For roughly a week, my PC has been unable to startup, encountering a bluescreen upon boot. To begin with, I assumed this was an OS issue and so put a fresh install of Win10 onto the system. Since doing this, the system booted, and I set up Win10 as usual. However, it wasn't running long before the screen went blank with the system still on.
This has led me to believe its an issue with my graphics card but I really am unsure, especially as I can still turn on my PC and enter bios with no difficulty. I would test with integrated graphics but my aging processor doesn't incorporate the feature.
Are there any steps I should take to troubleshoot the issue? I am debating buying a cheapo GPU to attempt to rectify the issue but I am unsure. I have also bought new SATA cables but I am not hopeful for the result.
The only other component I imagine could be having issues is the hard drive, but I have a spare and will troubleshoot the issue later.
This has led me to believe its an issue with my graphics card but I really am unsure, especially as I can still turn on my PC and enter bios with no difficulty. I would test with integrated graphics but my aging processor doesn't incorporate the feature.
Are there any steps I should take to troubleshoot the issue? I am debating buying a cheapo GPU to attempt to rectify the issue but I am unsure. I have also bought new SATA cables but I am not hopeful for the result.
The only other component I imagine could be having issues is the hard drive, but I have a spare and will troubleshoot the issue later.
MSI z77 1155 G43 MOBO.
Nvidia GeForce 570 GPU
i3 Processor (sandy/ivy)
500gb HDD
2x4gb RAM
600w PSU