While im playing a game on my computer everything suddenly turns into blocks, i can still see the game, but its all blurry and everythings is in blocks. After a while my screen will freeze and my monitor will restart itself. When i restart my computer it goes back to normal.
Is this my monitor overheating? or can it be my videocard?
thanks
2007-05-24 09:30:04 · 4 answers · asked by Henry Chan 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
It's definetly the GPU (graphics card) overheating.
Since you are actually able to play the game; it doesn't sound like you have the game on too high of a resolution etc. (it will lag and you will not be able to play it.)
I know this sounds stupid but if you can't get better cooling solution for the GPU then make sure the fan is clean. I had my PC on top of the desk and since I smoke, all the crap from the cigarrette piled up inside the heatsink and cooked my GPU dead. And also, keeping the PC lower to the floor (not carpet) helps since heat goes up, not down.
Most techies will probably tell you that you should download new drivers etc. No man, if the game runs fine for hours before it stops working then it's just overheating and if it can run it smoothly, there is no reason why it should overheat after some period of time.
When I cleaned my CPU fan and heatsink, the CPU temp went down from (cold boot OS not playing games or anything etc.) 48 degrees (celcius) to 37... 37...now that's cold for a 5 years old overclocked CPU...
2007-05-24 10:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your monitor works well under the same room temperature conditions, it is not likely a monitor problem. The video card could be the problem as it may be running at its edge of performance and it overheats under the graphic intensity of your game. Swapping the monitor will further rule out the monitor and if you can do this, try it too. Your video card may be undersized for the job - check the info that came with the game and it may help you determine this.
2007-05-24 09:37:25 · answer #2 · answered by GTB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Monitors dont restart. computer, but not monitors.
Sounds like your video card is overheating. Might want to check fans and the card itself. Possible a local computer store to check it out.
2007-05-24 09:38:59 · answer #3 · answered by computertech82 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is your video card. If your monitor overheats, you won't see a thing and a reset won't help. Get more cooling for the video card...or get a new video card.
2007-05-24 09:34:20 · answer #4 · answered by Simpleofmind 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋