"Gingbeard" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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> Recently I have bought a gaming PC, and after a few hours of such
> gaming, my monitor goes to sleep, the PC is still running and I can
> still be playing my game... just without a monitor! The only way to get
> the monitor to work is to restart the PC.
>
> Any ideas what the problem could be? At first I suspected an
> overheating Graphics card, but could it be other things? could it be a
> RAM problem? what could cause this? Has anyone else had this problem?
>
> I would like to make it very clear that it is not a problem with Vista,
> or its power settings, as the computer remains runnings. It is also very
> unlikely to be the monitor as I bought it new yesterday
>
> Regards
> Jamie Mann
>
>
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> Gingbeard[/color]

Does this happen with just one particular game or any game?

"Gingbeard" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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> ATM, the only game I have on there is World of Warcraft, but I do not
> believe it to be a software fault
>
>
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> Gingbeard[/color]


Are you using a LCD monitor?

What refresh rate are you using?