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So I'm truly not sure which section this goes in because I'm not sure what's the issue.
So what happens is as follows: I can start and use my computer without issue, as far as I can tell, if I only plug in one monitor.
Up until yesterday, my computer was running two monitors with no trouble.
Yesterday, I was playing a game and both monitors lost their signal from the computer but stayed on. I could also still hear audio from the game but couldn't interact with the computer at all; keyboard didn't work, mouse didn't seem to work (I had no visuals so I couldn't tell if it was working or not other than I wasn't getting audio queues from what I would've been doing in the game) and on top of that, the power button on the case wouldn't shut the computer off, I had to hold it for 4 seconds to force it off.
Like I said, this ONLY happens if I plug in both monitors; if I only use one monitor everything is dandy and it seems both monitors have power and both monitors work if I only use one individually; same for both the cables I'm using (which are Amazon Basic VGA<->HDMI cables).
Swapping one of the cables to an HDMI only cable didn't fix the issue and the computer only has 1 HDMI port for the monitors so I can't try double HDMI only. GPU is Radeon R9 390.
Today I plan on cleaning out the case/whatever else I can find. If that doesn't help, I'll try buying new cables to try that out.
If that doesn't work then I'll be bringing it to a computer shop nearby that has good reputation before I start replacing things willinillily.
Thanks for any assistance, I fortunately am not too freaking out since the computer is still usable but I do miss that other monitor... Workflow is rough without it.
So I'm truly not sure which section this goes in because I'm not sure what's the issue.
So what happens is as follows: I can start and use my computer without issue, as far as I can tell, if I only plug in one monitor.
Up until yesterday, my computer was running two monitors with no trouble.
Yesterday, I was playing a game and both monitors lost their signal from the computer but stayed on. I could also still hear audio from the game but couldn't interact with the computer at all; keyboard didn't work, mouse didn't seem to work (I had no visuals so I couldn't tell if it was working or not other than I wasn't getting audio queues from what I would've been doing in the game) and on top of that, the power button on the case wouldn't shut the computer off, I had to hold it for 4 seconds to force it off.
Like I said, this ONLY happens if I plug in both monitors; if I only use one monitor everything is dandy and it seems both monitors have power and both monitors work if I only use one individually; same for both the cables I'm using (which are Amazon Basic VGA<->HDMI cables).
Swapping one of the cables to an HDMI only cable didn't fix the issue and the computer only has 1 HDMI port for the monitors so I can't try double HDMI only. GPU is Radeon R9 390.
Today I plan on cleaning out the case/whatever else I can find. If that doesn't help, I'll try buying new cables to try that out.
If that doesn't work then I'll be bringing it to a computer shop nearby that has good reputation before I start replacing things willinillily.
Thanks for any assistance, I fortunately am not too freaking out since the computer is still usable but I do miss that other monitor... Workflow is rough without it.
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