What might cause the "black screen" flash

[beno]

Hi ,

i still experience this problem,when in a game black screen flashes and my LCD shows " No Signal Detected ! " , then game back to work again .

What might cause this problem pls ?

 

[Pallimud]

Can you explain better exactly when this happens? Be as detailed as possible or else it is hard to try to give a solution.

Thanks

 

[beno]

Nothing , but when i am playing games like Fifa11 or COD4 Multiplayer also other ones , i always have this black screen flash with "Signal Not Detected" showed on the screen , then it back to work again and i can play .

i had saved before a pic of the alert message ( in the taskbar ) of this error , if it might help

what might be the mean factor that causing this problem ?? should i run tests on VGA or CPU or RAM or any something else?!

these also my Spec:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 260 S.O.C
2G Ram
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7200 @ 2.53GHz, 2533 MHz
Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Waiting for any further questions or suggestions

 

[Pallimud]

Go to www.nvidia.com and download the latest drivers for your video card. See if that helps and post back here.

 

[beno]

this is an old pic as i said , i already downloaded the latest driver (v266.58) and its installed .

but the problem was happening through all previous drivers,not a specified one.

 

[Pallimud]

What is your power supply?

 

[beno]

its OCZ 600W StealthXStream Power Supply

 

[Pallimud]

Do you have another socket to plug your graphics card into? If so, try doing that and see if it stops the problem.

If not, then this is what I would do. Uninstall all nvidia drivers. Run Driver Sweeper (you can google and download it) and remove all nvidia drivers with it. Then restart the computer and see if windows gets a driver. If it does, then try playing your games and see if you still have the issue. If windows doesn't find a driver, then install the one from nvidia and then try. If you have the original CD that came with your graphics card, try that driver and see how it works.

Hope one of these works for you.

 

[beno]

Socket of power supply ? no it comes with only 2 sockets for VGA

i will try what you suggest and report here soon , sir . xD

 

[Pallimud]

Socket to plug the graphics card into the motherboard. You'll have to open your computer to see if there is another one. If so, just take the graphics card out gently and then plug it into the other socket.

 

[beno]

sry,my bad xD

not it has a single socket for VGA . (GA-EP35-DS3L)

 

[benski]

Check your temps with MSI afterburner or something and make sure the card isn't overheating.

 

[beno]

Run Driver Sweeper (you can google and download it) and remove all nvidia drivers with it.

Done with Success !

Then restart the computer and see if windows gets a driver.

Done with Failure ! > it keeps giving error during installing the driver.

If windows doesn't find a driver, then install the one from nvidia and then try

Done but still processing and trying and i will report here soon.

If you have the original CD that came with your graphics card, try that driver and see how it works.

Hope the previous step works before trying this one 😀

Check your temps

what temps should not be excessed by VGA or CPU ?

 

[benski]

Not sure on your particular card, but anything over 85 under normal use would worry me for either.

 

[beno]

Not sure on your particular card, but anything over 85 under normal use would worry me for either.

thanks , benski.

 

[beno]

Well, the problem was not totally solved but now it doesn't happen a lot like before and this is great.

thanks for the big help , bros .

 

[beno]

Best answer selected by BeNo.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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