I recently built a new PC but I've been having weird problems with it. My monitor will randomly spaz out colors and turn black afterwards, then go back to normal. Other times the sounds im hearing from my headphones will be played in a loop (kind of like a tf2 crash) and the monitor will go blank again claiming there's no signal between it and the pc and then I have to shut off my computer via power button. When I turn it on after that, only a small portion of the monitor is being used as the screen and the colors are messed up. Sometimes it would mention that the display driver crashed and then recovered. I would think this is only a monitor problem but the sound looping and display driver crashing made me think otherwise. I would appreciate any help I could get.
You should post specs. Sounds like a mobo/video card problem, though it could be another vital like memory/CPU (either way, something probably has a hardware defect). Most likely isn't the monitor, and you should be able to easily test if it is the monitor by hooking it up to a different computer. It's probably not though.
Easiest way to find the problem will be checking out each part with another computer. Swap RAM, video card (use integrated if you'd like), etc and find which one doesn't have all these problems. You said you built a new PC, so there's a good chance you got something you need to return.
Easiest way to find the problem will be checking out each part with another computer. Swap RAM, video card (use integrated if you'd like), etc and find which one doesn't have all these problems. You said you built a new PC, so there's a good chance you got something you need to return.
Specs:
CPU: i7-3770k
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4
CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212+
RAM: G. Skill F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM (8GB)
Video Card: MSi GTX 660 Power Edition
PSU: SeaSonic M12II 620W Bronze
I don't really have another PC to swap parts with, nor a friend with a pc that's able to. Are there any other options?
CPU: i7-3770k
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4
CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212+
RAM: G. Skill F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM (8GB)
Video Card: MSi GTX 660 Power Edition
PSU: SeaSonic M12II 620W Bronze
I don't really have another PC to swap parts with, nor a friend with a pc that's able to. Are there any other options?
GPU: If you have onboard video, take out your video card and see how things run.
RAM: Try one stick at a time to see if one stick is bad (unlikely both are bad).
Mobo: Rule out depending on how startup goes (or setup/looking at the settings/BIOS).
HD: Plug in to another computer (not to boot).
CPU: Tough luck. Rule everything else out.
PSU: Forgot, but it's pretty interchangable with other computers so that's an easy way to test.
Monitor: If you never had another monitor/computer before, that's really bad.
Also, there are much better sites for hardware help. Tomshardware, bleepingcomputer, etc. They know much more than me, but these are basic ways that most people use to find the problem source. Either way, I'd bet something needs a return.
GPU -> RAM -> PSU are the easiest tests, go for them first.
RAM: Try one stick at a time to see if one stick is bad (unlikely both are bad).
Mobo: Rule out depending on how startup goes (or setup/looking at the settings/BIOS).
HD: Plug in to another computer (not to boot).
CPU: Tough luck. Rule everything else out.
PSU: Forgot, but it's pretty interchangable with other computers so that's an easy way to test.
Monitor: If you never had another monitor/computer before, that's really bad.
Also, there are much better sites for hardware help. Tomshardware, bleepingcomputer, etc. They know much more than me, but these are basic ways that most people use to find the problem source. Either way, I'd bet something needs a return.
GPU -> RAM -> PSU are the easiest tests, go for them first.