Video card problems

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  1. victor14

    victor14 Regular member

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    Whenever I play bf1942 mods such as battlegroup 42 or Forgotten hope 2 on Battlefield 2, my monitor shuts off but the pc is still on. Also, sometimes, while i am playing BG42, the game just shuts down automatically, and goes to the desktop and my desktop turns all blue. Is this a video card problem? Here are my specs:

    Motherboard: P5P800S
    Sound Card: Sound Max
    Ram: 2GB
    OS: Windows XP
    Video Card: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO 512MB AGP 8X
    CPU: Pentium D 3.2 GHZ


    Any suggestions? Thanks!
     
    victor14, Feb 22, 2008
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    GrandpaBW Active member

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    Does your monitor physically shut off, or is the screen just blank?
     
    GrandpaBW, Feb 22, 2008
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    victor14 Regular member

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    the monitor physically turns off.
     
    victor14, Feb 22, 2008
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  4. GrandpaBW

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    Looks like it is going belly up on you. It could be time for a new monitor.
     
    GrandpaBW, Feb 22, 2008
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    try another monitor to see it does same or not.
     
    ddp, Feb 22, 2008
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    it doesnt work with another monitor.
     
    victor14, Feb 22, 2008
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    then it is your videocard that is the problem. is it's fan if have 1 spinning alright & both fan & heatsink clean?
     
    ddp, Feb 22, 2008
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