Monitor no signal, windows still runs in background!

Uzair_3

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So for around almost two weeks I have been having this problem where my PC has randomly been crashing to a black screen when i play video games. Initially I managed to fix the problem by removing the overclock from my graphics card, and it worked.

It worked fine for a week and now all of a sudden the problem has occurred again, even when just idle on desktop and watching YouTube videos. Sometimes when the screen receives no signal, the GPU fan goes to 100% and I cant hear any audio or the lights on my keyboard wont change. Other times, fans don't go to 100%. Windows 10 remains completely intact and i can hear the audio and pressing CTRL+W will turn off the webpage and the audio stops.

Methods I have tried
* Drivers Install and Reinstall
* Reset Windows 10 Clean Install
* Reset CMOS
* Remove all overclocks
* Reseat GPU/ Dust Clean

I have also used WhoCrashed and every single time it comes up with the same dump analysis:
On Tue 25/04/2017 15:51:08 your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\042517-5515-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: nvlddmkm.sys (nvlddmkm+0x9D92E8)
Bugcheck code: 0x116 (0xFFFFD40D9448D4A0, 0xFFFFF8040B5092E8, 0xFFFFFFFFC000009A, 0x4)
Error: VIDEO_TDR_ERROR
file path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_e69a53b8ddde469c\nvlddmkm.sys
product: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 381.65
company: NVIDIA Corporation
description: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 381.65
Bug check description: This indicates that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 381.65 , NVIDIA Corporation).
Google query: NVIDIA Corporation VIDEO_TDR_ERROR


Here are my sytsem specs:
I5 2500K @3.7Ghz
Palit GTX 1060 6GB
8GB DDR3 RAM
Corsair GS 600W PSU
AsRock H61M-VG4 Motherboard


 

Iceman21

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Looks like failing gpu to me. Try to underclock it slightly. Its good to try it in another system to be sure its not psu related problem.


Try to install an older driver version (before start to experience the problem).

What were your OC settings?
 

Uzair_3

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Ok I've gone back to 378.49 and i will underclock my gpu by 100mhz on both core and memory and get back to you.

My previous OC settings were +116 Power. +220Core +400Memory.
 

Iceman21

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So try your gpu in another system. There is no way to be entirely sure if the psu or gpu is failing. Or just rma the gpu (I assume its still in warranty) and use the integrated gpu until the seller contact you.
 

Uzair_3

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Yeah i have like 1year and 2months left on the warranty. BTW i kept my gpu underclocked and +116 power and it now seems to be working. :l So it must be the gpu right?