Okay, this is weird...

I really don't know what piece of hardware on my comp is at fault here, so I'll post here. At times when my comp is trying to play an advanced video (3dmark, recently did it on Sims2) the video all of a sudden just vanishes and it acts as though my comp is shut down, but it isn't. My monitor and comp power led is still on. On the monitor it just says that message "Monitor self-test. Your monitor is working properly. check power cord" or something similar. It's quite confusing... Anyone know what's going on? Here's my specs.

AMD 64 3000+
Gigabyte nforce 3 mobo
6600GT
1gig 3200 ram

-Antec 400W, came with case.
-Extra power plugs? how so?
-Yep, I'll double check that also just to be sure.

When you installed your 6600GT, did you plug a molex connector into it?

Maxtor disgraces the six letters that make Matrox.

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Most have a molex, like you plug into the hdd for power, though some have the square hole, like the extra 12v for intel mobos. You dont really need to plug it in, if you like to crash in 3D applications.

That was hilarious... Man, I guess we were all like that once..

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