ThePimpulator
Junior Member
Just put together:
A64 3200+
Asus A8V Deluxe
XFX Geforce 6600GT AGP
1GB PQI Ram
Now I am a layman so do excuse my crude description/analysis.
When running certain games, before even being able to start playing, my monitor will go black like there is no video signal and the music will stop a couple of seconds afterwards. As I say, this is before the game proper manages to start. It seems to be in a similar place with each game. In Grand Theft Auto Vice City it happens just after clicking to start a game when the intro of the first mission begins to play. I see and hear two characters talking in a scripted scene for all of say three seconds, then monitor is in standby.
Similar with Hitman 2. I click to start a game. The title of the first chapter comes up, "Sicily," I see the first second or two of the into movie, then screen black.
In Deus Ex: Invisible War the screen gles black before I can even do much in the opening menu. I pretty much just move my mouse and its gone.
The only other game I have to test it with is Sim City 4. This plays fine. I note that its a different type of game, graphics wise. The ones that crash are all these 3D first person kind of games. Does that give a clue as to the problem?
On each occassion my system still has the lights on and stuff. I can still hear things spinning.
Thanks for any help guys.
A64 3200+
Asus A8V Deluxe
XFX Geforce 6600GT AGP
1GB PQI Ram
Now I am a layman so do excuse my crude description/analysis.
When running certain games, before even being able to start playing, my monitor will go black like there is no video signal and the music will stop a couple of seconds afterwards. As I say, this is before the game proper manages to start. It seems to be in a similar place with each game. In Grand Theft Auto Vice City it happens just after clicking to start a game when the intro of the first mission begins to play. I see and hear two characters talking in a scripted scene for all of say three seconds, then monitor is in standby.
Similar with Hitman 2. I click to start a game. The title of the first chapter comes up, "Sicily," I see the first second or two of the into movie, then screen black.
In Deus Ex: Invisible War the screen gles black before I can even do much in the opening menu. I pretty much just move my mouse and its gone.
The only other game I have to test it with is Sim City 4. This plays fine. I note that its a different type of game, graphics wise. The ones that crash are all these 3D first person kind of games. Does that give a clue as to the problem?
On each occassion my system still has the lights on and stuff. I can still hear things spinning.
Thanks for any help guys.
