Monitor Blinks when I load a 3d game

[Edwin Phate]

(It goes black screen and the green led light on the monitor blinks) I can hear the Audio and sometimes it freezes up my computer to where I cant alt tab or even hit windows key to get back to my desktop I dont think its the graphics card driver but i dont see what else it could be.



I am currently using my 7300 gs. Could it be my power supply is faulty and i cant play any games?

 

[Tmagic650]

What are your complete computer specs?

 

[Edwin Phate]

Processor: Athlon 64 X2 4000+ 2 GHz
* RAM: 5GB 3x1gb 1x2gb
* Hard Drive: 300 gb
* Optical Storage: DVD±RW
* Graphics Controller: Geforce 7300gs

* Networking: Network adapter, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
* OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
* Warranty: 1 Year Limited
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AM1100-B1300A ATHLON 64 X2 BE-2300+/1GB/250GB/DUAL DVD DL/SPEAKER/MODEM/MC READER/PS2 KB & MOUSE/VISTA
Wireless Pci Card
1 dvd/cd drive

 

[Tmagic650]

Replace the graphics card...

 

[Edwin Phate]

but i can still play high def movies flawlessly.

 

[Tmagic650]

Is Vista updated to Service Pack 2?

 

[Edwin Phate]

No. should update?

 

[Tmagic650]

Of course you should update as instructed... It may help your problem, but in the very least, it will help your computers security

 

[Edwin Phate]

i have automactic updates on but i was thinking could it be i didnt uninstall my previous driver for my 9600gt i just installed the 7300gs driver over it

 

[Tmagic650]

Run Windows Update manually and choose "Custom". Run Windows Updates until there are no more updates to install. Pay close attention to the critical and hardware updates

 

[Ritwik7]

You should always perform a full uninstall of previous graphics drivers before installing a new card. Uninstall all drivers now. Then put in the 7300GS and install it's drivers afresh.

 

[Tmagic650]

"You should always perform a full uninstall of previous graphics drivers before installing a new card"...

This was true in the "old" days, but it is not true now with Nvidia, Ritwik7. The Nvidia 7300GS driver is updated by installing a new driver right over the old one. I used to do this with ATI too