The PSU is indeed facing serious challenges, and it seems like things are at a critical point.
The PSU is indeed facing serious challenges, and it seems like things are at a critical point.
Today my screen began losing display signals unexpectedly. The computer kept working fine otherwise. There hasn’t been a GPU failure before this problem appeared. Now my PC won’t start at all. It sometimes booted but lost the display even faster during BIOS setup or when loading in Windows. It’s stuck in a boot loop with nothing visible on the screen. The motherboard debug lights show the GPU is active. Is this due to a dead power supply? My system specs are: R5 1600, 8GB RAM, GTX 1060 (6GB), and a 12-year-old 430W Seasonic PSU.
It seems quite odd. If the power source malfunctioned, it might have carried away components such as the motherboard, CPU, or graphics card. You may wish to run tests on someone else's machine if possible.
Yesterday something unusual occurred while trying Age of Conan (MMO) for the first time. During the session (around 10 minutes), the game displayed an error about my GPU driver crashing. I lost the display signal and had to perform a hard reset on my PC. This incident was the starting point for this problem. I removed the GPU driver using DDU and installed the latest version. After that, the issue started happening more often and eventually led to this discussion. The PC is still running at full GPU usage for about 30 minutes.
Power delivery issues might be impacting your GPU. Confirming this requires extended testing with a different power source. If the problem occurs more often, specify how often—daily or weekly? Edited June 19, 2022 by Fasauceome
Today is the first day I noticed the monitor losing display signal right after startup. This happens quite often, so I’m wondering if something about my PC—maybe Age of Conan—caused it. At first, I was surprised because I’d never seen a “GPU driver crashed” error before. I got frustrated and uninstalled the game, thinking maybe it was just a coincidence. Now I’m waiting to see how things develop until my new PSU arrives.
Unlikely this situation. Should these crashes continue even after the PSU update, the next step should be checking your GPU.
I've never encountered a GPU performing peek-a-boo or similar behavior. I'd suggest weak or failing capacitors inside the GPU, which could lead to unstable booting. This seems more likely during long shutdowns rather than quick restarts after a short period. That points toward deteriorated capacitors. The concept is that capacitors store a surge current needed for startup; when they fail, they can't maintain it properly, causing problems if the system sits idle too long. Edited June 19, 2022 by An0maly_76 Revised, more info