Screen blackouts

[David]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

I have recently upgraded my PC and am now experiencing a problem with
my graphics.
When I run a fairly intense graphics games (Far Cry or Halflife via
Steam) , after about 10 minutes the screen suddenly goes black, as if
the monitor had been turned off.

I thought it may be that the video card was overheating so I have
upgraded the cooling on the video card and put some heatsinks on the
video ram, however it is still happenning.

I have tried using an old video card that I have (Geforce2 MX 32MB)
and everything works fine with that although at lower detail levels.
The video card works fine with all other programs its just games. I
have updated the drivers so they are all current, put the latest bios
on my motherboard and I have also done a fresh install of windows to
no avail.

The only other thing I can think of is that the card isn't getting
enough power, could this be the problem. The case temerature is around
27 degrees C and the CPU is at 38 degrees C

My system is:

Athlon 2400+ processor
Abit NF7-S motherboard (onboard sound, Ethernet)
512mb DDR ram
Mercury GeForce FX5600 128mb
2xHDD
1x Floppy
1x CD Rom
1x CD Re Writer
300 watt generic power supply.
Windows XP
DirectX 9.0b

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

Yes, you are overdriving your undersized power supply. Get a larger high
quality unit.

--
DaveW



"David" <dcc@talk21.com> wrote in message
news:d0b826fa.0406100248.72d63a83@posting.google.com...
> I have recently upgraded my PC and am now experiencing a problem with
> my graphics.
> When I run a fairly intense graphics games (Far Cry or Halflife via
> Steam) , after about 10 minutes the screen suddenly goes black, as if
> the monitor had been turned off.
>
> I thought it may be that the video card was overheating so I have
> upgraded the cooling on the video card and put some heatsinks on the
> video ram, however it is still happenning.
>
> I have tried using an old video card that I have (Geforce2 MX 32MB)
> and everything works fine with that although at lower detail levels.
> The video card works fine with all other programs its just games. I
> have updated the drivers so they are all current, put the latest bios
> on my motherboard and I have also done a fresh install of windows to
> no avail.
>
> The only other thing I can think of is that the card isn't getting
> enough power, could this be the problem. The case temerature is around
> 27 degrees C and the CPU is at 38 degrees C
>
> My system is:
>
> Athlon 2400+ processor
> Abit NF7-S motherboard (onboard sound, Ethernet)
> 512mb DDR ram
> Mercury GeForce FX5600 128mb
> 2xHDD
> 1x Floppy
> 1x CD Rom
> 1x CD Re Writer
> 300 watt generic power supply.
> Windows XP
> DirectX 9.0b

 

[d]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

Its possibly pwr supply,or even problem card, yr temps are ok

"David" <dcc@talk21.com> wrote in message
news:d0b826fa.0406100248.72d63a83@posting.google.com...
> I have recently upgraded my PC and am now experiencing a problem with
> my graphics.
> When I run a fairly intense graphics games (Far Cry or Halflife via
> Steam) , after about 10 minutes the screen suddenly goes black, as if
> the monitor had been turned off.
>
> I thought it may be that the video card was overheating so I have
> upgraded the cooling on the video card and put some heatsinks on the
> video ram, however it is still happenning.
>
> I have tried using an old video card that I have (Geforce2 MX 32MB)
> and everything works fine with that although at lower detail levels.
> The video card works fine with all other programs its just games. I
> have updated the drivers so they are all current, put the latest bios
> on my motherboard and I have also done a fresh install of windows to
> no avail.
>
> The only other thing I can think of is that the card isn't getting
> enough power, could this be the problem. The case temerature is around
> 27 degrees C and the CPU is at 38 degrees C
>
> My system is:
>
> Athlon 2400+ processor
> Abit NF7-S motherboard (onboard sound, Ethernet)
> 512mb DDR ram
> Mercury GeForce FX5600 128mb
> 2xHDD
> 1x Floppy
> 1x CD Rom
> 1x CD Re Writer
> 300 watt generic power supply.
> Windows XP
> DirectX 9.0b