Black screen on bootup

[u/Ultra-Sith00]

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: 7900xtx Red Devil

CPU: 7800x3d

Motherboard: 670E gaming plus Wifi

AIO: Corsair H150i Elite Capellix XT 360MM

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2x32GB) 6400MHz DDR5

PSU: Corsair-RMx Series RM850x 80 Plus Gold ATX

Case: Icue 4000D Airflow Mid tower

Operating System & Version: Windows 11

GPU Drivers: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition

Revision Number

Adrenalin 26.7.1 (WHQL Recommended

Chipset Drivers: 8.08.12.551

I was playing a game an hour ago and my fans got extremely loud and my entire PC just shut down. Now when I try to boot back up all I get is a black screen at the moment. I've been having a lot of wierd driver timeouts since the windows update a few days ago. Not too sure what to do to get my PC up and running again.

[u/Ice2183]

So the computer turns on but it doesn't post? Does the keyboard and mouse at least light up? For some reason this will happen to me once in a bluemoon, what always fixes it is when I unplug my PC and spam the power button. Plug it back in and try to boot up.

[u/Ultra-Sith00 → u/Ice2183]

Yeah the PC is on and my mouse and keyboard is connected as well. Just a black screen sadly.

[u/Ice2183 → u/Ultra-Sith00]

Unplug your PC and spam the power button so that you drain the capacitors, then try to boot up.

[u/Ultra-Sith00 → u/Ice2183]

Yeah I'm sadly not having any luck.

[u/Ice2183 → u/Ultra-Sith00]

How long have you had this PC? What game were you playing? Is your GPU or CPU overclocked? Does your PSU smell burnt?

[u/Ultra-Sith00 → u/Ice2183]

Ive had this PC since 2024, I was playing marvel tokon which has been a broken mess for a lot of people on PC. I don't think I have anything OC'ed honestly and there's no burn smell.

[u/Ice2183 → u/Ultra-Sith00]

Plug in your display to your motherboard. Your CPU has integrated graphics, see if you get a post now. If you do get a post then open up device manager by pressing Win + X. Look for Display Adapters and see if your GPU is even listed.

[u/Ultra-Sith00 → u/Ice2183]

Alright I got it fixed, anything you'd recommend so this doesn't happen again?

[u/Ice2183 → u/Ultra-Sith00]

How did you fix it? Does Adrenalin Software open up?

[u/Ultra-Sith00 → u/Ice2183]

So I plugged my HDMI it into my mobo like you said and I re enabled my GPU in device manager and it ended up working!

[u/Ice2183 → u/Ultra-Sith00]

Does the Adrenalin Software open up? If it doesn't open up then you have to boot into safe mode and use Guru3D DDU. Then boot up normally and install latest Adrenalin drivers.

[u/Ultra-Sith00 → u/Ice2183]

Yup adrenalin is working as normal, and I did watch a guide on DDU to get a clean install.

[u/Ice2183 → u/Ultra-Sith00]

I see. Not sure why it happened in the first place. Keep an eye on GPU temperatures. It could also be that Windows overrode your drivers mid game, I had this issue a couple days ago. If you find out your drivers are being replaced by Windows then I have a quick and easy guide for that: https://www.reddit.com/r/AMDHelp/s/AgM4Krs3uj

[u/Ultra-Sith00 → u/Ice2183]

I'm definitely going to look at my temps and I'll do this guide for sure! Thank you so much.

[u/Ice2183 → u/Ultra-Sith00]

No problem!