Gaming and Crashing

> I guess the simplest thing to do is to go to Control Panel>Power
> Options>Hibernate and uncheck the
> Enable Hibernation Box and in Power Schemes where it says Turn off
> Monitor select Never. See if this
> helps. You can use these settings only when you play games if it

> "JoGal" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:%[email protected]..

> > Hello,
> >
> > I have been playing Starwars Galaxies online and periodically my monitor
> > will just go in to power save mode. I can still hear the game going

> through

> > the speakers but there is no way to get back to it except to hard

> > Once in a while it will actually come back to the desktop and then

> Microsoft

> > wants me to report what happened. My system has more than the

> requirements

> > for the game. I have made sure the video drivers are right, replaced

> > power supply to 350 watts. I have 1 gig of memory and a GForce FX 5200
> > graphics card (disabled the onboard graphics). It is a P4 system. This

> is

> > a Gateway 500s.
> >
> > I'm stumped, thought maybe it could be heat because I have added a

> > hard drive, second cd r/w drive and the better graphics card. When I

> > the new power supply it did help some (not happening as frequently) but

> > hasn't stopped.
> >
> > One more thing... does anyone know how to get the windowsxp Help and
> > Support. Even though I did a clean install of windows xp the help and
> > support is Gateway's Help Spot and I don't like it. I can not seem to

> track

> > issues with Microsoft like I used to.
> >
> > Gosh I hope someone has some suggestions for me. This is a very

> > thing!!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > JoLyn
> >
> >

>
>

> Hello,
>
> I have been playing Starwars Galaxies online and periodically my
> monitor will just go in to power save mode. I can still hear the
> game going through the speakers but there is no way to get back to it
> except to hard reboot. Once in a while it will actually come back to
> the desktop and then Microsoft wants me to report what happened. My
> system has more than the requirements for the game. I have made sure
> the video drivers are right, replaced the power supply to 350 watts.
> I have 1 gig of memory and a GForce FX 5200 graphics card (disabled
> the onboard graphics). It is a P4 system. This is a Gateway 500s.
>
> I'm stumped, thought maybe it could be heat because I have added a
> second hard drive, second cd r/w drive and the better graphics card.
> When I got the new power supply it did help some (not happening as
> frequently) but it hasn't stopped.
>
> One more thing... does anyone know how to get the windowsxp Help and
> Support. Even though I did a clean install of windows xp the help and
> support is Gateway's Help Spot and I don't like it. I can not seem
> to track issues with Microsoft like I used to.
>
> Gosh I hope someone has some suggestions for me. This is a very
> annoying thing!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> JoLyn

> JoGal wrote:

> > Hello,
> >
> > I have been playing Starwars Galaxies online and periodically my
> > monitor will just go in to power save mode. I can still hear the
> > game going through the speakers but there is no way to get back to it
> > except to hard reboot. Once in a while it will actually come back to
> > the desktop and then Microsoft wants me to report what happened. My
> > system has more than the requirements for the game. I have made sure
> > the video drivers are right, replaced the power supply to 350 watts.
> > I have 1 gig of memory and a GForce FX 5200 graphics card (disabled
> > the onboard graphics). It is a P4 system. This is a Gateway 500s.
> >
> > I'm stumped, thought maybe it could be heat because I have added a
> > second hard drive, second cd r/w drive and the better graphics card.
> > When I got the new power supply it did help some (not happening as
> > frequently) but it hasn't stopped.
> >
> > One more thing... does anyone know how to get the windowsxp Help and
> > Support. Even though I did a clean install of windows xp the help and
> > support is Gateway's Help Spot and I don't like it. I can not seem
> > to track issues with Microsoft like I used to.
> >
> > Gosh I hope someone has some suggestions for me. This is a very
> > annoying thing!!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > JoLyn

>
> Go back to the heat issue. Make sure that the fans are actually
> turning. I see many computers with fans that fail to start turning
> automatically but will start by hand. Is the video card obstructed from
> air flow, or does it have capability for adding a fan? Fans are cheap.
> Move cables out of the way of air flow, gather up the excess and move
> out of the way of moving air. Perhaps you need an additional case fan?
> An overheated video card will do exactly as you experience.
>
> Q
>
>

> JoGal wrote:

> > Hello,
> >
> > I have been playing Starwars Galaxies online and periodically my
> > monitor will just go in to power save mode. I can still hear the
> > game going through the speakers but there is no way to get back to it
> > except to hard reboot. Once in a while it will actually come back to
> > the desktop and then Microsoft wants me to report what happened. My
> > system has more than the requirements for the game. I have made sure
> > the video drivers are right, replaced the power supply to 350 watts.
> > I have 1 gig of memory and a GForce FX 5200 graphics card (disabled
> > the onboard graphics). It is a P4 system. This is a Gateway 500s.
> >
> > I'm stumped, thought maybe it could be heat because I have added a
> > second hard drive, second cd r/w drive and the better graphics card.
> > When I got the new power supply it did help some (not happening as
> > frequently) but it hasn't stopped.
> >
> > One more thing... does anyone know how to get the windowsxp Help and
> > Support. Even though I did a clean install of windows xp the help and
> > support is Gateway's Help Spot and I don't like it. I can not seem
> > to track issues with Microsoft like I used to.
> >
> > Gosh I hope someone has some suggestions for me. This is a very
> > annoying thing!!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > JoLyn

>
> Go back to the heat issue. Make sure that the fans are actually
> turning. I see many computers with fans that fail to start turning
> automatically but will start by hand. Is the video card obstructed from
> air flow, or does it have capability for adding a fan? Fans are cheap.
> Move cables out of the way of air flow, gather up the excess and move
> out of the way of moving air. Perhaps you need an additional case fan?
> An overheated video card will do exactly as you experience.
>
> Q
>
>