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Im not 100% sure about this problem as its a little odd.
About a month ago my pc would freeze up in the middle of gaming. The screen would freeze and nothing would respond. I would restart, things would work again, and then freeze in the middle of another game. After a few times the computer would no longer boot. Monitor would stay black but looking at the insides on the pc everything seemed normal. It would boot with the integrated graphics using my vga cable instead of dvi off of the video card. At the time I wasnt in the right area to investigate much further or fix it so I just used my laptop.
Fast forward til now. I move to a city and want to fix my computer. For kick and giggles I turn it on and golly gee it works. I can game and everything for hours on end. This works for about two weeks and then just last night my screen goes blank in the middle of a game. It didnt lock up like last time, it just went black, but the pc was still "on". Now im back to the black screen when i turn it on and only being able to get anything through my integrated graphics.
I tried switching my graphics on the PCI slot and that didnt seem to do anything.
At first I thought it was a dead slot or a dead video card but with it all working again, I got really confused. Now that it has stopped working, Im really at a loss.
Any avenues of approach to check and rule out the motherboard to the video card would be nice.
About a month ago my pc would freeze up in the middle of gaming. The screen would freeze and nothing would respond. I would restart, things would work again, and then freeze in the middle of another game. After a few times the computer would no longer boot. Monitor would stay black but looking at the insides on the pc everything seemed normal. It would boot with the integrated graphics using my vga cable instead of dvi off of the video card. At the time I wasnt in the right area to investigate much further or fix it so I just used my laptop.
Fast forward til now. I move to a city and want to fix my computer. For kick and giggles I turn it on and golly gee it works. I can game and everything for hours on end. This works for about two weeks and then just last night my screen goes blank in the middle of a game. It didnt lock up like last time, it just went black, but the pc was still "on". Now im back to the black screen when i turn it on and only being able to get anything through my integrated graphics.
I tried switching my graphics on the PCI slot and that didnt seem to do anything.
At first I thought it was a dead slot or a dead video card but with it all working again, I got really confused. Now that it has stopped working, Im really at a loss.
Any avenues of approach to check and rule out the motherboard to the video card would be nice.
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