Intermittent strange no display issue

[techieneo]

Hi experts ! ,

I have a DIY PC that has this strange intermittent issue where no display is shown upon boot-up. It will only display when i turn on the monitor after 3-4 seconds of pressing power on (wtf?). If i turn on the monitor earlier or later than this 3-4 second window timeframe, there would be no display shown and my monitor will indicate as "No signal".

I have isolated the problem away from the monitor / display cable as i tried connecting the monitor to my laptop with the same display cable to it and it is fine all the time.

This is absolutely strange and I have no idea how to diagnose or troubleshoot ? Tried re-seating my graphic card as well but the issue persists.

Any suggestions on how I should proceed or recommendation for a tool to stress test my systems?

I'm suspecting possible defective graphics card / power supply based on this behaviour ...

graphics card model : Palit GTX 660ti brought from TradePac

 

[kurt111494]

Did you try switching to integrated graphics?

 

[hlots123]

in bios, try set pcie link speed to gen3 (instead of default auto), see if any diff...
if didn't help then try set lower gen2, see if any diff...

 

[techieneo]

Did you try switching to integrated graphics?

you mean connecting to the motherboard graphics port?

well.. i gotta look around for a VGA cable :S

 

[kurt111494]

you mean connecting to the motherboard graphics port?

well.. i gotta look around for a VGA cable :S

Yeah from there you can sorta narrow down on the possible "troublemaker" properly

 

[techieneo]

are you guys aware of any graphics card stress test tool ? like for RAM we have memtest..

just wanted to be certain ..

 

[jtjt00]

TS, list down all parts of your rig here like those on the right -->