Quick question regarding monitor shutting of.f

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Hi,
Apologies if in wrong section, but as I don't know the cause I don't really know where to post!

Ok, I have just started playing Call of Juarez, however after a short time when I'm playing my screen will suddenly go black and it appears the monitor goes into like a standy mode (green light turns to amber).

I've had this before in Crysis. Crysis is a graphic intense game and I believe Call of Juarez is too. Could it be my graphics card is overheating and shutting down? If so would chucking this in (if I have room??) help cool it and stop the problem?

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specs:
Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 Glaciator+ 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB)
Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Akasa Zen case
 
No, it sounds like the game freezes and starts making wierd noise, like the same sound repeating over snd over but a bit fuzzy too.

All cables are secure. havn't tried reseating the card though, although I will give it a go.

Have downloaded Core Temp so will run that and have a look.
 
Thanks, will look at my audio drivers.

I installed HWMonitor. After running the game for about 5-6 mins, I exited and had a look, HWMonitor recorded the graphics card (Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 Glaciator+ 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express) temperature at around 91-92 celcius. Is this too hot? Could this be the problem?

It crashed again earlier, this time I tried alt-f4 to close the game, but nothing. Just weird game noises, then the computer just reset itself (after about 5 seconds of the black screen).
 
Ok, I just opened the CCC up and looked at the Performance tab, where AMD Overdrive settings are. Currently it says AMD Overdrive is enabled. The fan speed is on automatic and is currently set at 60%. As its automatic will it increase the fan speed if the temp goes up? or does it stay at 60% regardless?

Is it worth putting it up to 100%?

CCC Settings screenshot
 
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Ok, I bumped the fan feed to 100% and was playing earlier for about 45 mins. Temp went up to about 83-84 but didnt seem to go higher. No crashes yet. Will try it again tonight and play for longer.
 
Quick update again. Upping the fan speed to 100% doesnt seem to have worked. At one point during the game I checked the temp and it reached 97 celcius. Plus it has shut down on me again a few times.

With the fan at 100% should it be reaching these temps? Could it be a faulty fan?
 
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