Question My screen has started going black randomly.

[FarmerHotdog12]

1. so randomly not even when gaming just like watching a yt video my screen will just go black seems to happen every day or 2. temps are perfectly fine to when it happens pc stays on to its just my screen displaying black any reason why it could happen

specs are 7900xtx, 9800x3d, nzxt 850w 2024 psu,has a air cooler to which keeps cpu at 65c and below, 32gb of ram. just built the pc like right before christmas. M482 2tb ssd half full, got a 1440p 240hz monitor using the included display port cable that came with monitor. There is no lights on motherboard when it happens. im thinking its the display cable but not sure. also have windows 11 ofc.

 

[FarmerHotdog12]

once i restart my pc it just is fine again

 

[DaleH]

once i restart my pc it just is fine again

Might have to get worse for you to troubleshoot it.

 

[Ralston18]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Include PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, used, refurbished)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

Other attached peripherals?

What games? Source?

 

[FarmerHotdog12]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Include PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, used, refurbished)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

Other attached peripherals?

What games? Source?

alright my bad

 

[FarmerHotdog12]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Include PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, used, refurbished)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

Other attached peripherals?

What games? Source?

that good?

 

[Ralston18]

"There is no lights on motherboard when it happens"

Make and model motherboard? Version?

Specs are important because someone might recognize a known problem with any given component or combination of components.

The next step is to look in Reliability History/Monitor and Event Viewer for any error codes, warnings, or even informational entries being logged just before or at the time the screen goes black.

Reliability History/Monitor is much more end user friendly and the timeline format may reveal patterns.

Event Viewer requires more time and effort to navigate and understand.

To help:

How To - How to use Windows 10 Event Viewer | Tom's Hardware Forum (tomshardware.com)

You can click entries for more details.

Make note of error codes - they may or may not be helpful but need to be checked.