Monitor Problem

Housebomb · newbie! Joined: Apr 18, 2005 Posts: 22

my computer specs are
intel pentium 4
1 gig ram
geforce 7600
windows xp service pack 2
(dont know much about computers)

when i play games like wow my monitor would turn off and wont turn back on but my computer would still be on.

ddogt432 · Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:10 pm Post subject:

does this only happen when playing games/wow? has this been happening for awhile now? did anything drastically change before this began happening?
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Housebomb · newbie! Joined: Apr 18, 2005 Posts: 22

it only happens to games with like good graphics and it just started since i recently just tried to play wow

thugangel · Ronin Samurai Joined: Aug 27, 2005 Posts: 713

Power supply issue or overheating on the processor.

Housebomb · newbie! Joined: Apr 18, 2005 Posts: 22

it says i need 20 amps or more on 12v and my power supply has 12v 18a and 12v2 18a is that enough if not wants a good power supply

Nexweb · newbie! Joined: Jul 13, 2005 Posts: 48

What is the resolution that you normally have on your desktop, and what is the in-game resolution? It sounds to me like you might have the resolution in the game a tad higher than your monitor can handle, so it just blacks out.

ddogt432 · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject:

power problems arent about amps or volts, but more about watts, the actual power output of your supply. if you have extraneous parts (2nd cd/dvd drive, unused pci cards, or maybe even a harddrive you dont really need), try unplugging those and see what happens.

when my stuff overheats, i usually just get some really horrendous screen tears.

last time i had my screen res set too high, i think it did black out. didnt know how to fix it, so i had to take it in for service.
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thugangel · Ronin Samurai Joined: Aug 27, 2005 Posts: 713

It'll depend on the motherboard. Knowing that it's a P4, I have some confidence that your motherboard should shutdown the system once it detects overheating on the CPU. Thus, my mentioning of overheating issue.

But tell us how much watts your power supply is capable of. 250W? 300W? 350W? Modern graphic cards are quite power hogs. And like ddog432 said, other stuff connected to the computer uses electricity, USB even. Your power supply unit may not be giving enough power to share to all of the devices.

So check how much wattage it uses first. If we know you have plenty of watts to supply, then we could deduce the problem to overheating or something else.

Housebomb · newbie! Joined: Apr 18, 2005 Posts: 22

i have a 450w power supply. i have 2 hd 1 disk drive and 1 floppy drive
i dont know how to check how many watts i use

Nexweb · newbie! Joined: Jul 13, 2005 Posts: 48

Your power supply sounds like it should be able to handle it, unless it is of a really cheap variety. Does your computer shutdown right when you get into the game or after you've played it a bit?

If it shuts down right when you first start the game up, I suspect that the resolution needs to be turned lower.

If it shuts down after you've been playing for a bit, then it is most likely overheating.

Housebomb · newbie! Joined: Apr 18, 2005 Posts: 22

it shuts down at the beginning of the game most of the time sometimes i can play for like 10 min but i tried lowering the resolution and it still shuts down. so im guessing its my cpu overheating