Game crashes when monitor is turned off

709zzy

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This has happened a few times now when I am running FF14 and Diablo 3.
If I turn off the monitor by hand while the game is still running, the game will crash and a warning comes up and says unexpected error. Does anyone know what the problem might be?

My system:
i7 4790k
MSI R9 290x
Asus VN247
Catalyst 14.7
 
Well, since the monitor is off, there is no screen that the computer can detect to send the video output to and therefore the game crashes. Most monitors still receive video output while turned off, but it seems your acts as if it is not even connected when turned off.
 

709zzy

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Could it be a graphic card issue? I have had a blue screen while watching youtube video too. It says something about atikmdag.sys thread exception. I never had this kind of problem back when I was using gtx 770...