Ok, so I've had a few issues lately but not sure if any or all are related.
First is that when idle, my monitor goes blank and desktop will not come back on by normal means (moving mouse, keyboard press, etc.). I press Windows-L and the logon screen appears. I've changed to different screen savers with the same result. This has been going on for a few weeks.
Second, my mouse stopped working out of the blue. I ended up moving it to a different USB port and that worked, but I found three that did not. Weird thing is that other items work in those ports including my keyboard. Probably not related to above issue, but still weird.
On one startup about a week ago, the screen was completley artifacted, but went back to normal when I moved the mouse and hasn't happened since.
I updated my graphics drivers thinking this might be a problem, but I still get the blank screen issue.
Now I came home today and hit the pwr button and my pc will not start. The fans spin up and stop, over and over. I ended up removing the power cord and reconnecting after ~15 sec and it started up perfectly.
I installed Windows updates just now, and on the restart, same thing with the fans. Unplugged the cord and reconnected and it started up fine.
At this point, i'm not sure if this is hardware or software related and I'm looking for troubleshooting ideas.
I have Malwayrebytes real-time protection along with anti-virus and both scan clean.
Windows 7 64bit
2500K @ 4.3
Asrock P68 Extreme3
HD7850
Antec 650W
First is that when idle, my monitor goes blank and desktop will not come back on by normal means (moving mouse, keyboard press, etc.). I press Windows-L and the logon screen appears. I've changed to different screen savers with the same result. This has been going on for a few weeks.
Second, my mouse stopped working out of the blue. I ended up moving it to a different USB port and that worked, but I found three that did not. Weird thing is that other items work in those ports including my keyboard. Probably not related to above issue, but still weird.
On one startup about a week ago, the screen was completley artifacted, but went back to normal when I moved the mouse and hasn't happened since.
I updated my graphics drivers thinking this might be a problem, but I still get the blank screen issue.
Now I came home today and hit the pwr button and my pc will not start. The fans spin up and stop, over and over. I ended up removing the power cord and reconnecting after ~15 sec and it started up perfectly.
I installed Windows updates just now, and on the restart, same thing with the fans. Unplugged the cord and reconnected and it started up fine.
At this point, i'm not sure if this is hardware or software related and I'm looking for troubleshooting ideas.
I have Malwayrebytes real-time protection along with anti-virus and both scan clean.
Windows 7 64bit
2500K @ 4.3
Asrock P68 Extreme3
HD7850
Antec 650W
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