Posted: 10/17/2005 7:47:44 PM EDT
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I have a random shut down problem. While I am no IT guy, I am wondering if it may be related to the power supply, video card, or monitor. Sometimes it happens a few times in a couple of hours and sometimes it will not happen for a week or two. I can be listening to live streaming radio via Windows Media Player and surfing the net. Suddenly the monitor will go black but the WMP will still be streming sound. I am running Spybot and Road Runners' firewall/ Anti Virus/ Pest Control. I installed a new HD about 5 months ago thinking that it was the problem. Nope. Error that pops up  Then this pops up  I have to re-boot and go through this...  Wait for this...  Here is some basic system details...  1 more...  WTF???? This has to be something simple. |
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you have a definate hardware problem. 1. bad monitor or video card. won't know untill you switch them out, if its a onboard video card you have to replace the mother board or possible try a pci or agp card 2. powersupply gateways use non standard parts. this the the co i use link 3. sounds like your HD could have some problems too. who's the manufactor. westerndigital, maxtor, seagate, samsung?? |
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HD is a Hitachi. However, the problem existed prior to the HD which is why I replaced it. I will try to figure out how to update the exising video card first. Thanks.
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i don't think the driver will help. But its worth a try hitachi's hardrive utility |
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I don't see a hard drive problem, I see a monitor running out of frequency range. The most common times you see this is somebody uses an old PC monitor with a brand new video card, and the card tries to drive the monitor too hard, ie, at a higher frequency rate than the monitor can support. However, from the looks if your photo, it looks as if the signal the monitor is recieving is too low. Things to check would be: -Is the cable connected securely to the monitor and to the computer? -Is the monitor's and PC's power source providing sufficient power to drive both properly? [enough amperage] -Is there a problem with the video card hardware? While it is possible you could have a driver problem, I'd double check all that hardware first. |
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Okay. Here is an update. I posted my issue at Geeks To Go and they pretty much agreed with most of the suggestions here, while offering some additional details. I found and loaded the latest driver for the video adaptor and changed the refresh rate to 75, which is correct. It was set at 60. So far, so good. The only items that are not original in my computer is some of the RAM and the added HD. So compatibility should be fine. Thanks for the help. |