Graphics looks blurred after failing to boot and going to the POST screen

TsubasaLi · March 17, 2019

Hey all, about two hours ago I turned on my PC but for whatever reason, it didn't turn on properly and, as the title suggests, it left me on the "Press F1 to run setup" POST screen. I have tried basically anything with my own knowledge, I googled for some advice but to no avail. This is how my screen looks btw https://imgur.com/a/nzYQIyM. I didn't touch anything inside my PC, I also didn't drop it nor did I do anything else to it. Also, no new parts installed except a RAM upgrade from 2x4 to 2x8 GB of RAM but that was 3 months back and didn't cause any issues whatsoever. All drivers etc. are on the latest version and I did basically anything that I can think of. I updated the firmware to its latest version a while ago (11.8.55.3510) through a USB stick and the bios via the internet within the EZ flash utility in the bios to 1207 (this one is not available on Asus' website for some reason.

I didn't take a picture of the very first POST screen but today, it happened again and this time I took a picture https://imgur.com/a/j23ttFn. Yesterday, I tried changing the resolution in the windows settings, after that didn't work I tried changing it in the Nvidia Control panel but neither of them worked. My PC is also not overheating as all 4 CPU cores are at 30 to 35°C and my GPU is at around 24°C in idle according to MSI Afterburner.

Is there something else that I could do?

My PC Specs:

Win 10 Home 64bit on the latest build 1809
Asus Prime Z270-K mobo
Intel i5-7500 CPU
16 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB RAM
MSI Geforce GTX 1050 Aero ITX 2G OC graphics card
550W Corsair TX550M PSU

Edit: It gets worse especially after being in a game but it's only blurry on places other the desktop itself (https://imgur.com/a/zJu63tM). On the desktop, or when I'm in chrome it's pretty clear but within games, it's somewhat acceptable but gets worse after having done something like clearing a level or playing a match.

Edited March 17, 2019 by TsubasaLi

DrMacintosh · March 17, 2019

Looks like either the graphics drivers got boned or the resolution got changed somehow. Check both.

TsubasaLi · March 17, 2019

21 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Looks like either the graphics drivers got boned or the resolution got changed somehow. Check both.

I just tried to reinstall the driver and checked the graphics settings once more, changed them to a lower res and back to 1080p but it's still blurry on discord or in games.