I've had an issue with my computer for about a year now where my monitors will go black and my computer will be completely unresponsive (I'll just refer to this as a black screen). It'll say my monitors are going to sleep, the sound will cut out and nothing will turn back on. I'm getting tired of waiting for graphics cards to become somewhat available online. So I'm trying the next best thing, a forum. I've tested many parts of my computer, and I believe I've narrowed it down to my graphics card.
My problem occurs and random times. There really isn't a time my computer won't decide to have a black screen. Whether the computer is just idle with nothing running, but a few background programs or I'm playing graphically intense games, I still get black screens. Sometimes I'll go a week without a black screen. Sometimes it'll happen 5 times or more a day. It does appear that playing graphically intense games may increase the frequency of the black screens, but I'm not entirely sure.
I have tried multiple things to narrow down what might be causing the issue. All of which have had no effect.
I have:
Here are my specs:
My problem occurs and random times. There really isn't a time my computer won't decide to have a black screen. Whether the computer is just idle with nothing running, but a few background programs or I'm playing graphically intense games, I still get black screens. Sometimes I'll go a week without a black screen. Sometimes it'll happen 5 times or more a day. It does appear that playing graphically intense games may increase the frequency of the black screens, but I'm not entirely sure.
I have tried multiple things to narrow down what might be causing the issue. All of which have had no effect.
I have:
- Bought a second monitor (both of them go black at the same time)
- Bought new video cables/HDMI cables
- Bought a new cable for my power supply
- I've replaced my RAM
- I've replaced my Power Supply
- I've replaced my MOBO
- I've tried updating my graphics driver
- I've tried win + ctrl + shift + b
- I've tried changing BIOS settings/ Afterburner
- I've tried deleting everything and reverting my computer to factory settings
- I've tried changing my Power Settings to high performance.
- I've tried moving my graphics card to a different slot on my MOBO
- I've moved my computer to different outlets within my house and different houses
Here are my specs:
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4960X CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHz
- RAM 32 GB
- Gigabyte 2060 6GB GDDR6
- 1TB Hard Drive, 512 GB SSD
- ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition
- XFX PRO 850W Black Edition