Whenever I try to play a game, after a few minutes the screen goes black.

Gmoonkun

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Hi. I have dual monitors on my PC. I'm pretty sure 1 monitor is connected to my CPU so it uses that graphics, which is why only 1 monitor is affected.

So, specifically what the issue is is that whenever I play a game (Examples include h1z1, cs:go, and payday 2. all of these at lowest graphics except for h1z1) the screen goes black and this is where it varies. The first time it happened, one monitor (the one i had the game on) went black and the music i had playing in the background looped the same small clip for about a minute and then it stopped. When I tested h1z1 the same thing happened except both monitors went black and I had to restart my computer to get it to stop.

What do you guys think is causing this? I've tried updating my GPU drivers but it doesn't seem to be working.

Here are my specs:
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
RAM: 16 GB
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
 

Gmoonkun

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I don't remember what it is, but it was replaced about a year and a half ago.