I've been having some issues with my gaming PC lately. The monitors keep shutting off, but the PC itself stays on. This all started a couple of days ago, and since then, I've encountered both blue and red screens of death. I've tried a lot of troubleshooting on my own, but nothing seems to have worked. Any ideas on what might be going wrong?
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It might be an issue with the GPU. Have you thought about testing it with a different graphics card, or trying out the onboard video to see if that helps?
Have you checked the error code on those BSODs? It might give you some clues about what's causing the shutdowns.
I'm not sure where to look for that code. How can I find it in Event Viewer?
From what I just saw, it could be Event 41 and the source might be Kernel-Power. Check that out!
You could try removing the GPU entirely and connecting your monitor directly to the motherboard's video output. That way, you'll know if the GPU is the problem.
I didn't remove the GPU, but I did unplug one monitor and connected it to the motherboard. The PC crashed, and only the monitor connected to the GPU turned off. Now, my mouse isn't working and I got a BSOD on the monitor using the onboard graphics.
The GPU is brand new, so I'm a bit hesitant. What's the best way to test the onboard graphics?