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Black screen - Outlawz7 - 03-22-2015
So I was running Google Chrome together with ArmA3, listening to music on YT and working on a mission when the screen went to black and the sound cut off. I pressed the power button for a moment and then the reset button, after which nothing happened for a few seconds, then the computer shut down and started up again instead of restarting.
I found two errors relevant in the Event Viewer, one saying "The previous system shutdown at 11:13:44 on ?22.?3.?2015 was unexpected." and "The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly." a.k.a. Kerner Power crash, although this one's details were different from the Kerner Power errors from a month ago when my PSU was dying.
I suspect the error was caused by me pressing the buttons rather then the PC itself, but a month after I replaced the PSU and spent a day trying to figure out what caused Dx11 crashes I find this hard to dismiss. Any ideas where to look?
Re: Black screen - Outlawz7 - 03-22-2015
Happened again 4 hours after first time.
Re: Black screen - Alwarren - 03-22-2015
I have had problems with YouTube and Arma 3 before, and VLC always crashes when I start Arma... So might be Arma being Arma again...
Re: Black screen - Outlawz7 - 03-22-2015
I Googled a bit and found a result for 'black screen, no sound, Steam game' combo, thread suggested verifying game cache, I did and some files had to be reacquired.
I've run Chrome and ArmA3 together since ArmA3 came out, weird that this combination would be a cause.
Re: Black screen - Outlawz7 - 03-22-2015
It's not Chrome, I ran ArmA3 without anything running in the background and still got a black screen.
Why does this shit happen whenever I have time to make missions...
Re: Black screen - Horus - 03-22-2015
Have you tried to increase slightly core voltage?
Re: Black screen - Outlawz7 - 03-22-2015
CPU or GPU?
I haven't done any overclocking, are the apps that do OC any good?
Re: Black screen - Horus - 03-22-2015
GPU http://www.day0.com.au/forum/tech-talk/100-arma-3-gtx-500-series-cards
Re: Black screen - Outlawz7 - 03-22-2015
OC'd core voltage by +12
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/94497-msi-afterburner-gtx-770-core-voltage-question/
Still same crash.
Re: Black screen - Horus - 03-22-2015
Try some other game and see if you still crach..and which model / manufacturer is your card?
Re: Black screen - Outlawz7 - 03-22-2015
http://www.nvidia.com/gtx-700-graphics-cards/gtx-770/
Also crashed on Insurgency, barely a minute into the game.
Re: Black screen - Horus - 03-22-2015
ok but which model you have MSI Gaming or Asus DirectCU II OC or........
Re: Black screen - Outlawz7 - 03-22-2015
The box it was in says ASUS
edit: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB, PCI-E (GTX770-DC2OC-2GD5)
Re: Black screen - Horus - 03-22-2015
That card have new bios from 20.08.2014. If you don't have that bios try to update maybe fix your problemÂÂ
Quote:Power IC firmware update tool for GTX770-DC2OC-2GD5http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/GTX770DC2OC2GD5/
Enhance compatibility with some 3D games
Re: Black screen - Misha - 03-22-2015
Maybe look for new bios for GPU on the Asus website, and check if card uses some kind of custom display driver that has to be downloaded from there.