Recent content by Simplifiedchaos

Sounds like the same issue I had on my PC, usually pointing to a PSU/GPU error - if the PC is 7 years old I'd lean towards hardware aging.

I would test another GPU, I had a GTX 960 that I could benchmark and stress test the hell out of and it threw no errors and performed terrific, but then when randomly playing games or watching YouTube it would give me the blank screen and no signal - I went through so many hoops before I tried a...

I would definitely take a look at the GPU as most of these issues seem to stem from the GPU.

Okay, so for your 2nd picture I'm more interested in seeing these: You want the PCIe x16 slots as shown above, I think yours will be black in color, each expansion slot will be marked as you can see in the picture, it's actually written on the motherboard itself so you will be able to find it...

Add the new one alongside, the way it works is integrated graphics like the Intel one you have is built directly into the motherboard and is generally for low-use stuff like web browsing, running older games etc, I'm not even sure if it supports newer shader models or directx versions to be...

Make sure the card fits for sure, I looked up specifications for your model of PC...

Anthony, I have just recently fixed a similar issue that was NOT showing up on my GTX 960 GPU - even under the heaviest load it's ever underwent on Firestrike benchmarks and the like - but it would randomly black screen and the sound would still play from the speakers and I could hear my...

I have purchased and installed a GTX 1660 TI and the PC has been running for 2 days with no issues so far, it had been running for a month straight with an old GT 640 in it with zero issues also. 100% in this case the culprit was my GTX 960 GPU, even on a Firestrike benchmark it threw no errors...

Another reason I believe it's my GPU is because with my GTX 960 in my PC, it will "false boot" sometimes, by that I mean it powers on, turns itself off after 2-3 seconds, then powers back on normally and boots, with the GT 640 in it boots first time every time, not sure what exactly the issue is...

Had two more crashes last night on my GTX 960 so blew the dust off of the old GT 640 and stuck that back in, has been working for two days just fine since, hate to say it but my GTX 960 may be due for the garbage. What strikes me as odd is that I did a FireStrike test and even while it was...

Now, call it coincidental but I can't keep seeing these threads pop up on every hardware forum since 2 months ago and not say that it's a more widespread problem than just me and a couple other players. https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/screen-randomly-goes-off-with-gtx-660-ti.3630618/...

Read my post and see if the issues are similar at all. https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/dwm-exe-crashes-causing-black-screen.3629933/ Also, open up "Event Viewer" via your Windows search bar, go to Windows Logs, double click Application, on the right side bar click on Filter Current...

Hey, I've currently got another guy on the NVIDIA forums helping me out with running stress tests and logging my computers performance and where it could be encountering issues, once he gets back to me with a response I'll let you know, but trust me you're not alone, I've had at least half a...

Hi, I recently ran into this issue about 2 months ago where my PC randomly crashed while playing World of Warcraft, the display went blank with no signal present, USB ports disconnected/reconnected but the sound continued playing and the PC was running normally as far as I could tell I just...

I apologize it's not like it's a fact or anything just from what I've read over the past few days here and on reddit and other forums for PC hardware, they all say the CX models of Corsair PSU's with Green/White lettering are low-mid end PSU's that aren't made for high-end gaming PC's, there's...