Name: Anonymous 2006-05-03 22:34
My problem is this: Witohut warrent, my moniter will do one of the two things, usually in the following order; blink black once or twice, causing pixels to form around the mouse, making it freeze along with everything else on screen and then sooner or later go completely black. When the latter happens, pressing any button on the moniter displays a message along these lines:
Computer is in Power Save mode.
To display press any key or move mouse.
Complying with these directions gives me nothing, the only way for the display to be restored is to do one of two things, wait half an hour for about a minuite or two of clerity until it happens again, or restart the computer manualy.
Before, this would only happen when playing games that could be said to be graphically demanding, such as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, but as time went on it has gotten worse and worse, now occuring, as I said, with no provoction. Even with graphically demanding games this doesn't make sense, since in the past I've been able to play them for hours straight with no difficulty. I've called dell tech support, they've given me a new graphics card and moniter, these things only offered as temporary solutions. On another note, opening my tower and letting a fan on it seems to allow me to do alright for longer amounts of time
Any help would be appreciated, oh and here are my system specs:
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series GTU
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40GHz
OS:Windows XP [Service Pack 2] Home Edition
Direct X: 9+
1GB of RAM
Also, I forgot what it's called, but it converts the power going into the computer, its max seems to be 350 watts..if you need any other information to better assess the situation just ask, any help will be greatly appreciated.
Computer is in Power Save mode.
To display press any key or move mouse.
Complying with these directions gives me nothing, the only way for the display to be restored is to do one of two things, wait half an hour for about a minuite or two of clerity until it happens again, or restart the computer manualy.
Before, this would only happen when playing games that could be said to be graphically demanding, such as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, but as time went on it has gotten worse and worse, now occuring, as I said, with no provoction. Even with graphically demanding games this doesn't make sense, since in the past I've been able to play them for hours straight with no difficulty. I've called dell tech support, they've given me a new graphics card and moniter, these things only offered as temporary solutions. On another note, opening my tower and letting a fan on it seems to allow me to do alright for longer amounts of time
Any help would be appreciated, oh and here are my system specs:
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series GTU
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40GHz
OS:Windows XP [Service Pack 2] Home Edition
Direct X: 9+
1GB of RAM
Also, I forgot what it's called, but it converts the power going into the computer, its max seems to be 350 watts..if you need any other information to better assess the situation just ask, any help will be greatly appreciated.