Both monitors keep going into power saving mode - hardware issue?

teb · 30 Sep 2010 at 15:35

I was using one standard dell monitor and every so often it would go into power saving mode, my computer would still be running as I could hear the sound and my friends in on-line games said I was still connected to the server. I tried turning off all the power-saving options and any other control panel settings which could affect this.

I then plugged in my second monitor to see if it was a monitor issue but now I have both connected and they both have the same problem intermittently.

Recently it has been flicking on and off quickly for a while before it goes dead and into the power saving mode.

Does anyone know how to rectify this? I pretty sure it's not a monitor issue when I have tried two monitors and they both present the same issue.

Thanks in advance.
Sam.

95thrifles · 30 Sep 2010 at 15:57

Id say try updating your gfx drivers, if you havent already
Have come across this before but cant remember what it was that resolved but pretty sure its software related

teb · 30 Sep 2010 at 16:09

My drivers are the latest, so I think I'll try rolling them back a couple of months and seeing if that helps.

teb · 30 Sep 2010 at 18:15

It's still doing it with the older drivers. :\

teb · 1 Oct 2010 at 02:25

Would anybody else happen to have any suggestions?

vintage-x · 2 Oct 2010 at 07:49

whats the specs??

I had this problem when I stuck my 4850 into my old dell rig. Figured it was to do with the card not getting enough power because the power supply was 350w and I had a q6600 4gb of ram 2 hdd a dvd-rw and of course the graphics card. Put the card in my HTPC with similar specs but with a 450W power supply problem solved.

Either that or the graphics card is over heating