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Intermittent Boot Failure – Black Screen & Loud Fans on Startup

For the past few weeks, my desktop has been unreliable when powering on. Sometimes it starts normally, but more often the fans spin up loudly, the screen stays black, and nothing happens. A few rare times it will reach Windows only to crash or blue screen shortly after.

Once it’s running, performance in games and temps are perfectly fine, so this only happens during startup. I’ve tried reseating RAM and cables, updating drivers, and clearing CMOS, but the problem keeps returning.

Could this be an early sign of GPU failure, power supply issues, or something else? Any suggestions would help before I start replacing parts.

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Your problem could be caused by a bad power supply, a failing graphics card, faulty RAM, or motherboard issues, as well as fan or sensor problems. To troubleshoot, try testing with another power supply if possible, remove the graphics card and use onboard graphics, and run a memory test like MemTest86. Also, check the motherboard for any physical damage and update the BIOS to the latest version. These steps can help identify the problem before you buy any new parts.

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