While mid gaming, screen goes black and all fans in the computer shut off. Then turn right back on after a second or two.

MHMabrito

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Don't know if this is a system issue, GPU, or Power Supply.

As title describes, while i'm in the middle of gaming the screen will go black, and you can hear the GPU fan in the system shut off. Then after a literal second or two (sometimes longer) the screen turns back on and the fans kick back on. I've already reseated, cleaned, and made sure everything was secure. Also, sometimes when I boot up my computer it says there's an error with my CPU fan, but the fan runs fine - and the RPM on start up is 800-900. OR, it won't recongize my keyboard or my mouse is plugged in. Definitely sounds like a motherboard problem or Power supply problem to me, but I want other educated opinions before I start throwing money I don't have at the issue.

I also want to add that my computer has been running fine for 3-4 years with minimal problems, nothing like this. It just started to happen after I updated my GPU drivers, I went back and uninstalled the new driver and reinstalled an old version, still happens.

After scrolling through these forums, I've found similar issues like this, but not this exact problem.

Computer specs:
Windows 7
i7-4770k
16gb g.skill ripjaws
Nvidia GTX 770
Samsung SSD 840 Evo 120g & 1TB WDC
Asus Maximus VI Hero (Z87)
Corsair CX750m
 

Gurky1998

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Replace your PSU first as this was my problem with fans just due to power supply next if that doesn't fit it replace the MOBO. Have you tried booting in safe mode?