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Screen goes black when gaming sometimes?

Discussion in 'Audio and Video' started by GTGear, Aug 30, 2006.

  1. GTGear Newcomer, in training Posts: 37

    Hello,

    Sometimes when I play PC games, my screen goes black, and the power button changes from green to yellow, like its idle. This happened twice, once while playing a PC game, and once when I was just browsing the net. I don't think its a power supply issue being that I have a Altec 450W power supply. Could it be doing this because I flashed the pipes on my videocard? but then again, that was over 5 months ago and I dont see why a problem would start now. Any help would be appreciated. I have a Sapphire X800GTO.
    GTGear, Aug 30, 2006
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  2. riekmaharg2 Newcomer, in training Posts: 272

    try using a different graphics card and see if it works.
    riekmaharg2, Aug 30, 2006
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  3. IH8PunkRok Newcomer, in training Posts: 120

    yea thats basically all u can do for now. if u dont happen to have one lying around then find a cheap one that u can put in for a while and run ur comp like u usually do.
    believe it or not computers can take awhile to get "sick". even if u flashed the pipes it may not have caused a problem until now. and if it is because u flashed ur card, dont do it with next one u get.
    -rok
    IH8PunkRok, Aug 30, 2006
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  4. wolfram TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,605   +9

    Did you take care of the extra heat caused by the 4 extra pipelines?
    wolfram, Aug 30, 2006
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