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    [SOLVED] Crazy video output problem. please help!

    OKAY! i managed to find a local computer store, the had an exact model replacement for my motherboard. they sold it to me and installed for a total of $150. i don't k now what could have possibly been wrong with the motherboard, but all is fixed now. could be worse i suppose... this exact...
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    [SOLVED] Crazy video output problem. please help!

    the PC and viewsonic monitor are on the same outlet. the PS3 and my TV are on a different outlet. i have also already tried unplugging the viewsonic for a few minutes.
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    [SOLVED] Crazy video output problem. please help!

    they work with my PS3, but i don't have another PC. it should be mentioned that i do have a displayport to hdmi adapter, and have tested both ports on the monitor with the PS3. my TV hooks up through HDMI and my old monitor hooks up through either DVI or VGA. in the end my primary display...
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    [SOLVED] Crazy video output problem. please help!

    is there anything at all about a motherboard that could cause a system to flatout refuse to output audio/video from BOTH a discrete graphics card and the iGPU?
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    [SOLVED] Crazy video output problem. please help!

    okay... after much struggle to figure this out, i got the PSU out. Thermaltake Smart 600W again, the graphics is working and playing games. i just can't get any video out of any port with any cable or any display used. i can't get any video, or sound, from the iGPU or card. it doesn't make...
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    [SOLVED] Crazy video output problem. please help!

    okay! so the graphics card is indeed working! i can tell this by using msi kombustor, or playing any game. graphics works fine. clear difference in FPS from the iGPU and card. i just don't understand this... what is happening? someone must know something they can say about it. it doesn't make...
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    [SOLVED] Crazy video output problem. please help!

    i have already tried this, but with one difference. i don't have the plastic piece to put on the pins, because the computer didn't come with it. only thing i did different here was remove the battery for a minute. i can tell iGPU is detected and working. it shows up in the device manager and i...
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    [SOLVED] Crazy video output problem. please help!

    i am having an extremely strange video output problem with my PC. i simply walked away to use the toilet and come back to a blank screen. the system itself outright refuse to put out video. i have... z370 pro4 motherboard intel i7 8700k gtx 1070 ti 16GB ram i don't remember what the PSU is...
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    Welcome to Tom's Hardware!

    after trying Chrome and Edge, still not able to create a topic. :(
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    Welcome to Tom's Hardware!

    still not working :( i have also tried uninstalling all of my extensions too. and am using Firefox 73.0.1 (64-bit).
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    Welcome to Tom's Hardware!

    new threads are unavailable? trying to post over in the graphics card section, but says some kind of server error. been saying it all day. anyone know anything? Oops! We ran into some problems. A server error occurred. Please try again later.
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    [SOLVED] How are I/O's shared?

    interesting. alright! well, i received a response from the user i messaged about the Native ports thing... from their explanation, i understand it should be pretty obvious if ports are native or not. as far as i can tell, all my ports are native. if anyone is interested in the response they...
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    [SOLVED] Insane GTA V lag on decent PC

    well... even though you may have similar specs to that video... you don't specify exactly which card you are using. the card the video uploader is using is designed to run at higher speeds than reference cards. reference cards being what you would get if you bought directly from ATI/Nvidia...
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    [SOLVED] How are I/O's shared?

    lol. well, that makes more sense than me thinking it was might have been an expression for speed. LOL DERP alrighty! well, it seems using compressed/packed resources wasn't the best way to do that. i figured as long as it was just one big file, it would give me an accurate enough result. this...
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    [SOLVED] System Interrupts Using 100.0% of CPU

    probably a faulty driver. you mention recently updating the GPU driver. i would use DDU to get rid of it and attempt a clean install of the driver. obviously don't try to install the driver from safe mode, but DDU is best runned from safe mode. DDU has an option to let you reboot to safe mode...