Computer on, no display

[Whosonicus]

This problem is annoying as heck and scares me that I may damage my computer every time I turn it off.

I think this problem started when I got my graphics card (not sure). My computer wakes up from sleep but shows nothing on the monitor.

The only way I solve this is to press the power button on my computer and restart it. This scares me because Linus talked about wear and tear on constantly shutting down and turning  computer on the computer.

Please friends?! any help!?

 

MSI R7 360 OC

Athlon X4 750k

Windows 10

8GB ram

1TB Hard drive

 

[gilm0re3]

Have you tried plugging your display into the integrated GPU off the motherboard if it has one? That might help determine whether or not this is an issue with your GPU or something else with the computer. I don't see how it could be the monitor's fault since it seems to work fine when the computer isn't sleeping, but it wouldn't hurt if you can to try to plug the monitor into another computer and try sleeping and waking it to see what the monitor does.

Also, when was the last time you updated your GPU's drivers? I wonder if it might just be a driver bug.

[Whosonicus]

It is already plugged into the dedicated GPU.

I already tried plugging it to the normal PC plugin thing.

[johnno124]

did you recently get the GPU and if yes did you use the DDU to unistall any previous Graphic drivers before install the drivers for the new GPU

[Mr.Lonewalker]

5 minutes ago, Whosonicus said:

It is already plugged into the dedicated GPU.

I already tried plugging it to the normal PC plugin thing.

The problem in this case usually is software. I would recommend to delete all previews video drivers, and install the newest for the GPU you currently have.

And then test if it still happens.

[RezidentSeagull]

I think we should slow down, take a step by step approach (although the suggestions above are definitely valid).

 

1. Check your cables. Make sure that your cables are seated properly in both the graphics card's video port (HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort) and the monitor's receiver port (same type as your graphics card)

2. Check that your monitor is using the correct display input. Sometimes it gets funky and doesn't automatically switch to the right input for your computer.

3. Boot into Safe Mode on your computer by tapping the F8 key on your keyboard when it's booting up. If you get video on the screen, it means a driver is being wonky, in which case you should uninstall it using either Device Manager in Windows, or @johnno124's solution of DDU.

 

Make sure you test ALL of your display outputs. If none of them work, the card might not be working properly, and it may need to be replaced.

 

Oh, and don't worry about wear and tear from constant boot ups and downs. Your computer will survive just fine. By the time it dies of wearing out components, you probably will have already replaced it once or twice.

 

EDIT: Oh, and if you get it working properly, make sure to then install the latest driver for your card, assuming you haven't already.

Also, make sure your monitor's ports are also working properly by testing them out if you can.

Edited July 18, 2016 by RezidentSeagull
Follow up knowledge yo

[Whosonicus]

16 hours ago, johnno124 said:

did you recently get the GPU and if yes did you use the DDU to unistall any previous Graphic drivers before install the drivers for the new GPU

What's a DDU?

Well when I got my graphics card, my old processor automatically disabled its integrated GPU (According to my BIOS).

Then I got my new Processor. Is there a chance that my old Processor and its GPUs drives still be in my system?

 

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16 hours ago, RezidentSeagull said:

I think we should slow down, take a step by step approach (although the suggestions above are definitely valid).

 

1. Check your cables. Make sure that your cables are seated properly in both the graphics card's video port (HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort) and the monitor's receiver port (same type as your graphics card)

2. Check that your monitor is using the correct display input. Sometimes it gets funky and doesn't automatically switch to the right input for your computer.

3. Boot into Safe Mode on your computer by tapping the F8 key on your keyboard when it's booting up. If you get video on the screen, it means a driver is being wonky, in which case you should uninstall it using either Device Manager in Windows, or @johnno124's solution of DDU.

 

Make sure you test ALL of your display outputs. If none of them work, the card might not be working properly, and it may need to be replaced.

 

Oh, and don't worry about wear and tear from constant boot ups and downs. Your computer will survive just fine. By the time it dies of wearing out components, you probably will have already replaced it once or twice.

 

EDIT: Oh, and if you get it working properly, make sure to then install the latest driver for your card, assuming you haven't already.

Also, make sure your monitor's ports are also working properly by testing them out if you can.

 

1. The cable I'm using is a VGA Connector with a DVI adapter to the graphics card. Could this cause the problem?

3.What do you mean if I get a video on the screen? So if I boot into safe mode and I see my desktop while connected to the GPU, this means my GPU is wonky?

 

Thank you to everyone so far.

[Venator Insontis]

DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) is a free software you can download that uninstalls all previous versions of installed display drivers. This lets you get a clean install of the newest driver.

[Mkfish]

I used to encounter this problem very very often, and I'm almost certain that in your case that it is a driver issue as since I've re-installed Windows 10 (and rebuilt my rig in general) the problem has gone away entirely... I am using the latest drivers from AMD's website. I would think that a proper uninstall of your current AMD display drivers, and fresh re-install should solve the issue.

I appreciate just how frustrating and annoying it is.

[Whosonicus]

Thank you so much friends!

 

[RezidentSeagull]

10 hours ago, Whosonicus said:

What's a DDU?

Well when I got my graphics card, my old processor automatically disabled its integrated GPU (According to my BIOS).

Then I got my new Processor. Is there a chance that my old Processor and its GPUs drives still be in my system?

 

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1. The cable I'm using is a VGA Connector with a DVI adapter to the graphics card. Could this cause the problem?

3.What do you mean if I get a video on the screen? So if I boot into safe mode and I see my desktop while connected to the GPU, this means my GPU is wonky?

 

Thank you to everyone so far.

If you haven't already solved the issue:

1. The adapter could possibly be broken? The key here is testing every variable, so make sure the cable works properly, and make sure the adapter is working properly too.

3. By video, I mean like a video output to the screen (i.e Windows showing up properly on your monitor). When you boot into safe mode, Windows uses a default driver for the graphics card. This means that if you DO get video output in safe mode, the problem is likely a bad graphics card driver that was installed on your computer, which can be fixed by uninstalling it and then reinstalling your graphics card driver