Monitor turns off when using GPU

[Rubab]

I am currently using Windows 10 Pro x64 with AMD R9270x. Everytime I try to use any games or app which uses the GPU, my monitor turns off, I can hear the speaker continuing to play music or video but the monitor turns off.

The moment I press the "GPU stress test" button the monitor immediately turns off. I already tried the beta driver and then removed it and installed the stable driver. But I am still facing this issue. I checked the temperature and it didn't cross 55 ever.

Is my GPU suddenly not getting enough power or is it somehow damaged? What should I do to solve this problem?

[kaziishan]

Is your wall socket providing stable power? Have you tried turning the monitor off and on again?

-> Try with another PSU
-> Try with another Graphics Card


Another funny case would be your Refresh Rate or Resolution is not being supported. And, hey sometimes loose memory/old battery causes this kind of problem.

[Rubab]

Is your wall socket providing stable power? Have you tried turning the monitor off and on again?

-> Try with another PSU
-> Try with another Graphics Card


Another funny case would be your Refresh Rate or Resolution is not being supported. And, hey sometimes loose memory/old battery causes this kind of problem.

I don't have a spare PSU or GPU at hand. Which means taking it to IDB is the only option left.
Is there any other way to identify the problem?

[VANGUARD]

I am currently using Windows 10 Pro x64 with AMD R9270x. Everytime I try to use any games or app which uses the GPU, my monitor turns off, I can hear the speaker continuing to play music or video but the monitor turns off.

The moment I press the "GPU stress test" button the monitor immediately turns off. I already tried the beta driver and then removed it and installed the stable driver. But I am still facing this issue. I checked the temperature and it didn't cross 55 ever.

Is my GPU suddenly not getting enough power or is it somehow damaged? What should I do to solve this problem?

PSU. It is the PSU. Change/RMA asap!!

[Cynical]

I'm not an expert but as you've mentioned your monitor's screen blacks out but the game still continues, it is probably an issue with either the graphics card or the PSU. I'd advice you to take out your GPU out of the board and clean it, may be it has collected some dust that blocks the fans to spin properly and check power connectors of the card as well. If that doesn't work then try with a different card and if you find he problem still exists then may be the suspect is PSU. Alternatively if using a different GPU solves the problem then your R9270x needs to be sent to manufacturer for servicing. Run Memtest86+ to test for RAM issue because faulty memory can also be a cause of system instabilities (although I don't think this problem has anything to do with memory but you can try) or you can even re-install the OS and see if that solves the problem.

[Yasinonic]

is it turns off fully i mean u have to press restart button or just monitor turns off for a second and comes again???

[Rubab]

is it turns off fully i mean u have to press restart button or just monitor turns off for a second and comes again???

When I say it turns off, I mean it turns off in the exact same way it goes dark when you use Windows's default "Turn off display" function:

It leaves me with the only option of restarting the PC to get anything in the monitor back.
BTW today it is acting in a different manner, previously I could hear the songs or music continuing after the monitor turned off. Now the music just continues stuttering.

[kaziishan]

I don't have a spare PSU or GPU at hand. Which means taking it to IDB is the only option left.
Is there any other way to identify the problem?

A friend's PC maybe? Or, You might use your PSU and GPU to another PC and confirm that the problem is within those 2 things. Then you might take the PSU and Graphics Card (instead of the whole system) to IDB.

[Rubab]

A friend's PC maybe? Or, You might use your PSU and GPU to another PC and confirm that the problem is within those 2 things. Then you might take the PSU and Graphics Card (instead of the whole system) to IDB.

I think taking my PSU and GPU to a friend's house sounds like a great idea.
Thanks

[kaziishan]

I think taking my PSU and GPU to a friend's house sounds like a great idea.
Thanks

Happy to help.

[Yasinonic]

my monitor goes black for a second ...this happens not usually bt suddenly in a week..or sometimes 3 or 4 times in a week...its not a regular problem.. i think it my ups problem

[Sybaris Caesar]

most prolly driver problem. Qfter crashing, can't restart properly. But yeah, first try the hardware check.

[Rubab]

I am seeing new problems today. Now, I am getting the exact same monitor turning off problem after playing videos for a couple of minutes. Randomly opening some videos is also blacking out the display.

When I removed the R9270x and connected the monitor to the inbuilt GPU, I am not getting anything on the screen. So, now I am forced to use the R9270x but can't play any video because it is randomly turning the display off.

My PC was purchased on January 2014 and the money receipt(Techno Care) shows that their is 2 years warranty on the GPU. I actually requested the salesman to write out the warranties beside the product names in case anything bad happens.

Is there any chance they will fix or give me a new one if the problem is on the GPU or the motherboard? BTW I am 100% sure that they got the GPU from UCC.

[Cynical]

When I removed the R9270x and connected the monitor to the inbuilt GPU, I am not getting anything on the screen. So, now I am forced to use the R9270x but can't play any video because it is randomly turning the display off.

Try selecting the onboard GPU from BIOS as the system display adapter at first before you connect your monitor to the onboard GPU.

[Rubab]

Yesterday I decided that I am finally going to take my PC to IDB. So, just to make sure that the motherboard's GPU was working I did what Cynical said and it started working and when I ran Furmark, my monitor didn't turn off because it was using the built-in GPU.

Then I reconnected to my R9270X and lo and behold furmark was running and my monitor wasn't turning off. I thought the problem probably fixed itself in fear of getting handled by the IDB technicians.

Sadly, when I ran furmark a couple of times today, my monitor kept on turning off.

Now, I am kind of confused because if I take the PC to IDB and it suddenly decides to get auto fixed, how will I re-create this problem again to show them?

- - - Updated - - -

Returned from IDB without the GPU. For some unknown reason one of the two fans on the GPU wasn't spinning and because I never started the PC with the case opened, I didn't notice it. Let's see if that fixes the problem or not.

[Rubab]

They replaced my GPU 2 days ago. They gave me a working 2nd hand GPU. I tested it using Furmark and this one at this point seems to be fully working. It took them around 8 days to replace the card.