PC keeps black screening and sound looping. Think its driver related?

jakeashmann

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My front headphone jack wasn't working so I mistakenly started downloading software. E.g Realtek HD audio manager wasnt on my PC anymore so I downloaded that aswell as some Realrek audio drivers. (It was late and I was stressed so I started downloading stuff, I know dont have to tell me Im dumb) I updated my NVIDEA drivers at the same time. I had enough of it, went to bed and woke up next morning finding that the audio port was now working again. However since then it keeps crashing, it black screens and then sound loops. I was on BF4 and speccy read that my GPU was running at 93 degrees c. I dont know what I have done and everytime I attempt to fix it, it crashes I feel like im getting no where.

- It crashes when the gpu is at 50 degrees c
- I uninstalled an audio driver and it stopped sound looping and just black screened
- Since then I deleted the graphics drivers and done a security scan and the PC has now been running over an hour and a half. (no viruses etc)

Any help would be grateful, cheers :)
 
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Try gaming, not intensively just load in a level and see how your card reacts, if your frames are ridiculously low or your temp launches again, or if it keeps crashing then chances are it has busted/fried, to double check i suggest unplugging the HDMI/DVI cable from the GPU and plugging it into your motherboard to test the onboard graphics, if you still experience this then it may very well be a faulty monitor or something as simple as the cable having a shortage somewhere and its struggling to get input into your monitor!
Hope this helps

xxepiccrulerxx

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Usually from what ive found when a computer crashes (blackscreens) the sound will loop as well due to the entire computer basically freezing, which is what causes the blackscreen - because the PC has frozen and cannot do its job to send signals to the monitor/display.. I hate to break it to you but 93 degrees C is extremely bad and your GPU may have broken... try unplugging the monitor from the GPU and into your MOBO and see if you have the same issue, if everything works fine while its plugged into the MOBO, then your GPU is probably fried/faulty...
If im correct, i apologize for the bad news.
But who knows? it could just be driver issues or something completely else, you can never be 100% sure with Pc´s!
 

jakeashmann

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What can I do to test if my GPU is broke? Its currently plugged in and been so for 4 hours now and im still waiting for it too crash :lol:
 

xxepiccrulerxx

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Try gaming, not intensively just load in a level and see how your card reacts, if your frames are ridiculously low or your temp launches again, or if it keeps crashing then chances are it has busted/fried, to double check i suggest unplugging the HDMI/DVI cable from the GPU and plugging it into your motherboard to test the onboard graphics, if you still experience this then it may very well be a faulty monitor or something as simple as the cable having a shortage somewhere and its struggling to get input into your monitor!
Hope this helps
 
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