Plain black screen when posting? (No boot)

[refinedskillz]

Just now I turned on my computer, it posted to a plain black screen. No mobo logo or BIOS screen, just plain black. Sat on it for 15 minutes which is when I got worried. Tried resetting, didn't fix it. Was about to melt down as I have all my uni assignments due on Monday. Took off the side panel and unplugged my 360 controller, booted up just fine. What?

 

- W10 64

- Ryzen 5 1600 (Bought used years ago)

- PALIT RTX 3060 (Bought new a month ago)

- ASUS Prime B450-A (Bought new)

- Ballistics DDR4 (16GB 2 x 8GB 2666mhz) (Bought new) 

- EVGA 650GS Supernova "Gold Standard" PSU - 650w (Bought new in 2015)

- Samsung 850 EVO 250gb (boot drive)(bought new in 2015)

[johnno23]

probably the controller threw out some kind of gremlin so if it is running do not tinker and just get you uni work sorted would be my advice.

if needed leave that side pannel off for the moment.

fixing a PC is something you can devote time to later.

 

[MisterCrow]

Had this exact same problem with my ASUS Z87M-PLUS motherboard. If I left my controller plugged in when starting up my computer it would just black screen. Unplug it and it booted fine. Turned out a BIOS update fixed it (and was mentioned in the patch notes). Check to see if there's a new BIOS update available for your board.

[refinedskillz]

On 3/8/2023 at 2:38 PM, johnno23 said:

probably the controller threw out some kind of gremlin so if it is running do not tinker and just get you uni work sorted would be my advice.

if needed leave that side pannel off for the moment.

fixing a PC is something you can devote time to later.

 

Been fine for the last couple weeks, happening again right now though and unplugging the controller ain't fixing it