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PC help (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by yeather@lemmy.ca to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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My PC screen randomly went black while I was playing a game, and the VGA light turned on. When I rebooted, the cpu light turns on for a second, then turns off and the DRAM light turns on for a second, them the VGA light turns on permanently, screen completely black and unable to do anything. I have already tried clearing the CMOS, reseating and testing RAM, and the cable to my monitor. Any other ideas?

Edit: Just got it back from Office Depot. It worked in store according to the tech but when I brought it back home it did not work again. Possibly my Displayport cable? The VGA light is still on, so maybe it’s my outlet? Any ideas would be nice.

Edit 2: Thunderstorm must have messed with my cable running between my PC and Monitor. After rerunning it at Office Depot, a new cable and a deep clean fixed my PC. Thanks for everyone’s help.

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[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

2 cables, both 2 rows of 4 for 8 pins each cable and 16 total. They don’t seem burnt out or anything like that.

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ok I was making sure you weren't using a single cable with daisy chain 8 pin. Do you have any friends with with GPUs they'd let you use to test?

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Possibly but it will be a few days until I can mess with it more