No Display, but everything's working just fine

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One of the most annoying job when a PC in a perfect condition suddenly stopped working few minutes after the last open. Everything's running fine including keyboards and mouse lights are on (tested with capslock, numlock, scrolllock and mouse lights when moved and idle), but no display appeared on screen as if nothing happens. This happens on my certain PCs. This can be solved by basic troubleshooting (reset cmos, re-seat all wires and hardware, mainly the GPU), but sometimes repeating the same task over and over until the display finally appears. Oddly, the PC will work itself without opening the case (now working as of this edit).

I'm wondering what's the main cause of this when my PC had recently changed its parts (from ECS to GIGABYTE) and since then the PC runs fine prior to this.
 
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My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU
Intel
Motherboard
GIGABYTE
Memory
Kingston
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia
Monitor(s) Displays
Various
Screen Resolution
Various
Hard Drives
WD
PSU
Various
Case
Small
Cooling
Intel
Keyboard
A4Tech
Mouse
A4Tech
Internet Speed
5MB/s, 60KB/s (cap)
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
Opera
If the display is not working, how do you know that everything is working fine?
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell
OS
Linux Mint 18.2 xfce 64-bit (VMWare host) / Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit (VMWare guest)
CPU
Haswell
Memory
4 GB
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer 23"
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Two hard drives, 1TB each: One for Linux, one for my data.
Keyboard
IBM Model M
Antivirus
Sophos (Linux), Trend Micro (Windows)
Browser
Firefox, Opera
Other Info
I use Samba to share my data drive with the other computers at my house and with my guest session in VMWare Workstation Player.
CPU is running fine along with keyboard are on. GPU and monitor haven't counter any problems.
I'm suspecting hibernate might be the cause (unsure of this) since I've been using that on all my PC for faster booting.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU
Intel
Motherboard
GIGABYTE
Memory
Kingston
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia
Monitor(s) Displays
Various
Screen Resolution
Various
Hard Drives
WD
PSU
Various
Case
Small
Cooling
Intel
Keyboard
A4Tech
Mouse
A4Tech
Internet Speed
5MB/s, 60KB/s (cap)
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
Opera
I believe your description is not enough. Is it booting up fine? If so, it's probably the dedicated GPU not seated properly or you haven't configured it properly in the bios....or could be the driver itself.

I'm gonna assume you are using onboard graphics since you haven't set your system specifications properly, you can do so by going in here: System Info - See Your System Specs - Windows 7 Help Forums.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ASUS X550ZE
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BIT
CPU
AMD A8 7200P
Motherboard
N/A
Memory
8GB 1600mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon R5 (APU) + Radeon R5 M230 2GB Dual Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek ALC269 with SonicMaster
Monitor(s) Displays
Laptop Display
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 @60hz
Hard Drives
WDC WD50 00LPVX-80V0TT0 (500GB)
PSU
Laptop Charger
Mouse
ARMAGGEDON TEXTRON SCORPION 7
Internet Speed
100 mbps DOWN / 50 mbps UP
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Browser
Mozzila FireFox, Valve Steam in-game internet browser
CPU is running fine along with keyboard are on. GPU and monitor haven't counter any problems.
I'm suspecting hibernate might be the cause (unsure of this) since I've been using that on all my PC for faster booting.

If hibernate is the cause, then go into your power options and set it to always be on, to never hibernate.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell
OS
Linux Mint 18.2 xfce 64-bit (VMWare host) / Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit (VMWare guest)
CPU
Haswell
Memory
4 GB
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer 23"
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Two hard drives, 1TB each: One for Linux, one for my data.
Keyboard
IBM Model M
Antivirus
Sophos (Linux), Trend Micro (Windows)
Browser
Firefox, Opera
Other Info
I use Samba to share my data drive with the other computers at my house and with my guest session in VMWare Workstation Player.
I believe your description is not enough. Is it booting up fine? If so, it's probably the dedicated GPU not seated properly or you haven't configured it properly in the bios....or could be the driver itself.

I'm gonna assume you are using onboard graphics since you haven't set your system specifications properly, you can do so by going in here: System Info - See Your System Specs - Windows 7 Help Forums.

Sometimes yes and sometimes not booting at all even wth kb/m lights are on. It's just randomly happens on certain times.
I have multiple PCs with different specs so I didn't fill it. Here's some PC spec I was talking about
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-H61M-S1 DDR3
GPU: GIGABYTE GeForce GT730 GDDR5 2GB
PSU: Xstyle 700w (replacing a defunct cheap 600w)

Last year, I changed the MOBO from cheap ECS board (not knowing the brand has the highest failure rate than the others) and the PC was in good condition prior to this.

If hibernate is the cause, then go into your power options and set it to always be on, to never hibernate.

That works just once.


Update: Yesterday I reset the BIOS setting to its optimized setting (no default setting), set the power to shut down from hibernate, and safely shut down the PC. But this morning, the PC is not booting at all, and with KB/M lights are off, it's likely the MOBO is already malfunctioning despite recently changed from last year and haven't reached a year old. Currently resetting its cmos, I'll update this later as I'm really busy with our customers.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU
Intel
Motherboard
GIGABYTE
Memory
Kingston
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia
Monitor(s) Displays
Various
Screen Resolution
Various
Hard Drives
WD
PSU
Various
Case
Small
Cooling
Intel
Keyboard
A4Tech
Mouse
A4Tech
Internet Speed
5MB/s, 60KB/s (cap)
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
Opera
I'm also skeptical about the PSU you are using.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ASUS X550ZE
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BIT
CPU
AMD A8 7200P
Motherboard
N/A
Memory
8GB 1600mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon R5 (APU) + Radeon R5 M230 2GB Dual Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek ALC269 with SonicMaster
Monitor(s) Displays
Laptop Display
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 @60hz
Hard Drives
WDC WD50 00LPVX-80V0TT0 (500GB)
PSU
Laptop Charger
Mouse
ARMAGGEDON TEXTRON SCORPION 7
Internet Speed
100 mbps DOWN / 50 mbps UP
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Browser
Mozzila FireFox, Valve Steam in-game internet browser
I never had any issues from all PSU beside the old one.

Update 2: The affected PC seems working now after few days of test with proper shut down instead of hibernate.
Not sure if it was RAM since everything must read by RAM (starting from BIOS to OS) in order to work.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU
Intel
Motherboard
GIGABYTE
Memory
Kingston
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia
Monitor(s) Displays
Various
Screen Resolution
Various
Hard Drives
WD
PSU
Various
Case
Small
Cooling
Intel
Keyboard
A4Tech
Mouse
A4Tech
Internet Speed
5MB/s, 60KB/s (cap)
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
Opera
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