Hey guys,
I've had my computer for around 3 years now and thankfully have had no problems. I've hardly used the computer in all honesty but recently I've started getting back into a few games.
So the other night I was playing a game and my computer force reset itself; like an update had downloaded and installed or something. When I switched it back on everything seemed normal, the boot option menu appeared, then after that the windows loadup screen, however, my computer screen went on to lose signal just before the desktop loaded up.
I give all my components a thorough clean, reset the CMOS and changed HDMI leads, even tried loading the computer up with 1 stick of RAM. However, everything lead to that no signal screen after the windows loading screen. I went into safe mode to restore it to an earlier time, but to my misfortune there were no restore points. So I formatted my SSD and my HDD and re-installed a fresh windows.
Everything worked great, the desktop loaded up. I installed all my bios drivers and windows updates. Then I tried installing my GPU drivers off the disk and reset the computer. Back to square one, I couldn't get past the windows loading screen. I went into safe mode and cleaned all my display drivers with some software and I was able to go back onto my desktop. This time I downloaded the most recent beta drivers from the AMD website to see if that would work. Installed them and the same thing happened again on restart. So now I've wiped the drivers clean again and I'm back on the desktop.
I'm thinking my GPU might have packed in but I'm not too sure. I'm such a newbie when it comes to this.. What does it sound like to you guys? I don't fancy paying out for a new card if there's a fix for my situation which doesn't involve spending money!
I've had my computer for around 3 years now and thankfully have had no problems. I've hardly used the computer in all honesty but recently I've started getting back into a few games.
So the other night I was playing a game and my computer force reset itself; like an update had downloaded and installed or something. When I switched it back on everything seemed normal, the boot option menu appeared, then after that the windows loadup screen, however, my computer screen went on to lose signal just before the desktop loaded up.
I give all my components a thorough clean, reset the CMOS and changed HDMI leads, even tried loading the computer up with 1 stick of RAM. However, everything lead to that no signal screen after the windows loading screen. I went into safe mode to restore it to an earlier time, but to my misfortune there were no restore points. So I formatted my SSD and my HDD and re-installed a fresh windows.
Everything worked great, the desktop loaded up. I installed all my bios drivers and windows updates. Then I tried installing my GPU drivers off the disk and reset the computer. Back to square one, I couldn't get past the windows loading screen. I went into safe mode and cleaned all my display drivers with some software and I was able to go back onto my desktop. This time I downloaded the most recent beta drivers from the AMD website to see if that would work. Installed them and the same thing happened again on restart. So now I've wiped the drivers clean again and I'm back on the desktop.
I'm thinking my GPU might have packed in but I'm not too sure. I'm such a newbie when it comes to this.. What does it sound like to you guys? I don't fancy paying out for a new card if there's a fix for my situation which doesn't involve spending money!
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