Suddenly when I was about to watch a video on Youtube the monitor went black. The computer was still on and the fans were spinning normally. Using the reset button did nothing, nor did turning the power supply off and on and turning the PC on again. Nothing on the screen. Not even the Gigabyte Aorus logo.
I tried another HDMI cable, another monitor, my old graphics card, checked all the cables. Nothing.
Then I took out the CPU, and the pins looked fine. Put on new thermal paste and put it and the cooler back. Turned the PC on, but still nothing on the screen.
Then I unplugged everything and carried the PC to the kitchen table, thinking that the motherboard must have problems. I plugged in my spare monitor and thought "what the heck" and turned the computer on, and NOW it works again.
If the problem was caused by Windows 10 or a driver, then I would at least have gotten the Gigabyte Aorus logo on the screen and the computer would have tried to boot?
I'm looking at the temperatures, and on the motherboard the highest temp is 48ºC (118ºF) and I assume it's the chipset. But that's not too hot. The CPU is 39ºC.
Could it be a motherboard or CPU problem? But why is it working again?
I tried another HDMI cable, another monitor, my old graphics card, checked all the cables. Nothing.
Then I took out the CPU, and the pins looked fine. Put on new thermal paste and put it and the cooler back. Turned the PC on, but still nothing on the screen.
Then I unplugged everything and carried the PC to the kitchen table, thinking that the motherboard must have problems. I plugged in my spare monitor and thought "what the heck" and turned the computer on, and NOW it works again.
If the problem was caused by Windows 10 or a driver, then I would at least have gotten the Gigabyte Aorus logo on the screen and the computer would have tried to boot?
I'm looking at the temperatures, and on the motherboard the highest temp is 48ºC (118ºF) and I assume it's the chipset. But that's not too hot. The CPU is 39ºC.
Could it be a motherboard or CPU problem? But why is it working again?