Well, I'll start at the beginning so this makes sense.

SUNDAY afternoon starting at around 2:00pm, my monitor would give me the error as if the video cable was unplugged whenever I logged into this particular video game. I checked the cables, and all were plugged in nicely, yet the problem persisted.

Since Sunday, I have updated my drivers and such, and ADDED a second monitor to my stup, and my monitors keep crashing--both of them. I have been thinking to myself, "What are the odds that both video ports and/or monitors are broken?" I am guessing that there is a problem with the device the ports are connected to, no?

Since Sunday, my monitors have went from crashing while in this particular game (once every several hours), to crashing every five to ten minutes. Again, when the screens go black, they give me the error that the video cable is unplugged even though everything is plugged in and screwed in nicely. I have had this computer for 51 WEEKS at this point, and have never had any problems prior to this. If worse comes to worse, I'll just send it back to the manufacturer as part of my warrenty, but that is a last resort.

Any help will be great,
JeremyWhat are your system specs? If you have a wimpy PSU you may be running out of available power. -2.4 GHz duo core processor
-nVidia Geforce 7300 GT
-1GB ram

I am using WINDOWS xp service pack 2 as well.

I believe I am using a 500 watt power SUPPLY, as well.Lack of power is probably not the cause, but just to be sure . . . .
What is the make/model of your motherboard? CD/DVD readers/writers? Hard disk drive sizes, speeds, and connection type? -500 GB hard drive
-Sony DVD drive (16xspeed)
-P965 Neo series motherboard (MS-7235)
The speed of the drive is more important than the size, but if you only have one hard drive it's not a big deal. (10,000 RPM drive only requires about 20 watts more than a 5400 RPM drive.) I don't see that you're anywhere near maxing out on power. Try to simplify your setup as much as possible. Remove one of the monitors and unplug all the other hardware you don't absolutely need. Plug hardware in until something fails again. It's possible that someother device is about to fail and is causing power fluctuations.

After having said all that, I suspect your video card is the culprit. Do you have another video card you can test with? It hasn't crashed since 10:00am this morning, and I think you are right, it is the video card. When thinking back on when the monitors crash, it is at the end of loading as something is about to materialize (loading into a game, into an instanced portion while in the game,, as the screensaver starts, during boot up as it is about to show the windows logo and load bar....)

I do not have another video card at the moment, but I'll see what I can do >_>I would check the video options, sometimes it will happen if your tring to display something larger then what you have set it too.Not sure if that is the issue, video options are still set to default. Though, while keeping iTunes on, I noticed that it continues to play for another minute after the monitors crash, and then the sound becomes distorted. Gonna try a system restore and see if that helps. If worse comes to worse, I can drive the error to the manufacturer.


Crashes about 2 minutes after boot now.