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Gresim7 · 19-08-2008, 07:59 PM

Hi all
I recently had my PC upgraded RAM-wise. Since then an intermittent problem has occurred, sometimes it's fine for a couple of hours, other times it'll happen every few minutes;

The screen goes completely blank and the PC unit keeps whirring away as though it's working fine but I can't get the screen to work again without rebooting the whole lot.

I've tried the monitor with another CPU and the CPU with another monitor and both work perfectly but when I put them together this problem keeps happening and it's driving me mad!

The other thing I've noticed is that every time I shut the PC down it says there are windows updates to be installed (7 or 8 of them) but this never happened previously. The monitor is the same as before the RAM was added.

The other thing I've just realised is that it'll do the crashy thing within a few seconds of opening and starting to use google earth.

Can anyone suggest the cause(s) and possible solutions?

Any advice gratefully received.

19-08-2008, 07:59 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
Gresim7 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3 Status: Offline	Why don't my CPU & monitor get on after upgrade?! Hi all I recently had my PC upgraded RAM-wise. Since then an intermittent problem has occurred, sometimes it's fine for a couple of hours, other times it'll happen every few minutes; The screen goes completely blank and the PC unit keeps whirring away as though it's working fine but I can't get the screen to work again without rebooting the whole lot. I've tried the monitor with another CPU and the CPU with another monitor and both work perfectly but when I put them together this problem keeps happening and it's driving me mad! The other thing I've noticed is that every time I shut the PC down it says there are windows updates to be installed (7 or 8 of them) but this never happened previously. The monitor is the same as before the RAM was added. The other thing I've just realised is that it'll do the crashy thing within a few seconds of opening and starting to use google earth. Can anyone suggest the cause(s) and possible solutions? Any advice gratefully received.