Screen blacking out SOS!!

[ClumsyViking_]

So I have just recently purchased the Pixio px277 144hz 1440p IPS monitor and I have been experiencing some difficulties. After about an hour or 2 of hardcore gaming, my monitor will go black for about a second and then come back on. It wont do this again for like 10 minutes then it will become more and more frequent to a point where it becomes un-useable(20 times a minute).

I originally was using the DP cable that came with the monitor and then I switched to a HDMI cable that came with another monitor and the problem continued to persist. I updated my graphics drivers and the problem still continued(however seems to be less frequent). Im thinking that womething might be overheating. My GPU is hitting about 82°C(176°F) under full load however where the cable plugs into the graphics card reaches about 60°C(140°F)(im guesting). Also the powersupply for the monitor is located in the monitor, and when this happens is usually warm to the touch especially around where the cables are plugged in.

 

PC Specs:

Asus Gtx 1070 founders edition

Ryzen 5 1600

8gb vengence ram

100gb ssd(does not contain the game files, only for the OS)

1tb and 500gb hdd

Msi b350 motherboard

Corsair CX600M

(Nothing is overclocked)

[AirSocial]

Did you try testing your PC on another screen or testing your monitor with another device to see if your monitor is the issue?

[ClumsyViking_]

On 05/08/2018 at 7:52 PM, AirSocial said:

Did you try testing your PC on another screen or testing your monitor with another device to see if your monitor is the issue?

Not yet, however when the problem started up again. I unpluged my hdmi cable and plugged it back in, the i put a fan on facing the back of the monitor and it didnt happen for the rest of the day.

[EsaT]

16 minutes ago, ClumsyViking_ said:

the i put a fan on facing the back of the monitor and it didnt happen for the rest of the day.

That tells quite surely reason is in something starting to overheat in monitor.

That monitor design seems to leave really little space for its PSU and other circuitry, increasing likelyhood for cooling problems.

 

One way to lower heat build up would be adjusting monitor's settings to avoid unnecessary brightness.

At least in some TVs defauld settings have been insane with almost need for welder's mask to avoid burning face.