Monitors go black/shutdown while playing demanding games, but I can still hear audio

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  • Noah_Moon
    PCHF Member
    • Aug 2023
    • 2

    #1

    Monitors go black/shutdown while playing demanding games, but I can still hear audio

    Recently, I’ve been trying to play games that I’ve previously had no issue running on my pc for hours. These include Destiny 2, Ready or Not, and Overwatch occasionally. When I play these games, eventually, sometimes almost as soon as I start the game, or a few minutes into a game, my monitors, both, at the same time, will go black, and say they have lost connection. Despite this though, I can still hear sound, both in the game and also from YouTube videos that I’m playing in the background. This hasn’t been an issue up until about a month ago, and I’ve tried the following solutions to no avail:

    Updating all drivers using driver easy and manually checking
    Virus check and clean
    Updating all of my games
    Checking the temperature of my GPU and CPU (Both haven’t reached any critical point)
    Checking to make sure my pc can handle the power/voltage (it was fine, but I also wouldn’t understand why it would be an issue randomly now)
    I’ve unplugged everything and plugged it back in
    I’ve tried some other small things and nothings worked so far.

    My specs are:
    GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
    Processor: Intel® Core™ Processor i9-10900K 10/20 3.70GHz [Turbo 5.2GHz] 20MB Cache LGA1200
    Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z590 UD AC ATX, ARGB, 802.11ac, 2.5GbE LAN, 2 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 5 SATA3, 3x M.2 SATA/PCIe
    Powersupply: 1,000 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Gold Power Supply
    SSD: 2TB GIGABYTE AORUS (PCIe Gen4) NVMe M.2 SSD - Seq R/W: Up to 5000/4400 MB/s, Rnd R/W up to 750/700k
  • Rustys
    PCHF Member
    • Jul 2016
    • 7862

    #2
    What happens when you use one monitor connected at a time?

    So other can assist let get a speccy report.

    [COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]Do not forget to post the make and model of the PSU if this is a desktop.

    Download then run Speccy (free) and post the resultant url for us, details here, this will provide us with information about your computer hardware + any software that you have installed that may explain the present issue/s.

    To publish a Speccy profile to the Web:

    In Speccy, click File, and then click Publish Snapshot.

    In the Publish Snapshot dialog box, click Yes to enable Speccy to proceed.

    Speccy publishes the profile and displays a second Publish Snapshot. You can open the URL in your default browser, copy it to the clipboard, or close the dialog box.[/COLOR]

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    • Noah_Moon
      PCHF Member
      • Aug 2023
      • 2

      #3


      ^This is the Speccy info

      As for testing it with just one monitor at a time, I just tested and I had the same results. Monitor blacked out, but I could still hear some sounds from the game.

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      • phillpower2
        PCHF Administrator
        • Sep 2016
        • 15209

        #4
        RAM
        32.0GB

        So that we can check the specs, can you post a link to the RAM that you have.
        Operating System
        Windows 10 Home 64-bit
        Computer type: Desktop
        [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Installation Date: 14-Jun-21 20:03:02

        Windows was installed more than two years ago yet only three updates were installed and those on August 8th of this year.

        Is Windows licenced and activated.

        There are no system drivers shown to have been installed.
        Originally posted by Noah Moon
        Powersupply: 1,000 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Gold Power Supply
        Not all PSUs are made equal, some are real good, some are real bad and some are just outright dangerous.

        Can you post the brand and model name or number of the PSU + let us know how old it is.

        The Behaviour that you describe is typical behaviour of something overheating, this includes the PSU overheating internally.[/COLOR]

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        • Rustys
          PCHF Member
          • Jul 2016
          • 7862

          #5
          TO add to what @phillpower2 has stated.

          What happens when you remove the display card and connect directly to the onboard graphics?
          01-Sep-23 01:04;: Driver Easy Scheduled Scan

          This and other driver fetching updating programs are nothing more than trash.

          Page 1 of 2 - Pros and Cons of Driver Booster 2 ? - posted in All Other Applications: What are the Pros & Cons of Driver Booster 2 ?   Is it safe to be used by a somewhat computer illiterate person , if safe at all ?   Is it reliable ?   Is there any known problems to it or but use of it ?   Would you use it ? If not , then why and what is your best alternative ?  


          Do not even trust Windows to do a proper job.

          Page 1 of 2 - Windows 10 Driver Updating. - posted in Windows 10 Discussion: I am rather peed-off by driver updating programs saying a number of my drivers are out-of-date. Of course they are out-of-date - time moves on. There are a number of credible driver updating programs available. My Avast AV has just said that my drivers need updating. A ploy to buy their program and wreck my PC.   Since Windows includes drivers in their updates (it has updated 12 so far on my PC), I see no saf...

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          • phillpower2
            PCHF Administrator
            • Sep 2016
            • 15209

            #6
            Originally posted by phillpower2
            Windows was installed more than two years ago yet only three updates were installed and those on August 8th of this year.

            Is Windows licenced and activated.
            The silence is deafening so will take it that both are a no and will close this thread as we don`t help with non legit software.

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