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VERY STRANGE PROBLEM

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Done. Replaced PSU, no problems. Thanks all!

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PC specs - GTX 970, 16gb RAM, i7 4790k

LEFT MONITOR CONNECTED TO THE MOTHERBOARD AND RIGHT TO THE GPU - set up in the BIOS.

So one night my left pc monitor came up with the weird glitch in the video. The right screen was frozen but not distorted - I tried to move the mouse, ctrl alt delete, etc. but nothing was working. I turned off the computer and turned it back on and went into the strange on-off cycle shown in the video. To stop this I turned it off at the PSU. I took it out, dusted it, checked everything, and everything was fine (as it has been for well over a year). After plugging it back in I played on it for about 2 hours with no problems - then the same thing happened and I turned it off at the PSU and left it overnight. 

Next day - turned it on and played for about 2 hours - same problem. It had a few different variations this time as I let the cycle run multiple times - sometimes after on/offing it would get to the boot screen, then get the glitch again, repeating the cycle. Once it turned straight on, got to the sign in screen, and then got the error.  A few times it didn't turn on at all. Note: it turns off automatically after a while of the glitch screen, then going into the cycle.

Thanks for any help!

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Starting off with the basics: have you tried a different HDMI cord, have you tried reverting to a backup, have you made sure that your gpu is not above damaging temperatures during heavy load, have you tried uninstalling the ALL of the gpu's drivers then reinstalling the most recent STABLE version. Also by any chance did your PC experience a surge?

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1 minute ago, Little Bear said:

Starting off with the basics: have you tried a different HDMI cord, have you tried reverting to a backup, have you tried uninstalling the ALL of the gpu's drivers then reinstalling the most recent STABLE version. Also by any chance did your PC experience a surge?

Hi,

 

Thanks for the response.

I haven't tried a different hdmi cord but I know they are fine as I tested both of them on the other monitor and they were fine. I will try again later and if it works I will tell you. I wouldn't have experienced a surge as my PC is powered by a surge-protected socket extension. I will install the newest drivers now and get back to you. Thanks for the help!

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1 hour ago, VeryDogeTV said:

Did you do Any Overclocking of Any Type?

 Nope.

1 hour ago, Little Bear said:

Starting off with the basics: have you tried a different HDMI cord, have you tried reverting to a backup, have you made sure that your gpu is not above damaging temperatures during heavy load, have you tried uninstalling the ALL of the gpu's drivers then reinstalling the most recent STABLE version. Also by any chance did your PC experience a surge?

Still trying to install - internet being a pain today :(

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3 hours ago, Little Bear said:

Starting off with the basics: have you tried a different HDMI cord, have you tried reverting to a backup, have you made sure that your gpu is not above damaging temperatures during heavy load, have you tried uninstalling the ALL of the gpu's drivers then reinstalling the most recent STABLE version. Also by any chance did your PC experience a surge?

Updated drivers, problem persists. Temperatures are normal. Trying HDMI thing now, then going to check the ram, then make sure gpu is fully in its socket.

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On 18/06/2016 at 10:21 PM, wkdpaul said:

Might be a dead GPU, try it without the GPU, completely remove the GPU and use the iGPU to see if the problem persists.

I know this is an old post but I STILL haven't found a fix and I need to find 1. I'm going to try 2 things related to what you said: I'm going to change the BIOS so the iGPU is main one and other monitor is unplugged and if that doesn't work then I will remove it completely. Contacted local shop and they said it is my graphics card... I really can't afford another one right now so I'm hoping I'll be able to get a replacement if that is the problem.

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