monitor shuts off during gaming

coolerguy1984 · 08-October-07, 12:41 AM

it mostly happens when i play HL2 Episode One. But the game will run fine for a good 10 15 minutes, then suddenly the monitor will turn off. I don't know, maybe its the video card running too hot? or not enough juice from the psu? any suggestions or advice please.

I forgot to mention the power supply im currently running is a 450 watt Codegen psu

Dreyco · 08-October-07, 01:16 AM

Look to see if the heatsink on the card is full of dust. Also just touch it while its running to see it its too hot. If not, then its prolly a good bet its the PSU.

You are on the right track, now to isolate it.

Good luck! Let us know how it turns out!

reflux · 08-October-07, 06:01 AM

Yeah, I had something like this when I was running a Radeon X1950 Pro. Never got to the bottom of it, but as soon as I bought an 8800GTS, it fixed the problem.

blue screen of death · 08-October-07, 01:12 PM

im pretty sure that it is a heat issue i have a friend that had i traded a nvidia 6800xt for my old 6200

after playing heroes for 10 mins it would shut down, he put in the 6200 and everthings ran fine .

i put the 6800 in my rig and im running at 42c so it has to be the heat

coolerguy1984 · 12-October-07, 09:19 PM

Well I noticed if I let a minute go by, the monitor will go back to normal from a black screen then an error pops up saying "Internal driver error in IDirect3DDevice9: Present()"

Anyone know about this issue?

Sk8forMaple · 12-October-07, 10:59 PM

From that error I would do 3 things. I would try reinstalling direct x 9c, the video card driver, then swap out the video card.

blue screen of death · 13-October-07, 08:20 AM

i would definitely update the driver, make sure you trash the old driver first tho along with any of the old files related to the driver

coolerguy1984 · 14-October-07, 12:32 PM

I just updated directx9 and it seems to have fixed the issue.

Thanks for everyones help.

Sk8forMaple · 14-October-07, 02:23 PM

sounds good man! glad you got that taken care of

08-October-07, 12:41 AM		#1 (permalink)
coolerguy1984 Apex Advanced Techie	monitor shuts off during gaming it mostly happens when i play HL2 Episode One. But the game will run fine for a good 10 15 minutes, then suddenly the monitor will turn off. I don't know, maybe its the video card running too hot? or not enough juice from the psu? any suggestions or advice please. I forgot to mention the power supply im currently running is a 450 watt Codegen psu

08-October-07, 01:16 AM		#2 (permalink)
Dreyco PCApex's Mac Man	Re: monitor shuts off during gaming Look to see if the heatsink on the card is full of dust. Also just touch it while its running to see it its too hot. If not, then its prolly a good bet its the PSU. You are on the right track, now to isolate it. Good luck! Let us know how it turns out!

08-October-07, 06:01 AM		#3 (permalink)
reflux Sempr0n?	Re: monitor shuts off during gaming Yeah, I had something like this when I was running a Radeon X1950 Pro. Never got to the bottom of it, but as soon as I bought an 8800GTS, it fixed the problem.

08-October-07, 01:12 PM		#4 (permalink)
blue screen of death Apex Advanced Techie	Re: monitor shuts off during gaming im pretty sure that it is a heat issue i have a friend that had i traded a nvidia 6800xt for my old 6200 after playing heroes for 10 mins it would shut down, he put in the 6200 and everthings ran fine . i put the 6800 in my rig and im running at 42c so it has to be the heat

12-October-07, 09:19 PM		#5 (permalink)
coolerguy1984 Apex Advanced Techie	Re: monitor shuts off during gaming(UPDATE) Well I noticed if I let a minute go by, the monitor will go back to normal from a black screen then an error pops up saying "Internal driver error in IDirect3DDevice9: Present()" Anyone know about this issue?

12-October-07, 10:59 PM		#6 (permalink)
Sk8forMaple Apex Elite Tech	Re: monitor shuts off during gaming(UPDATE) From that error I would do 3 things. I would try reinstalling direct x 9c, the video card driver, then swap out the video card.

13-October-07, 08:20 AM		#7 (permalink)
blue screen of death Apex Advanced Techie	Re: monitor shuts off during gaming i would definitely update the driver, make sure you trash the old driver first tho along with any of the old files related to the driver

14-October-07, 12:32 PM		#8 (permalink)
coolerguy1984 Apex Advanced Techie	Re: monitor shuts off during gaming I just updated directx9 and it seems to have fixed the issue. Thanks for everyones help.

14-October-07, 02:23 PM		#9 (permalink)
Sk8forMaple Apex Elite Tech	Re: monitor shuts off during gaming sounds good man! glad you got that taken care of

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