Hi
I have recently got back into PC gaming after purchasing Dawn of war 2.
im having a problem where anygame i play on any settings i get 10-15 minutes into the game and my monitor will turn off and then the sound of the game will get distorted, also sometimes the pc shutsdown completely.
When the monitor turns off i have to hold down power button on machine as i cannot turn the monitor back on.
my PC is a very high spec machine.
i have:
4 GB ram
windows xp with SP2
quadcore processor
2 512mb ATI graphics cards using SLI
250gb harddrive
this machine was made from scratch by a independant supplier and has now run out of warranty.
i upgraded my graphics card and still the same issue happens, this issue did happen in the past but i got a bigger power supply which at the time resolved the issue, (in the past i got a complete shutdown never did i get just the monitor turn off)
i went onto the ATI website to get hold of graphics driver, and while on there i checked to see if my motherboard used ATI driver, it was asking me to install the latest driver saying my motherboard currently does not have one.
this now happens on everygame i play, any help would be great.
regards
Steven
I have recently got back into PC gaming after purchasing Dawn of war 2.
im having a problem where anygame i play on any settings i get 10-15 minutes into the game and my monitor will turn off and then the sound of the game will get distorted, also sometimes the pc shutsdown completely.
When the monitor turns off i have to hold down power button on machine as i cannot turn the monitor back on.
my PC is a very high spec machine.
i have:
4 GB ram
windows xp with SP2
quadcore processor
2 512mb ATI graphics cards using SLI
250gb harddrive
this machine was made from scratch by a independant supplier and has now run out of warranty.
i upgraded my graphics card and still the same issue happens, this issue did happen in the past but i got a bigger power supply which at the time resolved the issue, (in the past i got a complete shutdown never did i get just the monitor turn off)
i went onto the ATI website to get hold of graphics driver, and while on there i checked to see if my motherboard used ATI driver, it was asking me to install the latest driver saying my motherboard currently does not have one.
this now happens on everygame i play, any help would be great.
regards
Steven