PC sometimes does not output video or takes time to send output
My system:
Ryzen 5 1600X
16gb RAM
R9 380 4gb
After the motherboard has posted, it sometimes takes a moment to put out video (up to ~1min?) or doesn't put out any at all. I remember at some point the the Steam Proton docs mentioned running some blacklist command for this gpu. I tried running Garuda Linux at some point but the installation became corrupted within a few days. I went back to Pop OS but am getting the video issue I'm mentioning (I think the system has locked up at times?).
I would rather use Linux, but have Windows installed at the moment. It works mostly fine except that sometimes the system locks up and I end up holding the power button to shut off, or after logging in the system can't find the gpu and/or the gpu drivers; I reinstall them and seems to get working again.
Posted May 17, 2021, 2:27 PM UTC
You seem to have a lot of things that are ending in corruption. Do you have bad memory or a dying storage device?
I hope not. The nvme drive is only a few months old. The only time I've noticed storage as a problem was with Garuda Linux. Windows and Pop OS I have not noticed any issues. I feel like RAM is very difficult to just die?
RAM does indeed rarely die. But it could still be unstable, which will cause data loss / corruption.
Also, you are facing data corruption in Windows if the driver is randomly "removing" itself or similar, as with the random lock-ups.
Something is unstable, whether it's unstable RAM (run a memory tester) or your storage (you would just have to try a different drive, I'm not aware of any storage testers).
(Also, could you check Event Viewer for anything marked as Critical, or Error's that have a similar time to when the lock-ups happen?)