At random intervals during almost any task my computer has begun to stop giving video output and the monitor goes blank claiming it is going into power save mode. It is worse during games in which it feels like it only goes about 5-7 minutes into the game before the monitor goes into power save mode. Though this happens during even the most mundane tasks (surfing the web, watching a movie, etc). I know the computer is still running as I can hear the sounds from my task continuing without me.
All of the power settings are set to "Never". I have tried rolling back drivers. I have tried upgrading drivers. I have reseated the video card and the RAM. I have thoroughly dusted the computer with compressed air several times. I have tried different monitors. I seriously doubt it is a heating issue as I have a box fan near by that runs at high and I have tried to run with the case open to air. I seriously doubt it is any sort of power issue as it is the exact same setup I have used for 7 months or so (when I upgraded the video card) without change and this issue hasn't occurred until about 2 weeks ago.
Some days this never happens, other days it happens frequently. The only notable thing that "seems" to fix it is removing one of the 512 MB sticks of RAM, as I was able to go without the issue for 2 days. Yet is that really the issue? As it seems to start up and utilize the RAM just fine. EDIT: Nevermind, even with RAM removed the issue occurred.
So I come to this forum at a loss of what to do. Attached is my DxDiag. Does anyone have any ideas?
EDIT 2: I can only guess the video card is slowly failing after only 7 months but I've never heard of a card failing like this.
All of the power settings are set to "Never". I have tried rolling back drivers. I have tried upgrading drivers. I have reseated the video card and the RAM. I have thoroughly dusted the computer with compressed air several times. I have tried different monitors. I seriously doubt it is a heating issue as I have a box fan near by that runs at high and I have tried to run with the case open to air. I seriously doubt it is any sort of power issue as it is the exact same setup I have used for 7 months or so (when I upgraded the video card) without change and this issue hasn't occurred until about 2 weeks ago.
Some days this never happens, other days it happens frequently. The only notable thing that "seems" to fix it is removing one of the 512 MB sticks of RAM, as I was able to go without the issue for 2 days. Yet is that really the issue? As it seems to start up and utilize the RAM just fine. EDIT: Nevermind, even with RAM removed the issue occurred.
So I come to this forum at a loss of what to do. Attached is my DxDiag. Does anyone have any ideas?
EDIT 2: I can only guess the video card is slowly failing after only 7 months but I've never heard of a card failing like this.