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Monitor shuts down mid-game
Name: Peter Gonczol Date: December 29, 2004 at 05:13:33 Pacific OS: WinME CPU/Ram: 1,4/256
Comment:
Hi,
My problem is, that everytime I play some 3d-games, the monitor goes black, and I have to restart my machine. Sometimes this happens, sometimes not. Other programs work well, only the games are the problem. I have a Cluc3D Radeon 128 graphic card. I don´t think that there´s an overheat problem, because I have programs which show the temperatures and they´re normal. The fast-write options are all disabled.
Name: drumsnbass2004 Date: December 29, 2004 at 07:00:57 Pacific
Reply:
Have you tried a different monitor to see if thats the problem? Also.. updated drivers?
Nate
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Response Number 2
Name: lister Date: December 29, 2004 at 10:29:47 Pacific
Reply:
Maybe the games your are playing are not suport under the ATI card?
cant fit my system in
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Response Number 3
Name: Dumb Geek (by bitboy) Date: December 29, 2004 at 16:29:40 Pacific
Reply:
if the screen went black, 1st check the little amber light on the monitor, if its green, then its either the game or video software problem(like directX, opengl or other video software). if its orange(means the monitor is off), then you should check the video card.
Name: Peter Gonczol Date: December 30, 2004 at 06:33:36 Pacific
Reply:
I haven´t tried with another monitor, but the games I play are supportd by ATI Radeon, like Call of Duty. I think the problem is with my AMD prosessor, (Radeon doens´t support Amd 100%?) I´ll change it to Pentium. Maybe that works.
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Response Number 6
Name: knobknoster Date: January 18, 2005 at 14:05:38 Pacific
Reply:
Don't switch to Pentium, fool! That's just more cash and heartache, besides, Pentiums suck for games, BAD. And so does ATI, REALLY BAD. So just exchange that piece of junk for a GeForce FX and it'll solve ALL of your problems. I guarrantee.
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