Display turns off while playing games...

Benjamin Cummins

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Jul 10, 2013
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Hey all,


Recently ive done a reformat of my PC ( hadn't done one in about 1.5 years) Anyway last night while i was playing Path of Exile about an hour into gaming my display just turned off (As if i had turned the monitor off onto standby) So i unplugged my monitor and plugged it back in thinking that might have solved the issue. This did not, i tried pressing the reset button my case which did nothing either (Tis connected correctly) I had to hard reset the PC, Now a few hours later i was playing Borderlands 2 with some college mates and about 3 hours in the same thing happened... Now ive spoken with some of my more computer savvy mates and they say its an issue with my motherboard. Can anyone else shed light on this situation?

Many thanks

Ben
 
check for dust..could be an over heat issue. with a clean install of windows and video drivers the video drivers may not be speeding the gpu fans up to max speed for best cooling. been known issue on some cards and newer drivers. try using msi afterburner check that the gpu fan can max out. the set a fan profile that max the fan at 60c.
 

Benjamin Cummins

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Jul 10, 2013
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Could it be the beta drivers? (Catalyst 14.7)