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United States23745 Posts
Okay, PC troubleshooting.
My computer will randomly flash to a black screen for a few seconds at random intervals. Sometimes it's 5 minutes, sometimes it's hours. It seems to be happening more and more frequently lately though. Rarely it will hang on the black screen and if I unplug and plug the HDMI cable back into my monitor it will be fixed.
I had this issue a few months ago but I unplugged the HDMI cable and plugged it back in and everything seemed to be fine afterwards.
I tried updating the drivers for my graphics card but it seemed to have no effect. Thoughts on next steps?
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Is the GPU fan still working properly? How long has this been happening? If it's more recent with the warmer weather things could be overheating.
edit - for that matter, do you have enough fans and are all of them working?
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United States23745 Posts
On May 28 2015 07:39 jcarlsoniv wrote:
Is the GPU fan still working properly? How long has this been happening? If it's more recent with the warmer weather things could be overheating.
edit - for that matter, do you have enough fans and are all of them working?
Really only started getting bad in the last two weeks or so. My fans sound like they are working. I have the CPU one and one that's just inside the case. CoreTemp seems to say everything is at a decent temperature but idk how reliable that actually is.
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try if it also happens with a different monitor / cable?
fuck if i know
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United States23745 Posts
On May 28 2015 07:43 Dandel Ion wrote:
try if it also happens with a different monitor / cable?
fuck if i know
Yeah gonna try swapping out the HDMI cable.
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On May 28 2015 07:47 onlywonderboy wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2015 07:43 Dandel Ion wrote:
try if it also happens with a different monitor / cable?
fuck if i know Yeah gonna try swapping out the HDMI cable.
Could also be a shitty port
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United States23745 Posts
On May 28 2015 07:53 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2015 07:47 onlywonderboy wrote:On May 28 2015 07:43 Dandel Ion wrote:
try if it also happens with a different monitor / cable?
fuck if i know Yeah gonna try swapping out the HDMI cable. Could also be a shitty port
Switched the cord out and it hasn't happened again so here's to hoping it's just a bum cord. A lot easier to replace than computer parts.
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Sounds like the cord to me, its unlikely anything GPU/software side if you can get it to come back by just unplugging the HDMI and still have power to the system. Check the busted cable for splits, especially if you have it running and sharp 90 degree angles ect.
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I can't find my tongs and the sky just got super dark. No peppers for me tonight =(
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If unplugging and replugging the cord fixes it it sounds to me like a bad cord or a bad port. If it doesn't happen again after changing the cord then you know which.
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You can laugh, people at the office do ask me to keep it shorter.
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On May 28 2015 08:25 jcarlsoniv wrote:
I can't find my tongs and the sky just got super dark. No peppers for me tonight =(
The fuck? Do you live outside in the forest?
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On May 28 2015 09:12 WaveofShadow wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2015 08:25 jcarlsoniv wrote:
I can't find my tongs and the sky just got super dark. No peppers for me tonight =( The fuck? Do you live outside in the forest?
Think I left them at a friend's place =/
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Man that made me feel like a dick in a hurry. Parents asked me for money for a legit issue, which normally would result in me begrudgingly helping them and them paying me back at some point. Now instead they're without a car until friday. How miserable.
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Massachusetts is basically a forest. It's like US's Saskatchewan.
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isnt it stormy looking near you too wave? hasnt happened yet but there is severe thunderstorm warnings in the GTA
oh i assumed he was bbqing but now i see what you were saying.... the sky is dark tho
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Baa?21245 Posts
>mfw giving money to your parents is optional.
Must be nice to be white.
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Czech Republic11293 Posts
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United States47024 Posts
On May 28 2015 11:07 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
>mfw giving money to your parents is optional.
Must be nice to be white.
The trick is to go into a profession where you have to be in school so long that you have no money to give.
Asian families all approve of those kinds of professions.
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