Hello,
Yesterday when I opened my user the screen went yellow, so I restarted the computer. The motherboard screen came up as always but there were pixelated vertical lines on the screen (I'll add pictures in the bottom).
Then it proceeded to the windows loading screen and then a black screen with the mouse and keyboard seemingly off. I tried to restart many times until I got into safe mode and it worked. I could get into windows but the pixelated lines stayed. I tried removing the graphics card's drivers and reinstalling a version which for sure worked before. That didn't help. I also tried completely formatting windows but the lines stayed. On Safe mode it started to get even worse, when after a couple of minutes the screen would go black so I needed to restart again. The last thing I tried is connecting the screen straight to the motherboard's built graphics card. It worked perfectly.
It's worth mentioning that the pixelated lines always appeared on both of my monitors so I don't think it could be a problem with a specific output connection because both the VGA and the HDMI outputs showed the lines.
I figured my graphics card is going to die soon, but I wanted to be sure. So my first question is: from what I have explained, is the problem 100% related to the graphics card?
And if yes, what graphics card should I buy? My situation is that I don't have a lot of money and I plan to buy a new computer only next year, so I need a cheap, good solution for the upcoming year. I thought about getting the gtx 1050 ti.
Pictures (the lines, and computer specs for matching a new card if needed):
https://imgur.com/a/FKq6M
Computer package (for a new card, to know if it fits the package with it's size):
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=329
Thank you very much!
Yesterday when I opened my user the screen went yellow, so I restarted the computer. The motherboard screen came up as always but there were pixelated vertical lines on the screen (I'll add pictures in the bottom).
Then it proceeded to the windows loading screen and then a black screen with the mouse and keyboard seemingly off. I tried to restart many times until I got into safe mode and it worked. I could get into windows but the pixelated lines stayed. I tried removing the graphics card's drivers and reinstalling a version which for sure worked before. That didn't help. I also tried completely formatting windows but the lines stayed. On Safe mode it started to get even worse, when after a couple of minutes the screen would go black so I needed to restart again. The last thing I tried is connecting the screen straight to the motherboard's built graphics card. It worked perfectly.
It's worth mentioning that the pixelated lines always appeared on both of my monitors so I don't think it could be a problem with a specific output connection because both the VGA and the HDMI outputs showed the lines.
I figured my graphics card is going to die soon, but I wanted to be sure. So my first question is: from what I have explained, is the problem 100% related to the graphics card?
And if yes, what graphics card should I buy? My situation is that I don't have a lot of money and I plan to buy a new computer only next year, so I need a cheap, good solution for the upcoming year. I thought about getting the gtx 1050 ti.
Pictures (the lines, and computer specs for matching a new card if needed):
https://imgur.com/a/FKq6M
Computer package (for a new card, to know if it fits the package with it's size):
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=329
Thank you very much!
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