the problem returns!!! arghh!!

Discussion in 'Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners' started by Jecht, Oct 2, 2005.

  1. Jecht

    Jecht Big Geek

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    damn blackouts again!!! i dont understand this, a while ago i had posted about half life 2 crashing, or auto rebooting after a short time of playing, its been a few months since then, and i tried half life 2 again, seemed to last a little longer, in fact it did, id say about half an hour, and it still crashes. no clue. i remember when the game ran just beautifuly after i first built the pc, i have no idea what happened. now...i just tried playing the new FEAR demo, and during the conversations at the beginning, my monitors blacked out, and the computer rebooted, i tried again, launching the shortcut blacked them out again....tried a 3rd time after about an hour, i get into the game...walk around for about 5 minutes, then it blacks out again, no boot, just blacks out, i have to manually reset. what the heck is going on??? its certainly not tempature, and i cant try another video card cause this is the only pcie grahix card i got. anybody have any ideas? thx

    by the way, my video card drivers are brand new as of yesterday, forceware version 78.01
     
  2. pelvis_3

    pelvis_3 HWF Member For Life

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    The only thing i can think of is a PSU problem!
    What PSU are you running and is it possible to test it in another computer?
     
  3. Jecht

    Jecht Big Geek

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    i am using the modstream 520 via OCZ
     
  4. pelvis_3

    pelvis_3 HWF Member For Life

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    Is it possible to test it in another computer?
    OR do you have another power supply to test in your computer?
     
  5. Jecht

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    it is possible, however, the other psus i have are much lower than this one, the closest one i have is an antec trueblu 480W
     
  6. pelvis_3

    pelvis_3 HWF Member For Life

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    There is certainly nothing wrong with the Antec 480W, it's not that much lower than the OCZ!
     
  7. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    i would of said that the antec trueblu 480W is better than the modstream 520 (ocz)
    antec is a much better brand aswell, i think.
     

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