Im having a major problem with my PC. the monitor goes to black screen, the sound continues for a bit before it seems that the PC then goes into restart mode, only it wont restart with my monitor restored. i have to physically shut down the PC and reboot. sometimes it reboots with monitors straight away and sometimes several attempts are needed.
When i do get back into the desktop the screen may sddenly go again or it may be ok .
I first noticed this problem recently whilst playing Age of conan a very gpu hungry system demanding MMO and my first thoughts were that its overheating . i will note down everything i have done thus far to isolate the problem in the hope someone with far more expertise can give me a few pointers.
1. swapped out my gfx card with an older spare card to see if my card was at fault.
it wasent as the replacment exhibited the same problem
2. placed the gfx card into a new PCI slot on the mobo
problem occured in both slots
3 updated and backdated gfx drivers (there was a software issue in AOC causing a black screen)
problem remains regardless of driver i use
4 monitored CPU temperature using coretemp, and cpu never exceeds 60 degrees under stress load and according to the relevent cpu forums this is well within range,
5 just to be sure tho i have fitted a brand new cooler onto my cpu and replaced the stock one , thermal pasted etc i n accordance with instructions
cpu running cooler at a bout 50dgrees under load but hey presto the problem occured today
6, fans etc seem to be fluff /dust free, was able to remove my sound card and network car so now the case is uncluttered
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last night i played AOC for over 3 hours with no problems and felt most pleased that once again i had conqured the PC gremlins, however this morning tragedy i played AOC for 30 mins and it collapsed again with the above problems , then it crashed twice after i came back into the desktop. my instinct tells me heat as the problem seems less frequent when ithe computer hasent been overworked but having tackled heat ( i think) im not sure where to proceed.
Ive done a lot of forum searchimng with relation to cpu , mobo and gfx card known issues
someone mentioned powersupply problems , my PSU is 560 watts more than enough i would imagine , could there be a more deep rooted mobo issue that im not picking up on ? I think my gfx card is ok as i swapped that out .
any help would be greatly appreciated
my system
vista basic32,
intel core 2 duo e6750 , unclocked
4gb RAM 667mghz
intel board D975XBX2
nvidea 8800gts
driver 175..80
onboard sound
psu is 560 Watt
When i do get back into the desktop the screen may sddenly go again or it may be ok .
I first noticed this problem recently whilst playing Age of conan a very gpu hungry system demanding MMO and my first thoughts were that its overheating . i will note down everything i have done thus far to isolate the problem in the hope someone with far more expertise can give me a few pointers.
1. swapped out my gfx card with an older spare card to see if my card was at fault.
it wasent as the replacment exhibited the same problem
2. placed the gfx card into a new PCI slot on the mobo
problem occured in both slots
3 updated and backdated gfx drivers (there was a software issue in AOC causing a black screen)
problem remains regardless of driver i use
4 monitored CPU temperature using coretemp, and cpu never exceeds 60 degrees under stress load and according to the relevent cpu forums this is well within range,
5 just to be sure tho i have fitted a brand new cooler onto my cpu and replaced the stock one , thermal pasted etc i n accordance with instructions
cpu running cooler at a bout 50dgrees under load but hey presto the problem occured today
6, fans etc seem to be fluff /dust free, was able to remove my sound card and network car so now the case is uncluttered
.
last night i played AOC for over 3 hours with no problems and felt most pleased that once again i had conqured the PC gremlins, however this morning tragedy i played AOC for 30 mins and it collapsed again with the above problems , then it crashed twice after i came back into the desktop. my instinct tells me heat as the problem seems less frequent when ithe computer hasent been overworked but having tackled heat ( i think) im not sure where to proceed.
Ive done a lot of forum searchimng with relation to cpu , mobo and gfx card known issues
someone mentioned powersupply problems , my PSU is 560 watts more than enough i would imagine , could there be a more deep rooted mobo issue that im not picking up on ? I think my gfx card is ok as i swapped that out .
any help would be greatly appreciated
my system
vista basic32,
intel core 2 duo e6750 , unclocked
4gb RAM 667mghz
intel board D975XBX2
nvidea 8800gts
driver 175..80
onboard sound
psu is 560 Watt