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stat1x · May 23, 2005, 10:47 PM // 22:47

yep just bought the game yesterday..play it for about 1-2 minutes and then something wierd happens to me..screen goes black and says no signal and i cant turn it back on unless i restart computer..and its not the screen itself..ive tried 2 different lcd screens in 2 totally different sockets..and i can play other games on it..just not this one..wow this sucks please help..

Tone · May 24, 2005, 10:23 AM // 10:23

I had this problem the other day, the screen just went black with no signal, i though that my LCD moniter was broken but it was fine when i restarted my computer.

It has not happened since though.

EnDinG · May 24, 2005, 01:42 PM // 13:42

Its your power supply.

Guild Wars sucks up a mighty bit of energy so that your system can run it. Very stressful game.

I looked over your DX and your system, even if its pretty slow, should run the game long as you play on very low settings with no excess programs running.

I'll guess you've had that computer for the last 3-4 years, which is a long time for a power supply to run for. If you have a spare one or are able to borrow one from a friend, try to replace your current one and check to see if the monitor still shuts off.

Ramus · May 24, 2005, 02:10 PM // 14:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by EnDinG

Its your power supply.

Guild Wars sucks up a mighty bit of energy so that your system can run it. Very stressful game.

I looked over your DX and your system, even if its pretty slow, should run the game long as you play on very low settings with no excess programs running.

I'll guess you've had that computer for the last 3-4 years, which is a long time for a power supply to run for. If you have a spare one or are able to borrow one from a friend, try to replace your current one and check to see if the monitor still shuts off.

I totally agree, it sounds like a power supply problem. That should run the game fine, I do not see anything horribly wrong. Usually if a computer starts, but nothing happens, it will be the blasted power supply.

stat1x · May 24, 2005, 06:02 PM // 18:02

ok power supply..how do i check this?..or replace it...what do u mean exactly..and yeah this comp is like around 3 1/2 years old...im gettin a new laptop this weekend..ill prolly just wait and put this game on it..

stat1x · May 24, 2005, 06:08 PM // 18:08

k my friend has a spare power supply and hes bringing it over..i should know if thats the prob in an hour...

EnDinG · May 24, 2005, 06:19 PM // 18:19

Sounds good.

Also check your cords just incase. The odd time they might not be plugged in all the way. Its happened to me in the past... =\

There should be a label on the PSU with how much it can handle.

Fate · May 24, 2005, 07:12 PM // 19:12

Power supply? I donno where you guys are getting that from. I'm getting the same problem (Radeon 9600SE). Once (only once) I got an error, something to do with the VPU, but I don't know if it was related. Anyways, I thought this problem was being caused by an interaction between GW and Winamp, but even when Guild Wars is the only program running I still get this problem sometimes.

My computer has been running games just fine for years. Quake 3, Half Life, Half Life 2, Jedi Knight 3, even the Doom3 alpha. They all run. Sure I don't get great FPS on my system with some of these games, but they run and the video doesn't cut out like with GW.

Sys specs:
Abit 333r mobo
Athlon XP 1600 (1.54 ghz)
768 DDR RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Fate · May 24, 2005, 07:15 PM // 19:15

More info:

Even after the video cuts out the sound keeps working and I can still use my keyboard to send in game messages.

Occassionally instead of the screen going all black it will get very dim and only display the right half of the screen (like it gets pushed over so the left side of the screen is... off screen)

stat1x · May 24, 2005, 11:27 PM // 23:27

well bad news..i took my power supply out realized it was a 250 so i thought that the problem was fixed when i stuck my friends 430 in it..loaded up the game played it for about 30 seconds and the screen turned off again..i think i quit trying to make it work on this desktop ill just wait till this saturday to load it onto my laptop...thanks anways

EnDinG · May 25, 2005, 02:29 PM // 14:29

Ok, hope the laptop works well.

Fate: No dust on the CPU? Your video card might be cutting out. The fan is clean and running smoothly?

Fate · May 25, 2005, 06:23 PM // 18:23

Video card has a heatsink, not a fan. And all my fans are working fine. Donno why this problem is happening, but it only happens in this game.

Kitar · May 25, 2005, 06:57 PM // 18:57

Have you tryed updating video drivers? It sounds like a driver issue.

stat1x · May 25, 2005, 10:06 PM // 22:06

well i goto hardware then i search to update driver...then it says cant find any better updates..when u say update..do i goto nvidias site or something?

Gristy · May 25, 2005, 11:02 PM // 23:02

yes www.nvidia.com the first menu item is download drivers