


PC won't Shut Down. PC Powered on Normaly but Black Screen Only
I’m having a strange issue with my PC and would appreciate some advice
PC specs:
- CPU: Ryzen 5 2600
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Motherboard: ASRock B450M-HDV
- Display: TV via HDMI
Yesterday Morning I initiated a Windows Update and Shutdown.
However, the PC never completely shut down. The screen turned off, but:
- CPU fan was still spinning
- Case fans were still spinning
- Motherboard was still powered on
I waited for approximately 1 hour, but it still didn't shut down, so I eventually forced the PC off using the power button.
When I turned the PC back on:
- PC powered on normally
- HDMI showed as connected/detected
- Screen remained completely black
- Keyboard powered on
- Caps Lock key/indicator was responsive
I tried entering BIOS by repeatedly pressing DEL and F2, but I couldn't get any BIOS display.
I also tried several hard restarts, but the result was the same.
First GPU Reseat
I completely removed the RTX 3060 and reseated it.
After that, suddenly the PC booted normally:
GPU information → ASRock logo → Windows
Everything appeared to work normally.
Then I Tried to Access BIOS
I used Windows' Advanced Startup / UEFI Firmware Settings to restart directly into BIOS.
The PC restarted, the screen went black, but the PC did not shut down/restart properly. The CPU fan, case fans, and motherboard remained powered on indefinitely while the display stayed black.
GPU + PSU Reconnection
I then:
- Removed/reseated the GPU again
- Unplugged/replugged the PSU power cable
After that, the PC once again booted normally.
NVIDIA Driver Update
I then updated my NVIDIA GeForce driver.
After restarting, the same behavior occurred:
- Screen goes black
- PC remains powered on
- Fans continue spinning
- It doesn't properly restart/shut down
I waited approximately 5 minutes, but nothing changed, so I manually powered it off.
Current Situation
After waiting ~30 seconds, I powered it back on.
Now I'm back to the original problem:
- PC powers on
- HDMI is detected by the TV
- Screen is completely black
- Keyboard is powered on
- Caps Lock responds
- No ASRock logo
- No BIOS screen
- Windows Recovery/Safe Mode also doesn't appear despite multiple forced shutdown/restart attempts
- Reseating the GPU no longer consistently fixes the problem
At this point I'm quite confused because reseating the GPU temporarily made the PC boot normally twice, but now the black screen has returned.
I'm wondering whether this could be related to the interrupted Windows Update, the NVIDIA driver update, a GPU/PCIe initialization issue, or possibly a hardware problem with the RTX 3060/motherboard.
Any suggestions on what I should test next would be greatly appreciated.
TLDR :
Previously When it still On, My pc won’t shut down,
and now when i turn it on, only show black screen