hello all,
My computer monitor has been shutting off completely randomly for the past two months and it's extremely frustrating. What happens is:
-monitor goes black and seems to have lost the signal
-if i am listening to music, the sound shuts off
-the light on my mouse (blue) turns off
-the light on my tower stays ON(solid, not blinking), though i cannot shut the computer down manually by holding this during this state
-the two fans i have keep running
-the only way to turn off my system is to flip the power surge protector off for at least 30 seconds(sometimes longer) and flip it back on again
I've cleaned my cpu heatsink as well as dust and alcohol swabbed just about everything on my computer. I have an on board graphics card as well as a discerte higher quality graphics card which is what i actually use. What i've done in testing is taken out my discrete card and used my onboard card and the problem still occurs. i've tested each of my four RAM DDR2 sticks and slots and the problem still exists. Even in SAFE mode, the problem stills exists.
-this problem occurs at random times meaning it could be idling, i could be watching youtube videos, i could be reading articles online, i could be in microsoft word, i could be playing multiplayer games(RTS's/Shooters), i could be doing ANYTHING and it still happens. Sometimes it will stay on without the problem for days, other times it will happen multiple times a day in rapid succession.
ANYONE. please. help. me... everyone's thoughts are welcome and appreciated.
My computer monitor has been shutting off completely randomly for the past two months and it's extremely frustrating. What happens is:
-monitor goes black and seems to have lost the signal
-if i am listening to music, the sound shuts off
-the light on my mouse (blue) turns off
-the light on my tower stays ON(solid, not blinking), though i cannot shut the computer down manually by holding this during this state
-the two fans i have keep running
-the only way to turn off my system is to flip the power surge protector off for at least 30 seconds(sometimes longer) and flip it back on again
I've cleaned my cpu heatsink as well as dust and alcohol swabbed just about everything on my computer. I have an on board graphics card as well as a discerte higher quality graphics card which is what i actually use. What i've done in testing is taken out my discrete card and used my onboard card and the problem still occurs. i've tested each of my four RAM DDR2 sticks and slots and the problem still exists. Even in SAFE mode, the problem stills exists.
-this problem occurs at random times meaning it could be idling, i could be watching youtube videos, i could be reading articles online, i could be in microsoft word, i could be playing multiplayer games(RTS's/Shooters), i could be doing ANYTHING and it still happens. Sometimes it will stay on without the problem for days, other times it will happen multiple times a day in rapid succession.
ANYONE. please. help. me... everyone's thoughts are welcome and appreciated.
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