My computer stops giving me pictures soon after I start playing games, and then it just refuses to turn on at all.
My computer stops giving me pictures soon after I start playing games, and then it just refuses to turn on at all.
I’ve been having this issue and tried a lot of things, any help would be really apreciated. English isn’t my first language so sorry for any misspelled words. PC Specs PSU: Aresgame AVG650 Mobo: ECS H410H6-M2 CPU: i3-10100 GPU: GTX 1660 SUPER HP OEM RAM: 2 sticks 4 GB ADATA 2666 8 GB DEXTOR ———— My problem started recently, I changed my display from an old HP monitor to a old LCD LG TV, connected it through HDMI, and tried to play Star Wars: Jedi Survivor I played for like 10 minutes before the no signal message appeared. I rebooted the pc, and then it won’t even post Tried to clean RAM sticks, took out gpu and cleaned it, reset the CMOS battery, even ussed DDU to reinstall clean drivers After a few hours the pc will work again, but when trying to play a game, this will happen again. If anyone knows how to figure if a component is faulty, or is a configuration issue, I’d be really grateful. PS: I tested the psu with OCCT checking for stabilty issues, it worked perfectly fine.
Welcome to our forums! You have a PSU named Aresgame AVG650. How old is that power supply unit? If you take out the graphics card from your PC, can it start turning on correctly without error messages? RAM: two sticks with 4 GB each from ADATA at 2666 speed and 8 GB from DEXTOR. Please try using just one stick of memory. What operating system are you running right now? When that black screen problem happens, what temperatures do you see? If you install a driver version for your GPU, which one would you like to use?
My PSU has been used for two years. Now I'm going to see if the computer boots up using your advice, and I'll set it up with Windows 11. I don't know what the temperatures look like yet, so I'll test them later. The driver version is 572.83.
Got any advice on what PSU to pick up? Since I'm broke and live in South America, buying a super expensive one is out of the question. Also, computer parts here are generally pricier than they are at home. My thoughts are on whether a Corsair CX 650 or a 750 watt unit would be good enough for a future Intel 10th or 11th gen processor, or if I should plan to upgrade my graphics card to an RTX 3060 later.
The CX650 power supply gets a great review here: Your processor is rated for 65 watts, and the best power supply for a GTX1660 needs at least 300 watts. The CX650 will definitely handle more than enough power and should be much better stable than the AresGame card. A bad power supply can cause even serious problems if it runs within its limits. As other people have said, mixing different sized memory sticks is not a good idea. If you can manage with 8GB of RAM, just get rid of the extra 4GB stick. It would be better to buy two matching 8GB sticks so that you have 16GB total. Do not just grab another random 8GB stick; they need to match together for stability. Before buying a new power supply, download MemTest86 and install it on a USB flash drive, then boot your PC from the USB stick and run a complete memory test. This will check if all RAM sticks are working properly. Test each stick on its own first, then test both at the same time. If you find any errors during the test, you need to replace the bad ones. If you are overclocking your RAM with XMP, turn that setting off and see how stable the system becomes. You will also need to run MemTest again if you enabled or disabled XMP. The standard speed for DDR4 memory is usually 2133 or 2400 MT/s. I also recommend running DISM and SFC on your operating system drive, because there might be corrupted files in Windows. https://teamsbackground.net/how-to-use-s...tem-files/