Can Only Boot in Safe Mode, Cant' Repair or Reset Win10

[kelann08]

So here's the back story. I was playing a game on my Windows 10 PC when my screens glitched out and then went dark. I could still hear sounds in the background but had to do a hard reset. It comes back on, but only 2 of 3 monitors come on (I'm running 2 HDMI into DVI ports and one into a display port) but they are black. It's the black glow that says it's on but not displaying anything.

I get into repair mode after three resets and it cannot repair my system. I am, however, able to boot in safe mode and access everything like normal. Some other items of note: my Windows Update menu in settings is blank. Totally blank. When I try to reset my machine it either can't do it in safe mode or, when I do it repair mode, it does all the prep, gets to installing, then goes dark after another restart - two screens glowing but dark. I've hit a brick wall and I have idea what to do. All of my hardware except my video card is less than two years old, the video card is...older. I'll list my specs below.

Side note: should memory show up as a drop down under Device Manager?

AMD FX 8350 processor
Corsair Force LE SSD
WD HDD
AMD Radeon 6800

 

[Grobe]

Sound like a hardware failure. Did you had proper control over heating inside your cabinet?

From the first line of your description there seem to be most likely that the graphic card is going bad.

 

[kelann08]

Sound like a hardware failure. Did you had proper control over heating inside your cabinet?

From the first line of your description there seem to be most likely that the graphic card is going bad.

That was my first reaction too! I talked to a tech friend and he said that, if I can get into safe mode, it's not a graphics card issue so I sort of blew that off.

For months I've had over heating issues with my card (breaking 80C whenever I play Overwatch). I know it's old as dirt. I'd take the side panel off to let in more air and when I upgraded everything else, I moved it away from the CPU in the case and it really helped (I used to get warnings that my CPU was over heating but I know it was proximity to the GPU because it stopped alerting me when I swapped cases and placement). I've even had it shut down on multiple occasions mid-game due to heating.

Well, as I was typing my first post, my wife was picking up a GeForce GTX 1060 for me. I installed it and was actually able to boot into my OS like normal. It looks like crap as I download drivers, and it won't detect my other two monitors plugged in, but this is a huge step forward. Here's hoping this doesn't become a "my new graphics card can't detect my monitors" thread.

 

[ikaz]

Did you uninstall the old AMD GPU drivers or did you try to just install over the top ?