I was playing a game one night when my computer suddenly froze completely.
I was unable to Ctrl + Alt + Del, or anything else, so I held down the power button to switch my computer off. I then tried booting the system again, but after the start-up screen that allows you to enter BIOS, the monitor goes blank and displays the 'No signal' error. After trying a few more times, I got the same result.
I was then told after several attempts that 'Windows hasn't loaded correctly', and was then given different options to try and repair my PC. Neither the Start-up Repair nor the System Restore worked. I then foolishly messed around with the BIOS settings, changing 'Boot Option #1' from Windows Boot Manager to P0: WDC, and 'Initial Display Output' from PCIe 1 Slot to IGFX. This caused my computer to not display anything upon booting. After a while, I managed to clear my CMOS memory, and now I'm back to square one. Since then, I have tried reinstalling Windows 10, but to no avail. I also later managed to boot in Safe Mode, which actually booted the system properly, however everything was dull and had a low resolution (I think it was running off my on-board graphics instead of my GPU). Right now my best guess would be a faulty Graphics Card, but I am not entirely sure. Can anyone help me out?
Additional notes:
-CPU & GPU are a few years old.
-Booting up without my GPU connected displays a 'No signal' screen.
Specs:
Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4150 CPU @ 3.5GHz GPU -
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 SE
Motherboard - Gigabyte H81M S2PH
RAM - 1x 8GB
OS - Windows 10, 64-bit
I was unable to Ctrl + Alt + Del, or anything else, so I held down the power button to switch my computer off. I then tried booting the system again, but after the start-up screen that allows you to enter BIOS, the monitor goes blank and displays the 'No signal' error. After trying a few more times, I got the same result.
I was then told after several attempts that 'Windows hasn't loaded correctly', and was then given different options to try and repair my PC. Neither the Start-up Repair nor the System Restore worked. I then foolishly messed around with the BIOS settings, changing 'Boot Option #1' from Windows Boot Manager to P0: WDC, and 'Initial Display Output' from PCIe 1 Slot to IGFX. This caused my computer to not display anything upon booting. After a while, I managed to clear my CMOS memory, and now I'm back to square one. Since then, I have tried reinstalling Windows 10, but to no avail. I also later managed to boot in Safe Mode, which actually booted the system properly, however everything was dull and had a low resolution (I think it was running off my on-board graphics instead of my GPU). Right now my best guess would be a faulty Graphics Card, but I am not entirely sure. Can anyone help me out?
Additional notes:
-CPU & GPU are a few years old.
-Booting up without my GPU connected displays a 'No signal' screen.
Specs:
Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4150 CPU @ 3.5GHz GPU -
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 SE
Motherboard - Gigabyte H81M S2PH
RAM - 1x 8GB
OS - Windows 10, 64-bit
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