Monitor randomly turns off

bmcmvox

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Apr 23, 2013
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This has been happening for a month or so. Sometimes it doesn't happen for a few days and sometimes it happens 5-10 times on the same day.

When I am playing, the monitor will go black but the PC is still on. If I turn it back on it will come up for a few seconds and then shut off. I have to turn it on and off several times before it will stay on. I am playing WoW and FFXIV. I have tried playing them both in windowed and full screen and it doesn't seem to matter. I have also been monitoring the temp of my GPU and it rarely ever gets over 50 degrees.

I have a Geforce 650ti and the monitor is plugged into that with the adapter it came with. The display is running on the L226W.

What could be causing this? It is getting really embarrassing because it happens quite often in raids and dungeons and I am a healer.

Please help

 
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I would usually suggest trying a different monitor on the system first - this will tell you if it is the PC graphics card or the monitor itself.
Check the power lead to the monitor is okay.
If it turns out to be the PC, I would check your PSU is powerful enough for the system.

Barhumbug

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I would usually suggest trying a different monitor on the system first - this will tell you if it is the PC graphics card or the monitor itself.
Check the power lead to the monitor is okay.
If it turns out to be the PC, I would check your PSU is powerful enough for the system.
 
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