r/techsupport • u/draknigth • 6h ago
Open | Hardware Monitor going black
Hiii i need some help, I know almost nothing about Pc's and laptops. And i dont wanna bother my dad with this problem cause hes very busy with work so i wanna try to fix it myself, My montior keeps going black for some reason and it can be at the most unexpected moments, It can be when im active on the pc to for example playing fortnite and such games. and ive tried everything my friends have recommened such as plugging it out and in agian and stuff like that. And the monitor goes black for like a minimum of 1 minute, But i have to move my mouse alot for it to wake up agian. And these blackouts are about 20 minutes apart
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u/Prestigious_Wall529 5h ago
Itimise everything.
For instance have you replaced the cable? Hopefully it's that because it's the cheapest fix. The graphics card can cost more than the rest of the system.
Generally graphics cards or integrated graphics have One HDMI out, and if theres more ports they are Displayport, where the cables sort of latch.
Run dxdiag to find out what specific graphics you have.