Lobby Posted March 19, 2005 Posted March 19, 2005 (edited) Hi, Ive been having problems lately with high spec grpahics cards. Whenever i used high spec cards in my machine ( nvidia 6600 or ati 9600 ) and i try to play any 3d game at all after 5 seconds or so the monitor just cuts off and goes into standby. Windows still keeps running but the monitor just wont turn on. I do not have this problem at all with lower spec graphics cards ( nvidia 4200ti ) it only seems to be high spec ones. My pc itslef is quite high spec: Barlton 3200 480 Zaltek psu 1gig of ram Asus a7n8x-e motherboard Any help would be massively appreicated. Edited March 19, 2005 by Lobby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone2sk Posted March 19, 2005 Posted March 19, 2005 I bet it is a power probelm with the video card takin up more power and your system then shuts down. What are your rails? Check them with a multimeter. Also have you tried different moniters? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastvfr Posted March 19, 2005 Posted March 19, 2005 I agree...sounds like the vid is drawing too much juice and the card is shutting itself down to prevent damaging itself. Try a different monitor first, but I can almost guarantee you'll be needing a new Antec or Enermax 480w-550w PSU soon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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