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Display problems with a self build pc. Flickering screen/blank screen on start up.

  • 05-01-2015 11:36pm
    #1
    Redfox25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭


    Hello all.
    Its been a while since I was in here looking for advice. (apologies if this is in the wrong forum)
    I have been having some problems with my pc for a few weeks.
    Occasionally when I start it up, the screen stays blank. Fans come on and HDD makes noise. If i leave it, reboot it, its usually ok and works fine.
    If it does come on ok on its own and I launch into a game, the screen will go blank.
    Again if I restart it will be fine for the rest of the day.

    I noted in the last week or so, flickering while running STO. Not the most graphically challenging game. My system has run this game on the same settings for a good while now without any issues.

    I had OC'd my GPU slightly and my CPU as well so I reset both of them to factory to see if that removed the problem. It didnt alas.
    The drivers are up to date as far as I can tell.

    I have checked and system is not overheating and all cables seem to be tight.
    Am I looking at a PSU starting to go or a GPU doing the same.

    I had a look in the events log but im not sure what I am looking at tbh.
    This system has been pretty rock solid since I built it after getting advice in here.

    Anyone any thoughts of how I can identify the issue?


    Details of system, taken from Speccy
    Operating System
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
    CPU
    AMD FX-6300 17 °C
    Vishera 32nm Technology
    RAM
    8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (9-9-9-24)
    Motherboard
    ASRock 970 Extreme4 (CPUSocket) 33 °C
    Graphics
    IPS234 (1920x1080@60Hz)
    2048MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7870XT Series (Sapphire/PCPartner) 32 °C
    Storage
    223GB Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 ATA Device (SSD) 24 °C
    931GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 ATA Device (SATA) 27 °C
    Optical Drives
    DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
    TSSTcorp DVD-ROM SH-118AB ATA Device
    DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
    Audio
    Realtek High Definition Audio


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