Question Monitor goes black and GPU fans spool up to full speed while gaming ?

[Hyder118]

PC specifications:
R5 5600
Inno 3d Rtx 2060 6gb
Msi B450m pro vdh max
8x2 3200mhz ram
Cooler master 650w bronze power supply
512gb m.2 ssd
240gb sata ssd
2tb 7200rpm hdd


I had this issue over half a year ago and it got solved after I replaced my psu.
I've let my pc run MSI kombustor, furmark, heaven benchmark with cpu stressed for an hour and my pc never crashed but every time while playing the usual games this particular thing happens randomly.

Whenever this happens, I have to press the restart button on my pc case and it boots me into the bios, sometimes it doesn't even detect the m.2 SSD.

I have to run sfc /scannow once every couple of weeks because whenever I run that command it always fixes something broken in my windows.

I'd like to diagnose and put an end to this problem. Any help will be appreciated.

 

[williamjeremiah]

Need to get whatever it takes to keep all of that hardware safe and happy.
Was that RTX 2060 not overpriced?
80 Plus certification isn't as important in 230v locations, anyway. Assuming "over here" isn't a 115v location.
230v psu's are more efficient than 115v.

 

[Hyder118]

Need to get whatever it takes to keep all of that hardware safe and happy.
Was that RTX 2060 not overpriced?
80 Plus certification isn't as important in 230v locations, anyway. Assuming "over here" isn't a 115v location.
230v psu's are more efficient than 115v.

Was unaware that a minimum of Gold spec PSU is required to build a functioning PC.

My 2060 costed me as much as what a 650W gold PSU would cost me.

I get 220V 50Hz electricity at home.

Thanks for helping me btw. Let's see where this goes xO

 

[Hyder118]

It will finish and display a summary when it completes 4 passes.
The time it takes varies, depending on the amount of memory, its speed and the speed of the cpu.

Okay, so after 18 hrs and 4 passes, 0 errors were detected.

 

[williamjeremiah]

0 errors were detected

Go to Settings > System > Storage > Disks & Volumes > <drive C> and select properties.
See what the Estimated remaining life is.

 

[Hyder118]

Go to Settings > System > Storage > Disks & Volumes > <drive C> and select properties.
See what the Estimated remaining life is.

The Disks and Volumes option doesn't show up for me but I've got Crystal Disk Info installed and it says the following:

https://imgur.com/a/bR3Lh4t

I was able to play PUBG for a few hours without problems and Hell Let Loose, SoT and BF2042 still keep crashing.
I've tried verifying the file integrity but that never helped.
I also did a DDU that never helped either.
Cleaned connectors, reseated the GPU and reconnected all other cables a while ago. Lets see if that fixes anything.

 

[Hyder118]

And the problem still prevails...

Idk what to do at this point 🙁

 

[drivinfast247]

And the problem still prevails...

Idk what to do at this point 🙁

Now the PSU.

 

[Hyder118]

Now the PSU.

In defence, I've stress tested my PC in furmark and CPU stress test simultaneously and the PSU takes that for hours.
Heaven benchmark also runs for hours without problems.

I understand that these tests don't simulate gaming scenarios 1:1 but.. a few games run absolutely fine.

Edit: The website wouldn't let me write the names of the games and tells me that the message looks suspicious and spammy.

 

[williamjeremiah]

Edit: The website wouldn't let me write the names of the games and tells me that the message looks suspicious and spammy.

Could take a screenshot, shareX or snipping tool capture of a notecard, listing them as an image.

 

[williamjeremiah]

Recently, I've noticed having Kernel-Mode Hardware-Enforced Stack Protection ON, results in games crashing my PC.
I had to turn it off for Season 2 of Black Ops 6.

 

[Hyder118]

Recently, I've noticed having Kernel-Mode Hardware-Enforced Stack Protection ON, results in games crashing my PC.
I had to turn it off for Season 2 of Black Ops 6.

Now when I think about that, the games which are crashing, Sea of Thieves and Hell Let Loose use Easy Anti Cheat. Ig BF2042 uses EA anti cheat.

BF1 which also got an anti cheat update recently runs fine.
Also, surprisingly I was able to play HLL for a good hour and a half yesterday.

I'll definitely look more into this!

 

[Hyder118]

PC black screened again while playing Hell Let Loose and the GPU fans started revving up for a moment frequently with some intervals after I restarted the PC.
Video attached:

View: https://youtu.be/DubhGoFJyd0

 

[helper800]

PC black screened again while playing Hell Let Loose and the GPU fans started revving up for a moment frequently with some intervals after I restarted the PC.
Video attached:

View: https://youtu.be/DubhGoFJyd0

What country are you able to purchase parts from?

SFC scans catching stuff is not 100% an issue. Have you done a "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth" because if you have not, you can get reoccurring sfc scans finding corruption. Sometimes when windows does updates there will be some corruption even on perfectly running systems, so that is not 100% indicative of RAM, storage, or a failing CPU.

The black screen issues you are experiencing usually indicates one of two things, a graphics card fault / driver fault, or a failing PSU. The only practical way to determine what is happening is by swapping in known good parts and see if the issues persist. I would ask if you tried swapping over to the integrated graphics and seen if you get any backscreen crashes at all, however, the 5600 does not have an iGPU.

 

[Hyder118]

What country are you able to purchase parts from?

India. That's where I live.

SFC scans catching stuff is not 100% an issue. Have you done a "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth" because if you have not, you can get reoccurring sfc scans finding corruption. Sometimes when windows does updates there will be some corruption even on perfectly running systems, so that is not 100% indicative of RAM, storage, or a failing CPU.

Noted. Will do.

The black screen issues you are experiencing usually indicates one of two things, a graphics card fault / driver fault, or a failing PSU. The only practical way to determine what is happening is by swapping in known good parts and see if the issues persist. I would ask if you tried swapping over to the integrated graphics and seen if you get any backscreen crashes at all, however, the 5600 does not have an iGPU.

In defense of the PSU, it can run benchmarks/ stress tests for hours and doesn't crash.
I've done DDU like a million times now, in safe mode even.
I've got a spare 3200G but I don't think it will let the 2060 run at its maximum potential and hence we won't be able to stress test the PC.

I also don't know anyone who owns a PC with recent parts or with a GPU in it.

 

[helper800]

In defense of the PSU, it can run benchmarks/ stress tests for hours and doesn't crash.
I've done DDU like a million times now, in safe mode even.
I've got a spare 3200G but I don't think it will let the 2060 run at its maximum potential and hence we won't be able to stress test the PC.

I also don't know anyone who owns a PC with recent parts or with a GPU in it.

Can you swap in the 3200g and test with the integrated graphics? That may be able to rule out the graphics card as an issue. If the black screening remains, personally, I would highly suspect the PSU. PSUs are quite complex and so it may work properly under a maximum load for a while but fail at intermediate loads. Its really hard to test PSUs without very expensive equipment, so swapping it out with a known good one is really the easiest way to test.

 

[Hyder118]

Can you swap in the 3200g and test with the integrated graphics? That may be able to rule out the graphics card as an issue. If the black screening remains, personally, I would highly suspect the PSU. PSUs are quite complex and so it may work properly under a maximum load for a while but fail at intermediate loads. Its really hard to test PSUs without very expensive equipment, so swapping it out with a known good one is really the easiest way to test.

I could test it with the 3200G, yeah.

But, the PC doesn't black screen in all games.

A couple of days ago, I reseated the GPU and the cables once again and this time I straightened out the GPU power cable and cleaned the PCIe x16 slot and the games which would usually crash ran well.
(Games with side panel off)

Whenever I put on the side panel, the power cable gets pushed inwards a bit. Don't think that would be a problem but ig it was worth mentioning. And after putting on the side panel and taking it off again and gaming, the PC black screened. (Today)

Other games run fine.

So you're suggesting to game on the 3200G and nothing else?
That would put a load of a mere 65W from the APU compared to the ~77W and 160W under max load from the CPU and GPU installed currently.

Sorry for the text wall, idk what to do at this point. I really don't want this problem anymore.

I've been getting all sorts of PC problems since ever I bought this PC in 2021 when it only had a 3200G and 8gb ram.

Since then the following parts have gone bad:
M.2 SSD, PSU, Monitor, HDD and now these crashes which have been showing up occasionally and now frequently since a year.

 

[helper800]

I could test it with the 3200G, yeah.

But, the PC doesn't black screen in all games.

A couple of days ago, I reseated the GPU and the cables once again and this time I straightened out the GPU power cable and cleaned the PCIe x16 slot and the games which would usually crash ran well.
(Games with side panel off)

Whenever I put on the side panel, the power cable gets pushed inwards a bit. Don't think that would be a problem but ig it was worth mentioning. And after putting on the side panel and taking it off again and gaming, the PC black screened. (Today)

Other games run fine.

So you're suggesting to game on the 3200G and nothing else?
That would put a load of a mere 65W from the APU compared to the ~77W and 160W under max load from the CPU and GPU installed currently.

Sorry for the text wall, idk what to do at this point. I really don't want this problem anymore.

I've been getting all sorts of PC problems since ever I bought this PC in 2021 when it only had a 3200G and 8gb ram.

Since then the following parts have gone bad:
M.2 SSD, PSU, Monitor, HDD and now these crashes which have been showing up occasionally and now frequently since a year.

Testing with the 3200g is not to determine if the PSU is capable. Testing with the 3200g will check to see if the graphics card is functioning properly assuming there is nothing wrong with the PSU. If you get a black screen on the 3200g instead of the 2060 then you know that the 2060 was not contributory to the issue and you can assume it is good. This would implicate the PSU.

When you get this black screen do you specifically mean that the PC instantly turns off/restarts, or do you mean that the PC displays a black screen but is still powered on? If it's the former rather than the latter the the PSU is implicated, if its the latter rather than the former then the graphics card is implicated.