Pc posts but no display

[Jimmytwohand]

Hi all,

While playing a game my display went blank.

A) I tried powering off and on and I get one beep, the pc logo and the f2 to enter bios message. I then get the logo with a swirly circle. Then the monitor goes blank and says no signal.

B) I restarted again and it displays the recovery, "windows did not load correctly screen". If I choose restart my pc it goes to A again. I have tried disconnecting all peripherals before booting.

C) Advanced repair options >troubleshoot>startup repair attempts repairs and says "couldn't repair, log file c:\windows\system32\logfiles\srt\stttrail.txt"

Trying to repair from the windows disk also fails.

Chkdsk doesn't find any errors when run from the command prompt on the c: boot drive.

I took out the ram and got one long beep and two short ones. This repeated until I turned off.

I then put the ram in a different slot (at random, I have very limited knowledge). The computer booted fine. After about five minutes the monitor went black again.

The next restart it again got to the windows screen but there was lots of artefacts and it again went to black after about 30 seconds.

Any advice would be appreciated.....

Many thanks,
James

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[Scott_56]

hi there with you saying about artefacts on the screen it sounds like you GPU is faulty do you have on board graphics on the motherboard so you can test how the system runs you can tell by the back of the PC will have hdmi or vga cable port around the usb ports also remove the GPU before you try this

 

[Jimmytwohand]

hi there with you saying about artefacts on the screen it sounds like you GPU is faulty do you have on board graphics on the motherboard so you can test how the system runs you can tell by the back of the PC will have hdmi or vga cable port around the usb ports also remove the GPU before you try this

Hi Scott, thank you for your help. It looks like my igpu hdmi output has a plastic cover that I cannot take off without removing the motherboard from the case.

 

[Scott_56]

really that needs to be off so you can test to see if it is the GPU or do you have a spare on you could put in at all?

 

[Jimmytwohand]

really that needs to be off so you can test to see if it is the GPU or do you have a spare on you could put in at all?

No spare I am afraid. I'll go at it with whatever I can find and see if I can rip it off.

 

[Calvin7]

SAPPHIRE lists System Requirements for RADEON R9 390 8GB.
http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=C436E37C-8A09-48B6-9F2B-F4AF86E377B6&lang=eng

Specifications:
System Requirement:
750 Watt Power Supply (Suggestion)
2 x 8-pin AUX Power Connector

 

[Jimmytwohand]

Ok, the igpu output does not seem to be showing the same error..... is it a problem I have been running on less than the recommended psu and does this mean the graphics card is fried?