Question My wife's PC suddenly stopped showing a display from all ports and the cpu and gpu fans wasn't moving

DarkStoneDragon

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Hi, earlier this evening my wife was using a AI program and she got a blank screen and the TV said there was no single so we tried another hdmi port on the TV same thing, then we tried my monitor same result, so I googled a possible fix and did the cmos reset or restore (don't remember what it's called) her PC is around 8 years old so we don't remember all the specs. but I'll post what I can find.


specs.
O.S. Windows 10
gpu EVGA Geforce gtx 1080
RAM 32gb not sure of type
not sure if this will help
motherboard MSI Z270-A Pro
 
Being as the PC has a few years under the belt. How dusty is the GPU and the rest of the PC in general.

How's the CPU dust wise?

I also would take a flash light and look hard into the power supply for a blanket cover like a haunted house. Don't open it just look into it through the grill.

If things seem ok and not a overheating/ dust issue do you have a loaner GPU to test in her machine.
 
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DarkStoneDragon

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Being as the PC has a few years under the belt. How dusty is the GPU and the rest of the PC in general.

How's the CPU dust wise?

I also would take a flash light and look hard into the power supply for a blanket cover like a haunted house. Don't open it just look into it through the grill.

If things seem ok and not a overheating/ dust issue do you have a loaner GPU to test in her machine.
I didn't think to test a different GPU I'll try it, we have several GPUs that may still be good, or I could just take mine out and try it in her PC, my PC consists of components from 3-6 PCs that wouldn't work after we were hit by a tornado a little over 8 years ago, forgot to mention, the power supply didn't have hardly any dust in it the PC & GPU was a little bit dusty but not much.
 
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