Screen doesnt detect connection suddenly

[SpagettiNinja]

I was just starting up a game, nothing special, when all of a sudden the screen just goes black and it says "DisplayPort not found". Now i havent done anything else than just.. check the cable, which seems to be fine. I am getting a different cable now, if i can find one, to test if it works with that, but other than that i have no idea on what it could be or what i should do. I have restarted the monitor and pc, which didnt do anything.

 

This has worked without any sort of problems for like 9 months now, and suddenly.. boom.

[SPAS-ID]

have you tried using other port ?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

I was just starting up a game, nothing special, when all of a sudden the screen just goes black and it says "DisplayPort not found". Now i havent done anything else than just.. check the cable, which seems to be fine. I am getting a different cable now, if i can find one, to test if it works with that, but other than that i have no idea on what it could be or what i should do. I have restarted the monitor and pc, which didnt do anything.

 

This has worked without any sort of problems for like 9 months now, and suddenly.. boom.

 

Try the new cable and report back once you've tested that. 

[SpagettiNinja]

have you tried using other port ?

I have one DP port in the monitor and one in the GPU, so that is not an option. Unless you meant a different kind.

 

Try the new cable and report back once you've tested that. 

I found an HDMI cable and tried that, and guess what.. it works. So.. is it the DP cable that suddenly has gone bad or something, or what? (Or one of the ports, i guess, but i really wouldnt understand why..)

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

I have one DP port in the monitor and one in the GPU, so that is not an option. Unless you meant a different kind.

 

I found an HDMI cable and tried that, and guess what.. it works. So.. is it the DP cable that suddenly has gone bad or something, or what?

 

Quite possible. Was there any strain on the cable and connectors?  

[DarthSlater77]

I have one DP port in the monitor and one in the GPU, so that is not an option. Unless you meant a different kind.

 

I found an HDMI cable and tried that, and guess what.. it works. So.. is it the DP cable that suddenly has gone bad or something, or what?

Possible. Have you installed any new drivers lately, something in the new driver may be making it throw a temper tantrum. Try doing a clean install of the driver and see if it works.    

[SpagettiNinja]

Quite possible. Was there any strain on the cable and connectors?  

I really wouldnt think so..

 

Possible. Have you installed any new drivers lately, something in the new driver may be making it throw a temper tantrum. Try doing a clean install of the driver and see if it works.    

Drivers.. not that i know of, no, but i can always try a reinstall.