colontos
Recruit

Hello,
This problem is not specific to M&B (for me, at least), but I thought maybe someone might have heard of it.
Sometimes when I'm playing a game that puts some strain on the video card, the PC will suddenly conk out. Screen goes black and there is no sound from the speakers or from the PC itself (e.g. grinding, fans spinning, etc.). I have to use the power button to turn the PC off. If I just turn it back on, it doesn't really start. The light on the case turns on, and there's a brief hum, and then nothing.
If, however, I open up the case and push on the video card, and then restart, everything works fine. The card is always hot when I have to do this.
So what I think is happening is this: when the card is working hard, the fan spins fast to cool it off, and the spinning of the fan causes the video card to dislodge itself from the PCI slot. Although, when I look at it, it isn't obviously out of place, and when I push it back in, there's no click or anything obvious. But after I push on it, it always works.
I'm not overclocking or anything, just running games. Has anybody ever heard of this and/or know any way to fix it?
This problem is not specific to M&B (for me, at least), but I thought maybe someone might have heard of it.
Sometimes when I'm playing a game that puts some strain on the video card, the PC will suddenly conk out. Screen goes black and there is no sound from the speakers or from the PC itself (e.g. grinding, fans spinning, etc.). I have to use the power button to turn the PC off. If I just turn it back on, it doesn't really start. The light on the case turns on, and there's a brief hum, and then nothing.
If, however, I open up the case and push on the video card, and then restart, everything works fine. The card is always hot when I have to do this.
So what I think is happening is this: when the card is working hard, the fan spins fast to cool it off, and the spinning of the fan causes the video card to dislodge itself from the PCI slot. Although, when I look at it, it isn't obviously out of place, and when I push it back in, there's no click or anything obvious. But after I push on it, it always works.
I'm not overclocking or anything, just running games. Has anybody ever heard of this and/or know any way to fix it?