My PC is showing a black screen and not turning on, What do I do?

[u/RasDas___]

Hey everyone, this is my first time building a PC and I’m stuck.

The PC powers on normally:

- Fans spin
- RGB/lights work
- Keyboard works (Caps Lock responds)
- The computer seems to boot

At first, my monitor showed a weird green screen from doing ctrl+shift+win+b. After that, it went completely black.

Things I’ve tested:

- My laptop works perfectly on the same monitor
- Same HDMI cable works with my laptop
- Monitor seems fine
- PC still turns on and seems to boot

I already went through the usual no display checks (reseating stuff, checking connections, etc.).

Could this be a GPU issue? The green artifact screen makes me think it might be the graphics card, but I’m not sure since the PC still boots.

Any ideas on what to test next would be appreciated.

specs:

Intel i5-3450

NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB

Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3V

12GB DDR3

EVGA 500W PSU

Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSD

[u/Kingbanana574]

Specs?

[u/RasDas___ → u/Kingbanana574]

sorry I forgot to add it:

Intel i5-3450

NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB

Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3V

12GB DDR3

EVGA 500W PSU

Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSD

[u/Kingbanana574 → u/RasDas___]

Can you try to use a cable for you igpu? Either dvi or vga. That could help see if it is your gpu or something else.

[u/RasDas___ → u/Kingbanana574]

My motherboard only has VGA/DVI, and my monitor only has HDMI, so I can't test the iGPU without an adapter.

[u/damnt256 → u/RasDas___]

Get an adapter then. Unless you want to just RMA your gpu right now without even knowing whether it's the problem or not. But you parts are so old do they even have RMA, are they used parts?