"Monitor is going to sleep" efter några minuter in i Age of Empires III.
Hej!
Jag har sedan nån dag tillbaka följande problem när jag spelar Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties:
(Jag bifogar den engelska text som jag postade på ett Age III-forum)
--------------------------------------
After 2-10 minutes into the game, the screen goes black, and the monitor displays the message "Monitor is going to sleep", and nothing (I've tried all the usual rituals: CTRL+ALT+DELETE, ALT+F4, ALT+TAB, CTRL+ESC, turn the screen off/on) brings the image back or enables me to turn the game off; I have to press the power button on the computer.
I've also noted that the sound of the game freezes up and sounds like "hack-hack-hack-hack" after the screen has gone black, implying that the problem is not with my monitor but with the game freezing up for some reason.
I've uninstalled the game and both expansions and reinstalled them, and also looked for updates (not found any). I've also installed the latest drivers for my graphics card (ATI Radeon 9800).
I had a theory that the graphics card is getting overheated, but some facts confuse me:
>I played Oblivion for an hour or so yesterday without problems, a game that should definitely be more challenging for the system (I don't have so very high graphics settings in Age III)
>Once, Age III froze when I was in the home city menu choosing some new home city cards, not exactly a part of the game requiring a lot from the system, I would think.
I use Windows XP Pro and my Power Settings are: Turn off monitor/Turn off hard disks/System standby - Never/Never/Never
--------------------------------------
Jag kan tillägga att jag har haft problem med att processorn överhettas innan (fixade det genom att köpa en ny fläkt) och då stänger datorn av sig och låter som en siren. Det gör den alltså inte nu, vilket får mig att tro att det är något annat, kanske grafikkortet, men som sagt finns det saker som förvirrar mig där.
Jag vore mycket tacksam för tips eller ideer!
/Andreas
