Pink screen while gaming

[jessA93]

Lately when gaming my computer feezes up and my screen goes pink, or goes to sleep. Like power isn't getting to the monitor. But i can still hear the game running through my headphones.
It only seems to happen when playing a more demanding game (elder scrolls online), it doesn't happen while playing something like terraria, or just simple web browsing. I have replaced my power supply, it didn't fix it. I have reset bios and updated my drivers and my graphics driver. I have cleaned out my computer.
Any idea what could be causing this?

 

[R4lNM4N]

Clear signs of a failing video card. You could try re-seating it but it sounds like it's dying.

 

[coozie7]

Run some monitoring software, see what the temperatures are like, check all the temperatures, if you accidentally dislodged a chipset cooler that may also cause a lockup-although it's rare.

 

[Karadjgne]

Did you do a Clean install of drivers, using the custom setting or just an express installation. There's a big difference. Express looks at your drivers and if the driver matches up in version number and date code, it skips it entirely as you already have a copy. It'll only install anything new or updated, leaving most of the core drivers alone. By choosing custom, you get the option on the next page to do a Clean install, which first deletes any and all drivers, then reinstalls all of them, regardless of date code or version.

I recently had to reset my pc. No biggie. Since I still had a good screen, I forgot to reinstall the video drivers. Needless to say, I'd frequently open a game and get a pink screen with full audio, but mouse did nothing. Went to nvidia, reinstalled GeForce Experience, used that to update custom clean install drivers and optimize my games. Pink screen problem solved.