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Monitor 'entering power save' when playing computer games.
Thank you for reading my post, first off.
I am having problems with my computer. Whenever I am playing certain computer games (Age of Empires III, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway), in the middle of the game, the screen will go blank, and a message with 'entering power save' will come across, and the computer will freeze, causing me to reboot my computer manually.
I have contacted both Microsoft and Ubisoft concerning this, and I have tried everything they have suggested, which they both led me back to Dell.
All of my drivers are current.
Here are the specs of my computer:
CPU: Dell Dimensions E521
Monitor: Dell E228WFP
Video card: NVIDA Geforce 9500 GT (Refresh rate: 60Hz)
DirectX verizon 11
Operating System: Windows Vista 32bit
Again, I have all updated and current drivers. Any suggestions (constructive) would be helpful.
Thank you.
DELL-Chris M
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April 25th, 2010 13:00
Disable all power management options. What are the ports on the video card? To what port on the video card is the monitor connected?
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April 25th, 2010 17:00
Chris M,
Thanks for the response.
I disabled all power management options. and there are 2 ports, with 3 connections.
2 DVI ports - I1 and I2
1 S-video port.
The montior is plugged into DVI I2 right now.
Again thanks for the response, look forward to hearing from you soon.
DELL-Chris M
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April 25th, 2010 20:00
Test another monitor on this PC while gaming.