Monitor and Audio Problems

[Will_and1half]

Yesterday when I tried to boot up my PC after POST the monitors went to sleep and posted the no signal message. After re installing the drivers they worked for a minute but as soon as I began to play Titanfall they went to sleep again. I tried running a single graphics card while re installing the drivers and everything worked. Then I re installed the second card and had no problems, but the cards were now in reverse order. Today my PC booted up and now there is no sound. I've tried reinstalling the drivers and using different speakers and headsets but both front and rear ports refuse to recognize anything is plugged in. So I tried a system restore and the problem persists. What else can I do?

Intel i5 3750k + Zalman Cooler
ASRock z77 extreme 3 MB
8 GB Corsair Ram
240GB Sandisk SSD
Raidmax 850AE PSU
2x AMD 7950
LG Optical Drive
Rosewell Network card

 

[digitaldoc]

This sounds more like a graphics card issue than a monitor issue. Take both graphics cards out, and get things working again with the on board graphics. Than, add in one graphics card, and get that working, making sure all the drivers are up to date, and you are using the native resolution of the monitor. Finally, add the 2nd card back in.

How is the graphics card connected to the monitor, DVI or HDMI?

 

[Will_and1half]

I run two monitors. One is DVI one is HDMI.

 

[digitaldoc]

I run two monitors. One is DVI one is HDMI.

With one graphics card in, make sure both ports are working on the graphics card.

 

[Will_and1half]

Both the monitors are working fine now. It's the audio that has stopped.

 

[digitaldoc]

How is the audio sent? On board sound or dedicated card? Cable? Speaker setup?

 

[Will_and1half]

It's just 3.5mm audio cable from the motherboard to a stereo typically. But I also tried a head set and a set of lap top speakers.

 

[digitaldoc]

Check that your onboard audio driver is still there. Also, make sure the audio is not muted in the software.

 

[Will_and1half]

Drivers are good and nothing is muted. Both cards will work when audio is through HDMI to my TV but nothing from the audio ports.

 

[digitaldoc]

Maybe bypass the onboard audio via an addin sound card, or USB audio. Sounds like the jack has gone bad.

 

[Will_and1half]

That was what I was thinking. I just hoped it wasn't it. Luckily it's still under warranty.

 

[digitaldoc]

Then RMA it.