Entering power saving mode

NooNoo

New Member
I have a Dell XPS8700, and when I'm playing games (frequently with older games) my monitor goes black, it says power saving mode and the light on my monitor changes, as if I has shutdown or put it to sleep. I can still hear audio when it turns back on, but it can crash games/videos.
I have tried uninstalling old graphics drivers and reinstalling new ones, but that didn't work.
I also looked at the temperatures of my components, but nothing really reached a temperature above 40/50 degrees, even when playing games like Overwatch.
I have tried opening the case and dusting it out, in case that was the problem but that still didn't work.

Please help.
Thanks in advance :)
 

johnb35

Administrator
Staff member
Sounds like your video card is having issues sending signal to monitor. I would start with a different card.
 
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