Solved Plz help, monitor randomly shuts off/system still on

[Zet1988]

yep that's the version i have, and no unfortunately its not


and the reason i didnt want to move the video card from the first slot is because some of the fan cords wont reach around it

 

[Fumz]

Take the side panel off and don't worry about the fans right now... let's get the major issue out of the way... then we'll worry about the minor issue of cable management.

If you have a room fan, you can just point it into the case while we're testing another pci-e slot.

 

[Britton30]

yep that's the version i have, and no unfortunately its not


and the reason i didnt want to move the video card from the first slot is because some of the fan cords wont reach around it

As long as the graphics card fan operates, you can do without the case fans long enought to test a new slot.

 

[Zet1988]

after changing the slot, i played for an hour with no crashes. Unfortunately, i have to go to school so well see if it crashes after i get back, but this might have fixed it (its looking up at least)

 

[Fumz]

This is very good news.

 

[Britton30]

Hoping it holds for you.

 

[Zet1988]

Never mind, i guess that was just a lucky hour... it still crashes

 

[Britton30]

Sorry about that. did you uninstall old drivers before updating to the new one?

 

[Zet1988]

no i just used the Nvedia auto update, but now that i have the panel off, i rly think its the video card, since the "fan noise"(when computer crashes) that i talked about earlier is the video card... i think im just gonna have to send it in

 

[Fumz]

How attached are you to that card? It's pretty dated, so you would have to weigh the cost of repairing it against the cost of a new card.

Not that getting another GPU heatsink and fan assembly would be expensive, but it would still be pouring money into an outdated card... your best bet would be to just get a new card.

 

[Zet1988]

it should be under warranty still, by the way would i be able to use " Galaxy NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1GB PCI-E 2.0 SLI"

or what cards can i get my my motherboard? or any cards you would recomend that are afortable and compatible with my motherboard?

 

[Fumz]

Yes, you can use a 9500GT, but why on earth would you? That's a downgrade from your current card, which is already old... the 9500 would be worse.

You can have your pick of any PCI-express card made.

"Affordable" is a relative term. What's your budget?

 

[Britton30]

That card or any PCI-e X16 card will work provide you have the room AND any needed power cables for it.
Do you guys stay up all night?

Some random thoughts...if the card was being over-worked, wouldn't the whole system shut down or BSOD? Check the games you play most often and see what the minimum hardware requirements are, sisnce LoL (?) plays.

Any card here would work, limited by your budget and power connectors. Fumz is correct, the 9500 is about 2 steps backwards.

 

[Rhammstein]

Also consider the possibility that it could be the power supply.

Download and run this: CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting
Let it run, play a game for just about 5-10 minutes, then exit, if it crashes do it again the same, see what temps you hit. Post this info back here, with a screenshot.

It could easily be a rail giving out on the psu, good to test this before you spend any money.

 

[Britton30]

Yup, works for me. Actual shot of CPUID HW monitor.

 

[Zet1988]

This is a screen shot after 10 minutes

 

[Britton30]

Your graphics card is very hot! did you check you game specs?

 

[Zet1988]

about 30 min

 

[Zet1988]

ya, its counter-strike its a game from like 2001, and practically any computer should be able to play it, but here the specs for it

• Minimum: 1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX® 8.1 level Graphics Card (Requires support for SSE), Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
  Recommended: Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better), 1GB RAM, DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card, Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

 

[Britton30]

You might try the driver reinstall again, First uninstall you current driver, have the new one on your PC ready to install. Use Revo Uninstaller.