So, I finally got my PC up and running after two long years of it sitting in a box while I moved abroad. I managed to get a case and put all my components together, but I've been running into some serious problems right from the start. Here's what went down:
I booted up with fingers crossed, but my RAM was acting up—sometimes one stick was detected, sometimes both, and at one point it even reserved one stick for hardware. After reseating the RAM repeatedly, it finally detected both sticks.
Next, I tried to boot into Windows, but my monitor kept losing the signal before it even loaded the OS. I found advice online to boot into safe mode and uninstall the graphics driver, but that just resulted in the monitor losing its signal again.
After rebooting, I managed to get into Windows, but then I'd lose signal again after about 30 seconds. I tried safe mode again and attempted to uninstall some recent Windows updates, but even that didn't help—my system acted like it had restored successfully, but I still got that pesky signal loss. I attempted to install the latest graphics driver, but the 30-second time limit really made that tricky!
Now, I've been scratching my head trying to figure this out. I'm using Windows 10 with a Ryzen 5 2600, 16 GB of RAM, and an MSI RX6600 XT graphics card. I got a tip that some issues might arise from a damaged display pin, but switching the HDMI cable seems to have fixed it. It felt trivial, but sometimes the simplest solutions are the best!
2 Answers
Nice work figuring it out! HDMI cables can be sneaky; they can stop working properly without any visible damage. If you want to play it safe, make sure to check the cable connections each time you set up. Also, if you ever have trouble after switching cables, give everything a good clean, just in case!
Glad to hear you made progress! Sounds like it could have been a simple cable issue after all. Just a heads up, sometimes dust can really mess things up, so always a good idea to keep your hardware clean! Also, if you run into any more hiccups, make sure to check that the CPU cooler is properly seated and see if there are any updates on the motherboard's BIOS.
Thanks for the tip! I learned the hard way about cable checking, but I’ll keep the dust thing in mind for the future.
Absolutely! I’ll definitely keep an eye on my connections from now on. Appreciate the advice!