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seizetheday23 · 19 Jun 2012 at 08:08

Help - Issues with monitor ?

Hey guys i have a problem. :mad:

Here the story.. I was doing windows updates last night.. I fell asleep and woke up to check on my updates to find my monitor would not go on its like
in a sleep mode. I turned off system from switch and turned it on to find a loud noise coming from the case i opened it to find the graphics card fan going really fast but still the monitor isnt going on.

Help?

seizetheday23 · 19 Jun 2012 at 08:54

anyone ?

ExRayTed · 19 Jun 2012 at 09:25

Any number of things could be causing this. Firstly put up your computer specs including power supply. Secondly, is the monitor itself working? (when you pull out the cable from the back of the pc with the monitor turned on does it display a test pattern?)
Thirdly, do you overclock?

seizetheday23 · 19 Jun 2012 at 09:38

Intel i5 3.4GHz (stock cooler)
8GB DDR3 Kingston RAM
2TB Hard drive
Psu CX 500 Corsair
GTX 550 Ti
Motherboard is Biostar b75mu3

No overclocking as of yet. Monitor is fine just tryed it on my laptop

Hicks · 19 Jun 2012 at 10:10

Hmmm Biostar.. Sounds interesting.

Have you tried the process of elimination game yet? Just take out things one at a time and try and find the culprit. It may well be the updates though. Can you even get to the bios or is it just no post at all?

Blue160 · 19 Jun 2012 at 10:24

No display + graphics card fan going mental probably means a failed graphics card.

Take out the graphics card and try the onboard graphics and see if that works.

seizetheday23 · 19 Jun 2012 at 10:32

No the screen just stays in a sleep mode state. Could this really be updates that caused this ?

Is Biostar ****e ?

Hicks · 19 Jun 2012 at 10:36

seizetheday23 said:
No the screen just stays in a sleep mode state. Could this really be updates that caused this ?

Is Biostar ****e ?

Some updates can conflict yeah but the I only really thought of updates as you said you were installing them and now your PC is borked.

Try Blue's option first and see what happens.

seizetheday23 · 19 Jun 2012 at 10:42

Will do. Ill let you know how it goes.. Pain in the ass with things like this

trickynickyuk · 19 Jun 2012 at 11:35

it looks as if it is your GFX card if you have an alternitive card i would try that first

doyll · 19 Jun 2012 at 12:08

Have you tried booting in safe mood and restoring to before updates when problem started?

Have seen seen updates do things like this before on more than one occasion so is first thing I would try.

seizetheday23 · 19 Jun 2012 at 12:18

Hey doyll. Could you give me a brief on how to do this ?

Rooster212 · 19 Jun 2012 at 12:27

Keep tapping F8 as Windows boots. Select Safe Mode. If it boots, try rolling back updates or reinstalling graphics drivers.

chipachap · 19 Jun 2012 at 12:29

doyll said:
Have you tried booting in safe mood and restoring to before updates when problem started?

Have seen seen updates do things like this before on more than one occasion so is first thing I would try.

This. Don't even bother to open a case or fiddle with things until you do a System Restore to see if that works.

Hicks · 19 Jun 2012 at 12:39

seizetheday23 said:
No the screen just stays in a sleep mode state.

Bit difficult to try software trouble shooting with no screen I thought....

seizetheday23 · 19 Jun 2012 at 12:40

I haven't touched anything yet.. still in work. I dont understand how im going to boot when the screens black? or should i do all this with the onboard graphics?

seizetheday23 · 19 Jun 2012 at 12:42

Someone hand me a gun

Blue160 · 19 Jun 2012 at 12:45

seizetheday23 said:
I haven't touched anything yet.. still in work. I dont understand how im going to boot when the screens black? or should i do all this with the onboard graphics?

Yes

chipachap · 19 Jun 2012 at 12:46

Blue160 said:
Yes

Try using safe mode first and if that doesn't work just plug the cable out of your GPU and plug it into the mobo and it should swap.

doyll · 19 Jun 2012 at 12:49

As often as not you will get a screen in safe mode because it boots safe.. without all the bells, whistles, drivers, etc. you normally boot with.

We aren't saying it will work, but is the FIRST thing to try with you experience issues after and update. It's far more likely an update issue then a GPU issue... and restoring to what you had before update remove the updates.