Question Anyone ever have this display problem? Monitors go black/restart every 5 seconds.

[Kledgie]

Not sure what's going on! PC was running fine last night. Today, the monitors restart on me every 5 seconds. They go black and turn right on again. Rinse and repeat.

It looks like the monitors are stuck at a refresh rate of 60 or else I would change. I reinstalled GPU/monitor drivers. That did not help. I do use an older video card - a GTX 650 boost. I was told to turn off G-sync. I haven't tried that yet. Any advice would be awesome. Thx in advance.

 

[nOOky]

Usually a cable. Even a cable that has been working for months and years can suddenly start causing issues. Replace with a new one and try, it's a cheap fix regardless.

 

[mindless1]

Agree about the cable, but first I'd unplug and plug it back in on both ends.

 

[DaaQ]

Have seen this on plenty of TV and cable/satellite boxes. Reseat cable, you can try powering off the monitor by itself and see if it resolves, (HDCP Handshake issue) or replace cable, try different port.

 

[Rebecca Nelson]

Here the behavior most likely indicates a GPU or connection issue. You should try disabling G-Sync and checking the cables and testing each monitor individually.
Since with the old GTX 650 modern monitors can have some issues with refresh resolution. So as I said try booting into safe mode to make sure it's not a driver or OS issue.