PC keeps black screening, system is still up but display is gone?

EastCoastHandle · 12 Sep 2020 at 18:49

RipGroove said:
No discoloration on burn marks on the PSU cables or pins.

Then it's from that powerlink. At a guess, it already had some sort of resistance that got worst during peak power usage. I would recommend that you stay away from them.

RipGroove · 12 Sep 2020 at 18:55

EastCoastHandle said:
Then it's from that powerlink. At a guess, it already had some sort of resistance that got worst during peak power usage. I would recommend that you stay away from them.

Yes it's definitely starting to look like something like that. The PC had quite a lot of use today and still hasn't black screened yet so hopefully that's all it was, time will tell.

EastCoastHandle · 12 Sep 2020 at 19:00

RipGroove said:
Yes it's definitely starting to look like something like that. The PC had quite a lot of use today and still hasn't black screened yet so hopefully that's all it was, time will tell.

Try OC'ing the card as well to see how things go. Small increments...

RipGroove · 12 Sep 2020 at 19:10

EastCoastHandle said:
Try OC'ing the card as well to see how things go. Small increments...

Yeah I might do once I'm 100% sure the black screens are gone.

RipGroove · 14 Sep 2020 at 16:41

R3aL1Ty said:
Once my PSU arrives, i will officially be in the same boat as you!

Any luck with the new PSU?

R3aL1Ty · 14 Sep 2020 at 17:26

RipGroove said:
Any luck with the new PSU?

Got the new PSU, rebuilt my PC.
So far all has been well, I haven't been gaming as much as i would like to although i did have a random blue screen today.
Will keep an eye on it but I am feeling optimistic.

Thinking it may just be the age of my RX580, was a refurb as well that i got in a trade a while back.
Planning on grabbing a 3080 and then the real testing will begin

Nasher · 14 Sep 2020 at 17:27

I had this a lot with some of the recent AMD drivers. Went right back to 19.12.1 and it stopped happening.

R3aL1Ty · 14 Sep 2020 at 17:28

Nasher said:
I had this a lot with some of the recent AMD drivers. Went right back to 19.12.1 and it stopped happening.

I tried multiple AMD drivers as I read the black screen was a common issue. Have jumped through a good few drivers and still have yet to come right.

RipGroove · 14 Sep 2020 at 17:31

R3aL1Ty said:
Got the new PSU, rebuilt my PC.
So far all has been well, I haven't been gaming as much as i would like to although i did have a random blue screen today.
Will keep an eye on it but I am feeling optimistic.

Thinking it may just be the age of my RX580, was a refurb as well that i got in a trade a while back.
Planning on grabbing a 3080 and then the real testing will begin

Hopefully it was just the PSU then.

R3aL1Ty · 14 Sep 2020 at 17:38

RipGroove said:
Hopefully it was just the PSU then.

I really do hope so. Will keep an eye but from my side, its either my PSU ( was a cheapie 80+ Bronze ) age of my GPU or my RAM/Motherboard combo

RipGroove · 14 Sep 2020 at 17:39

R3aL1Ty said:
I really do hope so. Will keep an eye but from my side, its either my PSU ( was a cheapie 80+ Bronze ) age of my GPU or my RAM/Motherboard combo

Keep us informed.

R3aL1Ty · 16 Sep 2020 at 10:30

RipGroove said:
Keep us informed.

So far again all is well, I am still skeptical given this has been an issue at months and the black screen is completely random.

Although for the first time in a long while, im feeling a little more optimistic that it might be solved

RipGroove · 16 Sep 2020 at 17:08

R3aL1Ty said:
So far again all is well, I am still skeptical given this has been an issue at months and the black screen is completely random.

Although for the first time in a long while, im feeling a little more optimistic that it might be solved

Good, I'm starting to think the same about mine, it's been fine since I removed that PowerLink connector. I still have the replacement GPU in there so I'll switch back to my original GPU at the weekend and see what happens, if that is fine for a week or two then it was definitely the PowerLink causing the problem.

R3aL1Ty · 16 Sep 2020 at 17:10

RipGroove said:
Good, I'm starting to think the same about mine, it's been fine since I removed that PowerLink connector. I still have the replacement GPU in there so I'll switch back to my original GPU at the weekend and see what happens, if that is fine for a week or two then it was definitely the PowerLink causing the problem.

Let me know how yours goes?

Im replacing the GPU tomorrow (Hopefully) and it should arrive next week. That will be my final sanity test

RipGroove · 16 Sep 2020 at 17:12

Haha, well hopefully we're both sorted. Once I know for sure I'll update my original post with the solution so anyone searching the same problem in the future can hopefully find the same solutions we did.

EastCoastHandle · 16 Sep 2020 at 17:14

RipGroove said:
Haha, well hopefully we're both sorted. Once I know for sure I'll update my original post with the solution so anyone searching the same problem in the future can hopefully find the same solutions we did.

Good to know you have it sorted.

RipGroove · 16 Sep 2020 at 17:33

EastCoastHandle said:
Good to know you have it sorted.

Me too! It was giving me a right headache not knowing what the problem was.

R3aL1Ty · 16 Sep 2020 at 21:02

RipGroove said:
Haha, well hopefully we're both sorted. Once I know for sure I'll update my original post with the solution so anyone searching the same problem in the future can hopefully find the same solutions we did.

Yea i definitely think thats a good idea!
Well lets hope its sorted for both of us

RipGroove · 21 Sep 2020 at 17:58

SOLVED! (Maybe, it's looking good so far)

I've updated my original post in the hope that it may help people in the future who are Googling the same issue. At this point I'm pretty certain that the EVGA PowerLink was at fault. I've reverted back to my original GPU and still haven't had any black screen/no signal issues but if that changes I'll update the post once again but fingers crossed that was 'all' it was.

As mentioned in my original post, if you are having this same issue but do not have a PowerLink installed then I would definitely check/change your PSU because clearly any kind of power interruption to the GPU will cause these exact symptoms.

R3aL1Ty · 21 Sep 2020 at 19:33

RipGroove said:
SOLVED! (Maybe, it's looking good so far)

I've updated my original post in the hope that it may help people in the future who are Googling the same issue. At this point I'm pretty certain that the EVGA PowerLink was at fault. I've reverted back to my original GPU and still haven't had any black screen/no signal issues but if that changes I'll update the post once again but fingers crossed that was 'all' it was.

As mentioned in my original post, if you are having this same issue but do not have a PowerLink installed then I would definitely check/change your PSU because clearly any kind of power interruption to the GPU will cause these exact symptoms.

Funny enough, my change in PSU has also resulted in my issue being solved!

We finally did it!