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ApexSutton31 · October 2, 2019

Hello all,

I am running a x299 system with a 7800x and a GTX 1080ti Founders Edition. I was playing Gears 5 a little bit ago and when in que for a game, both my 1440p monitors just like shut off and went black. So I hard reset my system and nothing happened, they stayed black. So I moved the DisplayPort ports around on my GPU, since it has three total and the Dell monitor worked again. Oddle enough it was at a strange resolution that I had to go to the Nvidia control panel and fix. Anyway, so my cheapo AOC 1440p 60Hz monitor is still not responding. Says that there's no signal. so I unplugged it and used the DP from my Dell monitor that's 144Hz (probably doesn't matter) and it still says that there's no signal. So what would that mean? Since the Dell DP cord also didn't work on the AOC monitor. Also, I know that Founders Edition cards get super hot and could possibly push too much hot air by the cord maybe? No idea, just throwing stuff out there. But the Dell still works properly and just fine, but the AOC monitor just isn't working. Not SOL, so could get a new cheap monitor if need be, just wondering what the issue could be. Thanks in advance!

ApexSutton31 · October 2, 2019

Newest version of Windows 10 and everything else most are running in Q4 of 2019 I should've added.

SlayerOfHellWyrm · October 4, 2019

To confirm, did you swap the cord on the monitor side, or PC side? Ideally, swap the cable working with your Dell at the PC side, to the port currently in use by the AOC. This will tell you if that port failed or not. Then, move it to the AOC and make sure to reboot.

DP is terribly picky, and not as robust as everyone says it's supposed to be. It can be hella sketchy and sometimes needs a power cycle of the monitor and computer (not a reboot) to work correctly.

ApexSutton31 · October 30, 2019

On 10/3/2019 at 8:12 PM, SlayerOfHellWyrm said:

To confirm, did you swap the cord on the monitor side, or PC side? Ideally, swap the cable working with your Dell at the PC side, to the port currently in use by the AOC. This will tell you if that port failed or not. Then, move it to the AOC and make sure to reboot.

DP is terribly picky, and not as robust as everyone says it's supposed to be. It can be hella sketchy and sometimes needs a power cycle of the monitor and computer (not a reboot) to work correctly.

Sorry about the long wait on the response. Was like 24 hours with no response, so I just closed my session to the LTT forum. Lol

Anyway, yes, I swapped the cables multiple times, to multiple ports, using both ends. Reboots, power downs, all the normal trouble shooting measures you would normally do. Nothing works. But like I said in the OP, I'm not worried about buying a new one later, I plan on it. I just was stumped as to what actually happened to it. I mean AOC does make some low end monitors, and it probably was one back when I bought it, but I was just trying to learn what happened.