Screen blacking out when watching/playing game. (Fullscreen)

[RazerzCF]

My computer is tinted a static-blue colour in dark places on the screen, and my sound is frazzled and sound as if there's interference or a static, sound output is often distorted and makes a screeching-laggy sound every 6 seconds or so. MY screen black out every 10-30 seconds, and has static lines when it comes back on.
Update: The sound appears to be disrupted upon a higher CPU/GPU usage, for instance refreshing a webpage.

 

[RazerzCF]

Anyone got any suggestions?

 

[tsnor]

Check the stand-offs for you MB, see if you are grounding to case. If you are getting a "electrical charge on the metal around it, as well as in/on the port its self" that current is coming from somewhere.

Remove MB from PC and put it on a cardboard box. Leave CPU, mem and video in MB. Connect PSU. Is the behaviour the same?

update: Your video card has a sound card internal to it that is used when you run sound over HDMI. Your MB has a different sound chip that drives the speaker/headphone out jack on your PC. If your monitor has speakers you can see if you get the same distorted sound thru the monitor sound as through the headset output from the MB. If you only get the distorted sound out of your video card remove the video card (remember to undo teh locking catch at end of PCIe slot) then re-seat it. If you have a power cable (6-pin, 8-pin) needed for your video card make sure it is 100% connected, not loosely pushed on.

 

[RazerzCF]

Sound is distorted on both; through HDMI and speakers. It isn't constant though. Like right now it's ok so I don't think it's the charge, which I think has gone now too. It mostly happens when I'm watching a movie full screen or a game, the screen would blackout, come back with static, blackout then come back on before blacking out again.

 

[tsnor]

Sound distorted on both means bit stream that is creating the sound is garbled.

Can you launch safe mode and confirm that the screen artifacts are still there?
Can you check if screen problems also happen in the BIOS?

If you see this in Safe mode and BIOS then I'd look to swap in a different power supply if you have one (maybe from an older PC sitting in the basement or borrow the PSU from a friends PC..). Swapping a PSU is 4 screws that hold in the PSU and then switch the wires one at a time from the old PSU to the new one so you don't forget to connect something. If you can't swap the PSU then I'd definately remove MB from case and see if MB lying on cardboard with CPU and dimms and video installed still hase the problem as seen in BIOS.

I would not stay the way you are for long... if its a bad PSU or a short in something then the bad component might eventually break one of your remaining good ones.

 

[RazerzCF]

Check the stand-offs for you MB, see if you are grounding to case. If you are getting a "electrical charge on the metal around it, as well as in/on the port its self" that current is coming from somewhere.

Remove MB from PC and put it on a cardboard box. Leave CPU, mem and video in MB. Connect PSU. Is the behaviour the same?

update: Your video card has a sound card internal to it that is used when you run sound over HDMI. Your MB has a different sound chip that drives the speaker/headphone out jack on your PC. If your monitor has speakers you can see if you get the same distorted sound thru the monitor sound as through the headset output from the MB. If you only get the distorted sound out of your video card remove the video card (remember to undo teh locking catch at end of PCIe slot) then re-seat it. If you have a power cable (6-pin, 8-pin) needed for your video card make sure it is 100% connected, not loosely pushed on.

Sound distorted on both means bit stream that is creating the sound is garbled.

Can you launch safe mode and confirm that the screen artifacts are still there?
Can you check if screen problems also happen in the BIOS?

If you see this in Safe mode and BIOS then I'd look to swap in a different power supply if you have one (maybe from an older PC sitting in the basement or borrow the PSU from a friends PC..). Swapping a PSU is 4 screws that hold in the PSU and then switch the wires one at a time from the old PSU to the new one so you don't forget to connect something. If you can't swap the PSU then I'd definately remove MB from case and see if MB lying on cardboard with CPU and dimms and video installed still hase the problem as seen in BIOS.

I would not stay the way you are for long... if its a bad PSU or a short in something then the bad component might eventually break one of your remaining good ones.

The only power supply I have is a cable going to a socket. There is no external power block.
What's an MB? I appreciate the help but I'm not the best at computers or parts so please try to be as detailed as possible.

The issue occurs in both BIOS and safe mode.

 

[tsnor]

The BIOS screen appears before windows starts, so that means this is a hardware problem.

Sorry I was not clear on definitions. Here is a definition of power supply and motherboard.

The power cord on a desktop PC plugs into the back of a fist sized metal box called the power supply, usually abbreviated PSU. The PSU is inside the case, all you can usually see from the outside of the computer case is the place the cord plugs and the exhaust vent from the PSU's internal fan. The PSU converts 120V AC into 12V DC, 5V DC 3.3V DC, etc. It is not safe to open this box, but if it fails the entire PSU can be replaced for $50.

The Mother Board, abbreviated MB, is a big flat rectangle that internally has the equivalent of miles of wire sandwiched between layers of insulator. The CPU, sound chip, memory and many other parts are plugged or soldered onto the MB.

Please ignore the advice I gave earlier about breadboarding the PC. It was meant for someone who built their PC from scratch from parts.

Suggest you watch a few videos on youtube on building a PC. Desktop PCs are pretty standard in the way they are assembled. If after watching the video you are ready to disassemble your PC, debug the problem and then fix it you should create a new thread so that people see it. This thread is too old for anyone to see. When you open a new thread post the make/model # of your PC and give basic specs via cut/paste from a description of your PC. Then give the symptoms you have seen in the BIOS and the symptoms you have seen when running normally.

It's fine to decide not to work on your PC hardware. I used to change my car's oil, I do not do that anymore. PCs are much easier to work on than cars, but replacing parts may not be something you enjoy. Even if you decide not to work on your PC knowing what people think the problem is may make the PC easier to get repaired. You can also compare the likely cost of fixing your PC to the cost of a newer, potentially better, PC.

Good Luck.