I bought a used computer from the classifieds and I am having some problems with it. My screen randomly goes blank and everything becomes unresponsive.
Let me elaborate a little bit... When the screen goes blank it is still on, the backlight is on and everything so its not going into sleep mode. When this happens the computer is completely unresponsive, even caps lock and num lock dont work, all I can do cut it off. The first time this happened I was in windows 7 (64 bit). I also had a time where windows said the graphics drivers were unresponsive but had recovered. I have also had a time where I got the gsod. If I leave it off for a while it seems to last longer before it happens again, if it happens and I reboot and try again it seems to happen again more quickly. This leads me to believe that its some sort of heat issue.
I wanted to format and reinstall win7 but that turned out to be a bad idea as I can't make it through the install before everything blacks out. It even does this when I am in the bios, so its not a driver issue.
I tried using a different video card and everything seemed to work out. I made it through the windows 7 install with no problems so its definitely something with the card.
Has anyone heard of an issue similar to this or have any advice for me? I really hope I didn't waste my money....
Thanks
Let me elaborate a little bit... When the screen goes blank it is still on, the backlight is on and everything so its not going into sleep mode. When this happens the computer is completely unresponsive, even caps lock and num lock dont work, all I can do cut it off. The first time this happened I was in windows 7 (64 bit). I also had a time where windows said the graphics drivers were unresponsive but had recovered. I have also had a time where I got the gsod. If I leave it off for a while it seems to last longer before it happens again, if it happens and I reboot and try again it seems to happen again more quickly. This leads me to believe that its some sort of heat issue.
I wanted to format and reinstall win7 but that turned out to be a bad idea as I can't make it through the install before everything blacks out. It even does this when I am in the bios, so its not a driver issue.
I tried using a different video card and everything seemed to work out. I made it through the windows 7 install with no problems so its definitely something with the card.
Has anyone heard of an issue similar to this or have any advice for me? I really hope I didn't waste my money....
Thanks