Graphics & Displays

Hi, I was cleaning my PC and I forgot to plug in the Display port cable to my GPU. When I turned on PC it gave 5 beeps followed by a small post successful beep. I then hurriedly plugged in the DP cable and I was greeted with the Windows login screen. So why the 5beeps, GPU was already...

Hi! I just opened up my PC This afternoon to have an error, WINDOWS TDR Error, it says something about nvid.sys It wont me boot up unless i was in safe mode so, (My pc booted while i got into safe mode, so what I did inside safe mode was do DDU or Display Driver Uninstaller) and i was able to...

Hi, this is what happens to my pc after a few minutes after the pc start-up. I don't know what's the problem, but the system is following: i5 3470 Integrated Graphics 8 Ram I don't have a GPU installed, the wire is connected straight to the mobo. I also noticed that my lan ports stopped...

Hello ! So I wanted to connect my pc to my TV by using a multi hdmi connector but in the process it seemed to have burnt out the hdmi port and the dvi-d port on my 1070, my question is, will the display ports work or are all the ports linked and rekked because the hdmi and dvi got fried ? I am...

Hello! I recently bought a pre-built PC back in January and never had any problems until recently. As the title reads my PC shuts down when playing specific games. It isn't due to overheating (I've kept HWMonitor up while playing games and haven't noticed any temps over 70 celsius) It also takes...

So I recently decided to build a new pc and I did. I then booted into my old ssd (windows 11) to see if everything can work without a clean windows installation, But as expected it didn’t. My pc started restarting when i logged in or if I managed to login, it restarts when i try to do something...

I have a 2nd monitor and when I adjust the resolution in a game it shifts to the right. My main monitor is a 1920 x 1080 144hz monitor and my 2nd monitor is a 4k 3840 x 2160 that I adjusted to 2560 x 1440. My GPU is a GTX 1050. Wondering if there's any programs or ways to solve this problem ...

I have read multiple other threads on this and gathered that my gpu is not overheating, it never gets over 50c nor does my CPU. I completely wiped gpu drivers and reinstalled in safe mode, and it still happens, when I open games they are fine until i play for about 30 seconds my pc white...

Hello All, I built my own PC years ago and have fell out of the scene. I know at the time it was pretty damn good but I'm wondering if it is still relevant for the newest games coming out. Here is what I have: (I don't recall specific brands - sorry). Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.5 GHZ 16 GB RAM...

Can't edit in Premiere without this error making my monitor go black and freezing my mouse and everything else until it comes back about 10 seconds later. It seems to ONLY happen in Premiere Pro, regardless if GPU playback is enabled or not. It doesn't happen with gaming so I'm confused as to...

So I have been dealing with a few issues for a while now and finally decided to ask you lovely people for some help/suggestions. Problem 1 I will occasionally experience screen tearing, I notice it when playing games and when just scrolling through a website or on Discord. I keep my video...

My friend is selling his R5 5600X system that has this Asus RX 580 4GB GPU (with 9 months remaining warranty). I bought this GPU to use with my R5 3400G system which is seeing a dGPU for first time. My frined's PSU is Corsair VS450 and mine is Antec VP450P. When I plug it in, it shows these...

Hello! I've been using and building computers for almost 20 years as a hobby and this is the first time I've run into a problem that I don't know how to fix. Here's my issue: First off, my computer worked fine for about to months without any issues. Then, after a reboot, it stopped feeding a...

Hello everyone, My laptop has started freezing during gaming. The freezing is frequent and lasts for about 10-15 seconds at a time. Also, the games I play aren't that graphically demanding. I've no idea why this has started happening and can't figure out what's causing the problem. I only have...

About a year ago, i bought this card, and paired it with an i5-10600KF CPU (i know i cheaped out, dont pester me, im upgrading in a bit haha) along with 32 GB of ram, and a 1TB SSD. It was a pretty solid build, with upgrading in mind, however since i bought it, I've been having issues that...

So during a thunder storm a lighting bolt hit something near our house, The only things that were affected in my home was my internet router (its fried) and my pc (my desktop was connected via ethernet and is the only one that is, if that helps in any way). I had multiple desktop pcs with the...

My Laptop Specs - Lenovo Legion Y545 NVIDIA RTX 2060 6GB DDR6 dedicated i7-9th gen (i7-9750h) 16GB RAM 144Hz Display Issue with the Laptop - Whenever I play any High Graphics Game, red and blue dots start flashing on the screen immidiately. After running the game for about 10 min, the game...

I've had this card for about a year and the previous owner had it for a year as well. It works great and there is no graphic issues at all. The issue is when playing games, the card will start heaving heat out of it and it's noticeably loud. I have gone into MSI Afterburner, and I set the gpu...

Hi, Just got hold of a Rx 6600 from Msi (Msi Mech 2x OC 8G) and its advertised boost speed is 2491Mhz but sometimes in heavy load scenarios I see it hitting way above that @2690Mhz ish. Is this normal behaviour for AMD RDNA2 ? Should I worry much as the card is only 1.5days old. Drivers are...

So I bought this laptop used last night and it worked fine until I tried actually changing the resolution in settings or in a game. I clicked "Advanced Display Settings" and saw: This is really weird mainly because whilst writing this, the GPU is detected and drivers are installed. Now I've...

Since moving to college I don’t use my home PC much anymore (its about 5/6 years old), I usually turn off the power supply using the switch and unplug it from the wall to protect it from power surges while I’m gone. After getting home and not having used it for about a month I turn everything...

Hello Everyone, I am seeking an assistance on what should I do / what troubleshooting should I do in regards to my issue. When gaming, on cold start and launching a game, Board Power Draw / GPU Power is working fine 90W-120W / GPU Voltage 0.9V-1V But after few seconds (when GPU reaches 65c or...

When I play some really GPU-heavy games, I was alarmed when I checked GPU-Z for my temps and my memory temperature is reaching more than 90 degrees celsius. Should I be alarmed and change thermal pads immediately or is this normal? This is a screenshot of GPU-Z while I try to play Minecraft RTX...

PC specs i5-4590 12GB ram Rx 480 graphics card The issue first started when I tried downloading a game from some sketchy website I also had windows defender turned off. The display becomes pixelated, goes black or starts cycling through multiple colours then turns off with the 'no signal'...

Hello, Yesterday I got a new GPU, since then my display keeps turning black for about 2-3 seconds and then back to normal without hampering any process. Videos keep playing, games keep running, no indication that there is anything wrong with drivers crashing. It only happens on my main screen...

Hello everyone, I'm not the sort of person to give up on a tech problem and I'm generally pretty good with computers, but I'm pretty stumped here. I just built a new rig in March that has been running brilliantly. However, about a month and a half ago I started getting image renderings that...

I have a home build PC based on a Gigabyte AORUS GA-Z270X Gaming 7 motherboard, which has an onboard Intel HD Graphics 630 chip providing 4096x2304@60Hz via Displayport (v1.2) and 4096x2160@24Hz via HDMI (v1.4). I recently purchased a HP Z38c curved monitor, which has both a Displayport 1.2 and...

System Specs: Geforce GT 610 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3210 CPU @ 3.20GHz 4gb ram Windows 10 When i go to device manager and update the driver from there, its saying that its already up to date. But in all sites such as systemrequirementslab its saying my driver is 58 months old or something...

So a few weeks ago, My computer started to have an issue where the display would go off at random, sometimes it was watching a YouTube video, sometimes it was right on startup, sometimes it was a few hours into a discord call, and every time i'd have to restart the computer. additionally, I...

So, my laptop's power jack had stopped working back in February 2018. I took it to a shop, and they said since the power jack is soldered to the motherboard, the motherboard would have to be replaced. This is a custom gaming laptop which I originally purchased back in 2012, from Digital Storm...

Hi, I would like to share an issue I have recently started having with my GPU. After Restart/Startup the GPU (GTX 1080) usage will spike and stay at 99%, upon trying everything I could come up with and searching online I found that the only thing I could do to fix it was to remove my wifi...

I have an older System: MB : GA-H77M-D3H (rev. 1.1) (Bios ver.F12) CPU: i7-3770 (w/intel HD 4000 gfx) GPU: Nvidia GTX 650Ti 1gb Ram: 12gb, Drive:480gb SSD Windows 10 21H1 I have been trying to set up my Computer (main pc) and Windows, to use the integrated Graphics; and specify in windows to...

Hi, I have bought a used RX 470 which shows no signal when drivers are installed. Now, I have flashed a BIOS proper enough, so that when I install drivers, it does not show no signal, but now shows a Code 43 error. I have tried to reach out to Sapphire tech support, to no avail. What should I do...

Whenever I boot up my computer, I get horizontal multicolored lines with a grainy white background, just multicolored lines or white lines on a black background. I can see the windows loading icon just fine but nothing else. I can boot into windows and use my computer, but I can't utilize the...

Hello, I've been having small 'issues' for months now, but I actually thought it was my monitor. First, a few details of my rig: b450m Max Mortar M-ATX M-Board Radeon RX 580 GPU (got it near launch and used since - fairly intense gaming) Ryzen 5 3600 CPU 16 GB DDR4 RAM Windows 10 OS (latest...

Hello everyone, I need some quick help. I've got an HP 8200 SFF for some years now and bought a low profile GPU (Inno3D GT740). Now, the trouble is following: it seems I mismeasured the GPU and space in case, so my GPU's I/O shield/bracket can't make it all the way through the outputs (there's a...

Hi, hope someone can help me. I’m using Asus gtx1060 6gb OC on a 144hz monitor for almost 5 years with no problem, until recently, I reformatted my pc. I changed my cpu and gpu’s stock thermal paste to Arctic mx-4, installed essential softwares, drivers, and updates. On idle it’s around...

I guess the main issue is this, my graphics card seems to fail to turn on multiple times, I just get a black screen but I hear and see that the pc is working. I do not even see the Dell BIOS screen, it just stays black. It forces me to force a hardware reset, about 3 times, each time the screen...

Hi folks, Ever since a month ago or so, I've noticed that the gamma on my computer is really high. I tried to go into display calibration, and I lowered it (though strangely, it was still on the higher end of things.. near the bottom was about the middleground for gamma), but it reverts back to...

X570 Tomahawk with 3080 in top PCIe slot doesn’t want to display. I just finished my PC build today and have ran into the issue of my 3080 not being able to display when connected to the top PCIE_E1 slot. However, I can get it to display when I connect it to the Bottom PCIE_E3 slot. This is...