Can a monitor brick a GPU? I have a unique situation. I recently decided to upgrade my monitor as a first step before building a new system. My current system is:
Asus Rogue Strix Z390-E
Intel 9900kf processor
RTX 3090 Kingpin Hybrid GPU
Corsair hx1200i PSU
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000)
Old monitor was Asus VG27BQ
New Monitor is Asus PG32UCDP at 4k 240hz
So to the details of what happened. I set up the new monitor, figured i would try 240hz at 4k even though my cpu is rated at 4k 60hz. Everything looked excellent, i turned HDR on in windows 10 (my current OS) and then booted up Black ops 6. Everything booted extremely quick and the picture was excellent. I started a multiplayer match and was running around 88fps consistently.
After about 4 rounds, i was just curious so i started looking through the monitor settings. I found the setting on the OSD for the monitor under gaming>variable refresh rate. The slider was set to on position. All i did was click left to see what happened if i turned it ‘off’ and the screen went black, my pc went silent. Then after about 20 seconds i got static on the screen top to bottom. Completely crashed the pc. I manually switched off the pc and rebooted it.
Everything booted fine, and i went and turned that variable refresh setting back to on. I attempted to reboot black ops, and it crashed the game within seconds with an error message. I tried several things, including dropping my refresh rate to 60hz, scanning and repairing the game, uninstalling black ops 6 twice and reinstalling, reinstalling gpu drivers, and even switching back to my old asus monitor and using a different display port cable, and the game still crashes within seconds of booting up.
So my question to the pros, did this one setting change mid game cause a hardware failure? Could it be the GPU or something else? I am fairly tech savvy, I have built about 20 machines in my lifetime. This occasion has me stumped. I have already put in a return for the monitor because I wouldn’t want to risk a new machine with it. Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Asus Rogue Strix Z390-E
Intel 9900kf processor
RTX 3090 Kingpin Hybrid GPU
Corsair hx1200i PSU
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000)
Old monitor was Asus VG27BQ
New Monitor is Asus PG32UCDP at 4k 240hz
So to the details of what happened. I set up the new monitor, figured i would try 240hz at 4k even though my cpu is rated at 4k 60hz. Everything looked excellent, i turned HDR on in windows 10 (my current OS) and then booted up Black ops 6. Everything booted extremely quick and the picture was excellent. I started a multiplayer match and was running around 88fps consistently.
After about 4 rounds, i was just curious so i started looking through the monitor settings. I found the setting on the OSD for the monitor under gaming>variable refresh rate. The slider was set to on position. All i did was click left to see what happened if i turned it ‘off’ and the screen went black, my pc went silent. Then after about 20 seconds i got static on the screen top to bottom. Completely crashed the pc. I manually switched off the pc and rebooted it.
Everything booted fine, and i went and turned that variable refresh setting back to on. I attempted to reboot black ops, and it crashed the game within seconds with an error message. I tried several things, including dropping my refresh rate to 60hz, scanning and repairing the game, uninstalling black ops 6 twice and reinstalling, reinstalling gpu drivers, and even switching back to my old asus monitor and using a different display port cable, and the game still crashes within seconds of booting up.
So my question to the pros, did this one setting change mid game cause a hardware failure? Could it be the GPU or something else? I am fairly tech savvy, I have built about 20 machines in my lifetime. This occasion has me stumped. I have already put in a return for the monitor because I wouldn’t want to risk a new machine with it. Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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