My PC screen randomly went black while I was playing a game, and the VGA light turned on. When I rebooted, the cpu light turns on for a second, then turns off and the DRAM light turns on for a second, them the VGA light turns on permanently, screen completely black and unable to do anything. I have already tried clearing the CMOS, reseating and testing RAM, and the cable to my monitor. Any other ideas?
Edit: Just got it back from Office Depot. It worked in store according to the tech but when I brought it back home it did not work again. Possibly my Displayport cable? The VGA light is still on, so maybe it’s my outlet? Any ideas would be nice.
Edit 2: Thunderstorm must have messed with my cable running between my PC and Monitor. After rerunning it at Office Depot, a new cable and a deep clean fixed my PC. Thanks for everyone’s help.
The motherboard is telling you; it’s unhappy with the graphics card. (VGA = Video Graphics Array) Try reseating it and its power connectors. If that doesn’t fix it, ideally you should try plugging in a different card, if you have one.
I do not, any way to check for driver updates or anything from outside the computer? The screen won’t display anything.
Not that I know of. But it won’t be a driver issue if nothing at all is displayed. The boot screen should show up at the least. Basic video functionality shouldn’t need a specific driver at all. There is a good chance, the graphics card has gone faulty, but with no alternative hardware for testing, it’s almost impossible to reliably diagnose.
That’s going to hurt, hopefully it is the PSU like other comments mentioned and not the GPU.