard drive] (250.06 GB)
Board: ASRock 970 Extreme4
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
UEFI: American Megatrends Inc. P2.80 08/05/2015
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