No Signal?

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mastermayne

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I realised a couple of days ago that when i play a game on my computer , the screen shuts down and says '' No signal''. I checked my cables which seemed to be fine and i updated my drivers to see if it would do anything. Nothing worked so i think it's linked to my graphics card. It's an nvidia geforce 9600 gt and my power supply is 500w.:confused: Anyone know what may cause the problem?
 
That sounds like an overheating problem to me.

I had the exact problem on my old PC, and they way I new it was an overheating problem was by taking the side off my case, and sticking a desk fan right next to it with the air blowing onto the video card. That seemed to fix the problem (eventually I bought a VGA cooler which also worked and was a little more subtle :P)
 
I don't think its overheating because my computer seems pretty cool , its actually cold and my computer is really silent. I've had my graphics card for a couple of months now and i never had overheating problems even when i played games like crysis on super high graphics.
 
mastermayne said:
I don't think its overheating because my computer seems pretty cool , its actually cold and my computer is really silent. I've had my graphics card for a couple of months now and i never had overheating problems even when i played games like crysis on super high graphics.
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Even if the computer is well cooled, you can still have overheating issues with the video card. I'd try taking the side off and blowing a desk fan in there, even if it doesn't work than you can rule overheating out.
 
Download this

It's a popular computer diagnostics program, and will give you temps on a variety of things including the video card.
 
I'm not really sure what could be causing that if it's not overheating. That symptom is one of the real giveaways for overheating. I would still try what I told you to do earlier.
 
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