Screen going black for a few seconds randomly in games

[Stauto]

While playing any games the screen will randomly turn black for a few seconds then turn back on, I have noticed though playing games in 144hz will trigger this to happen more and in rare cases the computer will crash to a blue screen. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks.

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agreed, i got a box of dp/dvi/hdmi cables from monoprice that are nice and thick
never had a problem with them

under $10 ea when ordered in quantity

[UTFapolloMarine]

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Stauto eredeti hozzászólása:

I am using the DP cable that came with the monitor which is a 1440p monitor requiring the DP in the first place so that should not be the issue.

Most cables provided with Displays have been junk, I toss them aside and only use as an extra backup, as they are made extremely cheap they aren't worth using. That is also the case with most Monitors, seriously go buy a DP cable and it will be better then what came with the Display, I can pretty much guarantee it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TTQ306M

well if he changes his chord, and this problem still persist what then?

[Stauto]

POUusnavy eredeti hozzászólása:

Bad 💀 Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

Most cables provided with Displays have been junk, I toss them aside and only use as an extra backup, as they are made extremely cheap they aren't worth using. That is also the case with most Monitors, seriously go buy a DP cable and it will be better then what came with the Display, I can pretty much guarantee it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TTQ306M

well if he changes his chord, and this problem still persist what then?

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agreed, i got a box of dp/dvi/hdmi cables from monoprice that are nice and thick
never had a problem with them

under $10 ea when ordered in quantity

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Stauto eredeti hozzászólása:

I am using the DP cable that came with the monitor which is a 1440p monitor requiring the DP in the first place so that should not be the issue.

Has this always been an issue? Or did it work for a long time then suddenly start showing up? But quite literally random black screens or the screen blacking out with no blue screen and no system crashes (system is still running as if nothing ever happened when the monitor comes back on) is literally the monitor losing signal over the cable. Try a different Displayport port on the video card. Or you may have a faulty cable. I have a 1080p screen @ 80hz and I'm trying to push my monitor's signal over 20ft of cable and I had exactly your described problem.

Screen would black out and then when it came back system was right there running as if nothing had happened. Eventually found out it was a poor quality cable I had and I went through about 20 different cables before finding one that worked. Since then I've had zero issues.

So should I just purchase a new DP cable and I should be right?
Also just for sake here are my computer specs
GPU: Radeon R9 390
CPU: i5 4460
PSU: XFX TS Gold Series 750W Power Supply
Board: MSI B85-G43 Gaming Motherboard
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury HX318C10FRK2/8 8GB (4x4GB)

[UTFapolloMarine]

Stauto eredeti hozzászólása:

POUusnavy eredeti hozzászólása:

well if he changes his chord, and this problem still persist what then?

_I_ eredeti hozzászólása:

agreed, i got a box of dp/dvi/hdmi cables from monoprice that are nice and thick
never had a problem with them

under $10 ea when ordered in quantity

|mρεηdίηg Rεηταζιε Tαρε eredeti hozzászólása:

Has this always been an issue? Or did it work for a long time then suddenly start showing up? But quite literally random black screens or the screen blacking out with no blue screen and no system crashes (system is still running as if nothing ever happened when the monitor comes back on) is literally the monitor losing signal over the cable. Try a different Displayport port on the video card. Or you may have a faulty cable. I have a 1080p screen @ 80hz and I'm trying to push my monitor's signal over 20ft of cable and I had exactly your described problem.

Screen would black out and then when it came back system was right there running as if nothing had happened. Eventually found out it was a poor quality cable I had and I went through about 20 different cables before finding one that worked. Since then I've had zero issues.

So should I just purchase a new DP cable and I should be right?
Also just for sake here are my computer specs
GPU: Radeon R9 390
CPU: i5 4460
PSU: XFX TS Gold Series 750W Power Supply
Board: MSI B85-G43 Gaming Motherboard
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury HX318C10FRK2/8 8GB (4x4GB)

thats integrated graphics?

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Stauto eredeti hozzászólása:

So should I just purchase a new DP cable and I should be right?
Also just for sake here are my computer specs
GPU: Radeon R9 390
CPU: i5 4460
PSU: XFX TS Gold Series 750W Power Supply
Board: MSI B85-G43 Gaming Motherboard
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury HX318C10FRK2/8 8GB (4x4GB)

If your computer is close to your monitor, get the shortest male-to-male displayport cable you can find that will reach. The problem with trying to push 144hz over the cable is the longer it is the greater the chance of losing signal due to signal degradation over distance. Generally any DP cable 8ft long or less should be good up to 144hz @ 1440p. But if your computer's closer, a 6ft cable may be better. And any random displayport cable that's short and brand new should work. Monoprice has some of the best cables out there though.

https://www.monoprice.com/category?c_id=102&cp_id=10246&searchtype=MultiCategoryId&fq=MultiMainCategoryId:102&fq=MultiCategoryId:10246&fq=is_parent:True&sort=Price_i%20asc

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=male+to+male+displayport+cable+-mini+-dvi+-hdmi+-adapter+-converter+-vga&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_BIN=1&_sop=15&LH_PrefLoc=1&LH_ItemCondition=3&rt=nc&LH_FS=1

$5 there.

I would suggest first however, to try and move your cable to a different displayport port on your video card if it has more than one and try that first.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Cable length in that regard shouldn't be an issue when its around 15 feet or less.
And I've used plenty of HDMI cables that were around 30 feet without any issues.
Problem could just be a faulty cable or the overall connection at either end.

[Stauto]

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Stauto eredeti hozzászólása:

So should I just purchase a new DP cable and I should be right?
Also just for sake here are my computer specs
GPU: Radeon R9 390
CPU: i5 4460
PSU: XFX TS Gold Series 750W Power Supply
Board: MSI B85-G43 Gaming Motherboard
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury HX318C10FRK2/8 8GB (4x4GB)

If your computer is close to your monitor, get the shortest male-to-male displayport cable you can find that will reach. The problem with trying to push 144hz over the cable is the longer it is the greater the chance of losing signal due to signal degradation over distance. Generally any DP cable 8ft long or less should be good up to 144hz @ 1440p. But if your computer's closer, a 6ft cable may be better. And any random displayport cable that's short and brand new should work. Monoprice has some of the best cables out there though.

https://www.monoprice.com/category?c_id=102&cp_id=10246&searchtype=MultiCategoryId&fq=MultiMainCategoryId:102&fq=MultiCategoryId:10246&fq=is_parent:True&sort=Price_i%20asc

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=male+to+male+displayport+cable+-mini+-dvi+-hdmi+-adapter+-converter+-vga&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_BIN=1&_sop=15&LH_PrefLoc=1&LH_ItemCondition=3&rt=nc&LH_FS=1

$5 there.

I would suggest first however, to try and move your cable to a different displayport port on your video card if it has more than one and try that first.

Bad 💀 Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

Cable length in that regard shouldn't be an issue when its around 15 feet or less.
And I've used plenty of HDMI cables that were around 30 feet without any issues.
Problem could just be a faulty cable or the overall connection at either end.

I only have one DP on my card so I cant do much there but I think I will get a replacement cable and see if that helps

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Bad 💀 Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

Cable length in that regard shouldn't be an issue when its around 15 feet or less.
And I've used plenty of HDMI cables that were around 30 feet without any issues.
Problem could just be a faulty cable or the overall connection at either end.

The main issue is bandwidth vs distance.

If you're doing standard 1080p/60hz (HDTV, Blu-Ray players, game consoles, etc.) Then yes, 30ft generic hdmi cable is fine. The problem comes in to when you're trying to push higher refresh rates and resolutions.

Click around in this for a little bit: https://k.kramerav.com/support/bwcalculator.asp

1080p/60hz is only 4.46 Gbps of bandwidth required, which can easily be handled by a long cable up to 30ft (likely) but you'd still want a good quality cable.

But the OP is using a monitor that is running at 2560x1440 @ 144 Hz, which if you plug that in as a custom resolution that requires 15.93 Gbps of bandwidth out of the cable. Which is even more of a bandwidth requirement then trying to push 4K @ 60hz through a cable (4K/60 = 14.93 Gbps). That's where the problem is. With higher bandwidth, the signal degrades over distance. Any cable (HDMI or Displayport) longer than 8ft is going to have problems trying to carry 16 Gbps of bandwidth reliably without cutting out. The longer the cable, the higher chance of signal degradation due to physics and electrical signals degrade the longer the wire is. All wires have a maximum operational distance depending on the bandwidth and frequency. Usually the way to combat this is using thicker physical wires inside the cable which carry the signal more reliably over a longer distance, but then that leads to a more expensive wire and most companies don't do that. There's really no way to know what is inside of a displayport cable when you buy one, so it's better to err on the side of caution and get as short as possible to make sure it works.

[UTFapolloMarine]

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Bad 💀 Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

Cable length in that regard shouldn't be an issue when its around 15 feet or less.
And I've used plenty of HDMI cables that were around 30 feet without any issues.
Problem could just be a faulty cable or the overall connection at either end.

The main issue is bandwidth vs distance.

If you're doing standard 1080p/60hz (HDTV, Blu-Ray players, game consoles, etc.) Then yes, 30ft generic hdmi cable is fine. The problem comes in to when you're trying to push higher refresh rates and resolutions.

Click around in this for a little bit: https://k.kramerav.com/support/bwcalculator.asp

1080p/60hz is only 4.46 Gbps of bandwidth required, which can easily be handled by a long cable up to 30ft (likely) but you'd still want a good quality cable.

But the OP is using a monitor that is running at 2560x1440 @ 144 Hz, which if you plug that in as a custom resolution that requires 15.93 Gbps of bandwidth out of the cable. Which is even more of a bandwidth requirement then trying to push 4K @ 60hz through a cable (4K/60 = 14.93 Gbps). That's where the problem is. With higher bandwidth, the signal degrades over distance. Any cable (HDMI or Displayport) longer than 8ft is going to have problems trying to carry 16 Gbps of bandwidth reliably without cutting out. The longer the cable, the higher chance of signal degradation due to physics and electrical signals degrade the longer the wire is. All wires have a maximum operational distance depending on the bandwidth and frequency. Usually the way to combat this is using thicker physical wires inside the cable which carry the signal more reliably over a longer distance, but then that leads to a more expensive wire and most companies don't do that. There's really no way to know what is inside of a displayport cable when you buy one, so it's better to err on the side of caution and get as short as possible to make sure it works.

with all the diagnosis put together, he could try a different resolution

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POUusnavy eredeti hozzászólása:

with all the diagnosis put together, he could try a different resolution

That might do it.. guess they could try 1080p or 720p @ 60 Hz for a while and see if the problem goes away to confirm it. But.. that'd be highly undesirable and look terrible for them. I never thought of that though. It probably would confirm the cable issue though, yeah.

[UTFapolloMarine]

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POUusnavy eredeti hozzászólása:

with all the diagnosis put together, he could try a different resolution

That might do it.. guess they could try 1080p or 720p @ 60 Hz for a while and see if the problem goes away to confirm it. But.. that'd be highly undesirable and look terrible for them. I never thought of that though. It probably would confirm the cable issue though, yeah.

i had grabbed a 1030 and its recommended resolution was 1366x766 on a 4k television, manually typed in 1080p which only read as 1080i via my screen, it ran it, but i lost performance on most apps. i switched it back to 1366x766 and now performance is superb knowing that we can switch the desired app resolution manually why run higher speeds than recommended?

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POUusnavy eredeti hozzászólása:

i had grabbed a 1030 and its recommended resolution was 1366x766 on a 4k television, manually typed in 1080p which only read as 1080i via my screen, it ran it, but i lost performance on most apps. i switched it back to 1366x766 and now performance is superb knowing that we can switch the desired app resolution manually why run higher speeds than recommended?

What are you even going on about? Your post has absolutely nothing to do with this thread or the OP's problem.

[UTFapolloMarine]

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POUusnavy eredeti hozzászólása:

with all the diagnosis put together, he could try a different resolution

That might do it.. guess they could try 1080p or 720p @ 60 Hz for a while and see if the problem goes away to confirm it. But.. that'd be highly undesirable and look terrible for them. I never thought of that though. It probably would confirm the cable issue though, yeah.

but originally from my expirience, it does sound like a possible fried graphics card. i would put my cash on that, because i had a brand new 750 gtx SC evga still got it too, was black screen crash to windows or even power off. though it was power supply, spent 50$, didnt fix it, thought it was ram, spent 50$ didnt fix it, bought chords and even new monitors didnt fix it, changed motherboard and hdd just to be sure, the black screen i had was a gpu card that was fried. didnt want to believe it back in 2015 either when that card was the highest one at that time 220$...could be wrong though

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POUusnavy eredeti hozzászólása:

but originally from my expirience, it does sound like a possible fried graphics card. i would put my cash on that, because i had a brand new 750 gtx SC evga still got it too, was black screen crash to windows or even power off. though it was power supply, spent 50$, didnt fix it, thought it was ram, spent 50$ didnt fix it, bought chords and even new monitors didnt fix it, changed motherboard and hdd just to be sure, the black screen i had was a gpu card that was fried. didnt want to believe it back in 2015 either when that card was the highest one at that time 220$...could be wrong though

Again, you're off topic here. OP said they are not getting blue screens or other crashes with their black screen issues. That's not their problem.

[UTFapolloMarine]

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POUusnavy eredeti hozzászólása:

but originally from my expirience, it does sound like a possible fried graphics card. i would put my cash on that, because i had a brand new 750 gtx SC evga still got it too, was black screen crash to windows or even power off. though it was power supply, spent 50$, didnt fix it, thought it was ram, spent 50$ didnt fix it, bought chords and even new monitors didnt fix it, changed motherboard and hdd just to be sure, the black screen i had was a gpu card that was fried. didnt want to believe it back in 2015 either when that card was the highest one at that time 220$...could be wrong though

Again, you're off topic here. OP said they are not getting blue screens or other crashes with their black screen issues. That's not their problem.

apologies said i could be wrong, God bless and hope i helped them anyways or at least someone else peace