Can a faulty HDMI cable cause my PC to crash?

[Xtenzor]

I couldn't find any proper information regarding that as the problem is possibly rare. I suspected that my old HDMI cable has died and before it was causing system restarts. I wonder how it can be related, or perhaps the problem was elsewhere. It was a long story of patching BIOS, updating drivers etc.
Thanks for your replies.

[_I_]

hdmi 5v power is very low current, will not cause pc crash if power is shorted
bsod is most likely driver or os config when adding/removing display quickly

[Xtenzor]

I am here, ha ha.
Yes it was rather some drivers I guess

[Blazer]

I think this has definitely happened to me. After may days not knowing what was causing my pc to crash, I found out my hdmi cable was a bit loose. After tighting it, the crashes have stopped.

[[☥] - CJ -]

quite an old thread bud
but yes, it is possible.

[Crack Baby]

This happened to me 2 different computers both working fine on there own but when connected to the TV / same HDMI cable they both randomly freeze. I'm trialling a new cable today

[_I_]

if the pc sees the display constantly connecting/disconnecting, it can cause problems

[Crack Baby]

Цитата допису Crack Baby:

This happened to me 2 different computers both working fine on there own but when connected to the TV / same HDMI cable they both randomly freeze. I'm trialling a new cable today

So it must be the TV 2 computers 2 HDMI cables, can't fault the PC when it's not connected to the TV, but it randomly Freezes when it is. Complete freeze no events no control the picture just goes funky and requires a forced reset.

[MosesX_00]

Цитата допису Monk:

Just incase, if you have a modular PSU, double check k all cables are fully plugged in, I had an issue a few years ago where the system would randomly crash, turned out the 24 pin wasn't quite in, resulting in a crash when it tried to pull too much power oddly.

Not sure if you'll see this monk but you just saved me a load of frustration. Was playing control for 90 minutes and suddenly my screen went blank. When I went dvi only it worked fine. When I plugged in the hdmi immediate crash. Me: "it's this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ tv!" Nope my ♥♥♥♥♥♥ pc building skills.

Thanks again.

[Monk]

Haha glad I could of be of assistance

[GodSlayer]

Цитата допису Blazer:

I think this has definitely happened to me. After may days not knowing what was causing my pc to crash, I found out my hdmi cable was a bit loose. After tighting it, the crashes have stopped.

sorry to revive this topic again after 3 years the latest update.. i google on internet and this topic come out on first searched title.. because i have the same issue but im using dp cable...

whats funny on my case is, i have tighten my cable like this guy comment above and then i realize my monitor cable got hard squeeze with my table's feet.. i rearrange my cable management, and BAM!! zero bluescreen..

in conclusion about this case, i do think cable matter since this is where gpu send data to monitor to display the outpout..

btw tq all for this thread

[[-iD-]]

they don't interact with power on your pc like that. all they can do if anything is maybe trip the psu protection.
you could have jumped a card with metal and caused an arc and shorted something out. perhaps. i did that once with a analogue audio connector. all it did was reboot.