Monitor blackout while playing battlefield 4

[MEL1315]

Day before yesterday I installed windows 8.1 on my pc. Yesterday i installed battlefield 4. Everything was working fine till this evening when all of a sudden my monitor went off but the cpu still running. I restarted my cpu and played for some more time and it happened again. When i restarted the pc again, i noticed that the LAN network was unavailable. Troubleshooting indicated that it was the driver issue. (Havent installed any driver except graphics driver. The network was automatically connected after the windows installation) Then i downloaded the driver on my laptop and as i connected usb to my pc, windows couldn't detect the usb as well! But internet and usb were working fine till this evening.
Before installing win 8.1, i had my cpu cooler replaced because the old one was overheating. Now the temperatures are good. I had to take the mobo out beore placing the cooler. Is the issue related to some loose pins or is there some other issue?
My pc specs-
CPU- core 2 quad q9400
GPU- asus silent gt 730 2gd3
RAM- 4gb
Mobo- gigabyte g41 combo
Cooler- deepcool gammaxx 300

Can someone please help me...

 

[JackNaylorPE]

1. Never let Windows / Windows Update install hardware drivers.
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/stop-windows-7-from-installing-drivers-automatically

2. Go to each manufacturers web site for each hardware component on your lappie, and download / burn to a CD or USB stick all appropriate drivers.

3. Install them.

4, If this doesn't work, reinstall windows.

 

[R4lNM4N]

Also, I doubt that video card meets the minimum requirements for BF4. Look at these links too...

Step-by-Step Guide to Building a PC

PERFORM THESE STEPS before posting about POST/boot/no video problems!

 

[MEL1315]

I don't understand... now everything seems okay. As the windows started, network troubleshooting indicated that the driver was disabled (although i don't know how) and when it enabled automatically, the network was connected. Then i inserted the usb and it also worked!

@JackNaylorPE, like you said i installed the chipset driver but i cant install the LAN driver as i can only find atheros driver which shows an error during installation.

@R4lNM4N: i know the GPU isnt good. I play the game in medium settings and there seems to be only slight stuttering at times. But can it be responsible for these troubles?

Although the usb and LAN is okay now, i haven't tried BF4 again because all the trouble followed after playing the game. The monitor seems okay all this while. Is there any possibility that playing the game could induces such troubles?

 

[R4lNM4N]

But can it be responsible for these troubles?

Yes. I'm honestly surprised that video card would handle it on low settings. Sounds to me like you're over-taxing the card, it crashes, and the computer restarts itself. If you're not giving it a proper shutdown then, yes, it will eventually corrupt the system.

 

[MEL1315]

Im sorry i didnt know that overtaxing the gpu could cause such troubles... I thought it was okay to play BF4 as there wasnt much stuttering..
But it isn't my whole pc that shuts down. Only the display goes blackout. So is it still because of the game?

 

[R4lNM4N]

Does the issue ever occur while you are NOT playing the game?

 

[MEL1315]

No i haven't noticed the issue before.. But its been only 2 days.
Today i tried the game again and the monitor trouble persists but the lan and usb are okay

 

[MEL1315]

I've found that it was not the game. I tried gta 4 which i used to play and the problem remains. The sound goes on in the background but monitor is black

 

[R4lNM4N]

OK well any BIG game like that - your video card is too weak for most any graphics-intensive game. GTA is going to tax the card pretty hard. BF4 is gonna over stress the card. Crysis will over stress the card. Fallout 4 will over stress the card. To fix the issue, you'll need to, at the very least, upgrade the video card.

Requirements for GTA IV

Requirements for BF4

Your system is not meeting the requirements. Sorry man.

 

[MEL1315]

Oh come on.. I know the gpu isnt good. But I've played gta 4 for a long time. Ive played games like crysis 3, far cry 3, absolution, dirt 3, pes 17 as well. All these worked flawlessly in low-med graphics.
How can you relate the issue to games that used to work well?

 

[R4lNM4N]

How can you relate the issue to games that used to work well?

A) Hardware doesn't last forever
B) You barely meet min requirements with old/used hardware
C) It only happens while gaming

 

[MEL1315]

Actually, the issue now seems to be complicated as my monitor changes its colour to pink, green etc even when not gaming. The temps are not higher that 55°C when it occurs. Are all these related?

 

[R4lNM4N]

Sounds like a exactly what a dying graphics card does. Swap it out (for an upgraded model) and see if it changes anything.

 

[MEL1315]

It was a defective gpu... Thank you