I have been playing WoW, COunter Strike: Source, UT2004, F.E.A.R., and similar games on my computer over the past 2 years. However, recently I have had a strange problem no matter what game I try to play. I am running a dual-dislay setup, and five or ten mintues after starting the game both of my monitors go black as if they are going into sleep mode. The green lights on both monitors (which mean they are in active use) turn to orange (sleep mode) and the screens say there is no input. I can still hear the game audio through my speakers, though it sounds as if the game has frozen. My computer, however, does not shut off. THe only way to get the monitors to respond again is to manually reboot my computer. All of this happened after changing a few things on my machine. First, I replaced a 17 inch CRT with a 22 inch LCD. my other monitor is a 19 inch LCD. My computer handled games fine when I had the 19 inch LCD and the 17 inch CRT. WOuld the monitor change have anything to do with this? ALso... I recently installed a Hauppage video capture card. I don't beleive that this is an overheating issue because I have taken temperatures of my video card etc... and they seem to check out fine. DOes anyone have any suggestions? This problem is driving me crazy ecspecially since up until recently I have been able to play these games flawlessly. I have an ATI FireGL 3200 video card, 1 gig of RAM, and a 2.40 GHz 3800+ AMD Athlon processor

Interesting video card choice for gaming. Why a FireGL V3200? According to ATI, it offers "entry-level workstation performance and quality utilizing 4 pixel pipelines and 2 geometry engines". 4 pixel pipelines ain't much these days. According to wikipedia, it's roughly equivilent to a Radeon X600 XT. http://ati.amd.com/products/fireglv... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATI_Fi... Sorry, just curious as to why you're gaming with a workstation card. As for your problem, I doubt the monitor change has anything to do with it. I suspect the video capture card or the driver/software for it.

I'd agree... The only possible connection the monitor could have is a change in the draw for current where your PC is plugged in. However, going from a CRT to an LCD probably reduced that draw, so that's highly unlikely. The capture card is a good candidate to be a troublemaker, and it may not be a faulty card, could be some weird IRQ and/or DMA crap going on. I'd uninstall it and see if your issues go away. If it does, reinstall it in a different slot, and be sure to get the latest drivers for it. "Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion! Hats off & applause to rogues & evolution! The ripple effect is too good not to mention. If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!"