Resolved Monitor computer compatability

Can anyone advise me as to why my monitor locks up, humms a few seconds and goes dark when I try to run video files in microsoft? I believe it is only bing. When this happens the only way I can re-boot is physically unplug machine from A.C. . No button works, monitor button freezes, and when I unplug for 10 or more seconds then replug I can use the regular system button to go to a selection like starting in safe mode or it will start itsself after a countdown.

 

Your graphics card may be overheating or going bad.

 

Are you sure it is your graphics/monitor locking up? It sounds like to me, it is your computer locking up, not your graphics.

Where is that sound coming from? The computer speakers or from inside the computer case.

Why do you believe that? Bing is just a search engine. It does not run on your machine.

This could easily be a heat related issue. Is the interior clean of heat trapping dust and dirt? Does it lock up in Safe Mode? Have you scanned for malware? Are all your fans spinning?

When did the problem start? Tell us more about your computer and OS.

 

Hello Bill, The hum is comeing from the built in speakers on the monitor. Also had it happen while running an MSN video. It happened once while I had just booted up so I am not leaning toward heat. Have not tried safe mode but will, thanks for the suggestions. My system should be listed unless I goofed, will check.

 

Thanks. I don't assume the one listed is the one with problems. People often have more than one computer, or are helping a friend or relative with their computers.

As for your system specs, I highly doubt you have 800Gb of RAM! I suspect you meant 8Gb.

I think I would try to connect my computer's audio out to a different set of speakers just to see if some interference is not coming from within the monitor itself. If your computer supports headphones, you might try that - as long as the headphone jack is not being fed by the monitor's audio circuits.

Are all your computer devices connected to the same wall outlet? No two wall outlets have the exact same resistance to ground and in some situations if you have one device in one outlet (say, the computer) and the other device connected to another outlet (the monitor), you can get a "difference of potential" that, if significant, can result in "noise" being "induced" in the audio. This is more likely in older buildings, but cannot be ruled out in newer ones either.

Do make sure all your cable connections are tight. A loose connection can result in a loose ground, reducing interference suppression.

 

Youre right Bill, 8 GB, Appreciate your suggestions and will give it a try. Will check outlet use also, just will take a while since everything is blocked in on a L shaped configuration. Surge protector looks like a drunk spider. Will let you know. Have a nice memorial day.

 

I did. Last May. But I hope to have a nice "Labor Day" and wish you one too!

 

Bill-- Sorry about the goof on memorial day. Took side of and cleaned out the machine, no problems yet so far. Gonna list this as solved to save space. Do you know of a good monitor program to keep track of heat in cpu and interior of machine. Thanks again for the help.

 

Bill---Will put on finished after I hear from you on program

 

I have not seen that HW monitor but will check it out. Here's my little canned text on HW Monitors:

Your motherboard utilities disk should have a monitoring program (or check for a more recent version on your motherboard or PC maker's website). If none, I use and recommend CoreTemp for newer Intel and AMD64 CPUs, or RealTemp for Intels. SpeedFan is a great and popular alternative, or you can try Motherboard Monitor. Unfortunately, I have found that these programs often have problems properly identifying and labeling the sensor they are reading. The temperatures shown are as accurate as the inexpensive, low-tech sensors will allow, but it may say System Fan instead of CPU Fan. Fortunately, the programs do allow you to edit the labels, so I use Everest to verify the temperatures (as it is able to match sensor with label correctly), then edit the label in the monitoring program. In Everest, look under Computer > Sensor, then wait a couple seconds for the readings to appear. Unfortunately, Everest does not minimize to the system tray to show real-time temperatures, otherwise, you could use Everest instead of the others. Check but do not rely on the temps shown in the BIOS Setup Menu. While they are likely correct, running the BIOS Setup Menu is probably the least demanding task you can ask of your computer so it does not show the temps when the system is being taxed. But if the BIOS Setup Menu temps are high, you have a problem that needs to be corrected. HWMonitor, from the makers of CPUID is also very informative, but does not minimize to the system tray.

I get nervous when CPU temperatures hit 60°C. While most CPUs are capable operating at higher temps, system stability issues arise and long term exposure to very warm temperatures increases component aging (including the CPU socket and surrounding devices). GPU (graphics processing unit) temperatures typically run considerably warmer with 80°C not uncommon.​

 

I don't know that accuracy is really the issue because they are just software monitoring the very same motherboard, HD, CPU, RAM and GPU sensors - put there by the hardware makers. That is, for any given system bus clock cycle, sensor C will read some hexadecimal (I assume) number, and that number equates to some already defined temperature value. And regardless the HW monitor used, it is going to get the same number and value, for "that" bus clock cycle.

But there are millions of clock cycles every second, each monitoring program will have their own sampling rate, and each program will start sampling at a different time (point in the boot process) too. Not to mention the little sensors themselves are pretty low tech and not necessarily accurate in the first place.

No two programs are ever likely to sample the exact same sensor sample. So I am saying, I don't believe accuracy could ever really be determined, without some external measuring device like a halfway decent Laser Guide Infrared Thermometer.

That said, accuracy here is like your bathroom scale, consistency is much more important than accuracy. If 150lbs weighs in at 153lbs every time, you can still manage your weight with accuracy. Same with temps. If always off by the same amount, you can still watch to see when it is time to clean the heatsink of heat trapping dust.

Not just OEM systems. Many entry level motherboards don't have any sensors to monitor either. But you usually can still monitor the CPU as all CPUs have thermal sensor and protection features built in.

I am starting to really like that Open Hardware Monitor. It is much more flexible than I remember. Can you change the system tray font color? The black text on my dark blue taskbar is too hard to see.

 

@Tom F - this is still your thread - we are just having a side discussion while we await your return.

I help out at forums because I want everyone to have a good, safe and secure computing experience by sharing what I have learned over the years (before I forget it) and from what I can find with the help of my friend, Bing Google. And it gives me a warm fuzzy when I know I did help.

I've been working IT HW support for 40+ years and one thing has been consistent - there is always MUCH more to learn - and a real challenge if you want (or need, if your job depends on it) to stay current. So the bonus icing on the cake for me for "working" the forums is being exposed to new things and learning from other experts' experiences.

And Open Hardware Monitor is a good example. I have already modified my canned text on HW Monitors.

It does. But I am not talking about the text box when hovering, but the temp normally displayed in the tray.

My taskbar is dark blue. The temp font in the system tray is black by default.

I found it. It is a 2-step process. You first have to select which sensor you want displayed, then you can change the color. I guess my only problem now is, unlike CoreTemp, you cannot have it display just the CPU's highest core temp. It only displays the temp of the core you pre-selected. If you want to know the highest, you must display all 4 cores (if quad-core CPU) then keep an eye on all 4.

CoreTemp lets you display just the highest temp in the CPU - one temp in the system tray, which I like. But of course, CoreTemp is just for CPUs. OHWM displays data on the GPU and drives too. I am certainly keeping OHWM to use for on-demand status info. But for real time, and for me, I will stick with CoreTemp. It has a really nice Gadget too (but so does OHWM).

 

It has been awhile since I did a build with AMD so I did not notice that. If you have Speccy, how does it display the core temps? For my i7, it has Average listed under the main CPU section, then under that it has each Core listed with speed info and temps.

 

Great temps BTW. Mine are in the low to mid 50s (time to clean the filters soon), but as you suggest, mine are not exactly the same.

But your Speccy shot confuses me. If you note all my cores are running at full speed 3.15GHz. You have a 2.7GHz processor. I don't understand why Speccy is reporting each core is only running 675.1MHz? (your bus x multiplier). It seems your multiplier should be 16 (168.8 x 16 = 2700.8) or your system has really toggled down to conserve power.