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Is my Graphics card crapping out? If not, What is? Help!

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August 30, 2013 4:49:51 PM

Hello all. I am having some issues with both of my Desktop PC's and am having trouble figuring out exactly what is going wrong. I bought both PC's about a year ago from newegg and have gamed on them pretty hard. The specs of both PC's are:

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Windows 7 64 bit
AMD Radeon HD 6670
AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor 3.60 GHz
8 GB RAM
480 watt PSU

Both PC's are having the same primary issue. Occasionally the screen will black out..It says no signal and the monitor shuts off. This will happen while streaming videos or when the computer is left alone for awhile. It is not going to sleep mode...Hitting the mouse or keyboard will awaken the computer however..But there have been instances where we started Netflix and 3 minutes later it blacked out.

Another recent issue is that one of the PC's graphics card became disabled. I have no idea how. When I looked in device manager the AMD Radeon had a yellow explanation mark next to it and the Nvidia motherboard was listed under it as a display adapter.

I just saw this today and enabled my video card. Recently, my PC has been flat shutting down during gaming and I think it is because my AMD Radeon video card was disabled, but I am not sure.

The only other thing is that my PC sounds slightly louder than normal. No idea.

I am a novice when it comes to computer hardware and I have been told various things. One person told me it was probably the graphics card..another told me the processor probably is going bad.. I really don't know. Any help would greatly be appreciated. Any questions just ask.

thanks, rob

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August 30, 2013 5:03:04 PM

You might try to check if the drivers are up to date. It also would be worth it to check temperatures and clean dust out.
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August 30, 2013 5:11:14 PM

Try cleaning out your computers. They could be overheating. Other than that, you might want to upgrade your PSU. it's 480w but could be a no name crappy brand.

Cheers :) 
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