Computer crashed, now displays messed up

daterxies

Distinguished
Aug 29, 2009
122
0
18,680
Hey,

My cousin and i were playing a game when his computer suddenly crashed. Now when he restarted he got this problem

http://imgur.com/T1uwgEc

This happened after he restarted. restarted the computer again, Only 1 of the 2 monitors works now, when he loaded up no display driver was installed (even though there was one prior to crash)
He installed the display driver, restarted and now computer loads up like screenshot again with only 1 of 2 monitors working.

Any suggestions? I'm going to head over there later tonight to try to figure it out, just want any one elses input.

He is running a 1060 4gb card iirc.

Thanks.
 
Solution
It looks consistent with a failing card, and the inability to run a second display is suspicious also. However, some troubleshooting steps to go through:

->Try each monitor individually.
-> reseat card, and try in a different PCIe slot
-> reseat RAM, run one stick at a time
-> check the card's fan and heatsink. If it's been running hot that could indicate a cause of failure
It looks consistent with a failing card, and the inability to run a second display is suspicious also. However, some troubleshooting steps to go through:

->Try each monitor individually.
-> reseat card, and try in a different PCIe slot
-> reseat RAM, run one stick at a time
-> check the card's fan and heatsink. If it's been running hot that could indicate a cause of failure
 
Solution