black screen

Occasionally when I drag or resize a window, my monitor screen
will suddenly go black. The picture comes back on in two or three
seconds, and the message pops up that my video card ran into a
problem but recovered. This has happened six or eight times since
I got my new Dell Studio XPS 9000 computer with Windows 7 on it.
My video card is an nVidia GeForce GT 220 with 1024MB of RAM.

Does anyone know what causes this? I've read numerous accounts of
exactly the same problem in various forums, but no explanation and
no certain solution.

-Al-

Al Smith wrote:
> Occasionally when I drag or resize a window, my monitor screen will
> suddenly go black. The picture comes back on in two or three seconds,
> and the message pops up that my video card ran into a problem but
> recovered. This has happened six or eight times since I got my new Dell
> Studio XPS 9000 computer with Windows 7 on it. My video card is an
> nVidia GeForce GT 220 with 1024MB of RAM.
>
> Does anyone know what causes this? I've read numerous accounts of
> exactly the same problem in various forums, but no explanation and no
> certain solution.
>
> -Al-
Have you checked the drivers are up to date?
I cant really talk because i am having problems with my computer, but
usually if something like that happens it will be a driver issue. Check
the nVidia site and download the latest drivers for your video card.

TheDeadWolf wrote:
> Al Smith wrote:
>> Occasionally when I drag or resize a window, my monitor screen will
>> suddenly go black. The picture comes back on in two or three seconds,
>> and the message pops up that my video card ran into a problem but
>> recovered. This has happened six or eight times since I got my new
>> Dell Studio XPS 9000 computer with Windows 7 on it. My video card is
>> an nVidia GeForce GT 220 with 1024MB of RAM.
>>
>> Does anyone know what causes this? I've read numerous accounts of
>> exactly the same problem in various forums, but no explanation and no
>> certain solution.
>>
>> -Al-
> Have you checked the drivers are up to date?
> I cant really talk because i am having problems with my computer, but
> usually if something like that happens it will be a driver issue. Check
> the nVidia site and download the latest drivers for your video card.


That's next on my list. I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with
my video card, because it works just fine all the rest of the
time. I'm figuring it must be either a glitch with my video card
driver, or a glitch with Windows 7.

-Al-

In article <nSi2n.61032$PH1.34073@edtnps82>
Al Smith <> wrote:

>TheDeadWolf wrote:
>> Al Smith wrote:
>>> Occasionally when I drag or resize a window, my monitor screen will
>>> suddenly go black. The picture comes back on in two or three seconds,
>>> and the message pops up that my video card ran into a problem but
>>> recovered. This has happened six or eight times since I got my new
>>> Dell Studio XPS 9000 computer with Windows 7 on it. My video card is
>>> an nVidia GeForce GT 220 with 1024MB of RAM.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what causes this? I've read numerous accounts of
>>> exactly the same problem in various forums, but no explanation and no
>>> certain solution.
>>>
>>> -Al-
>> Have you checked the drivers are up to date?
>> I cant really talk because i am having problems with my computer, but
>> usually if something like that happens it will be a driver issue. Check
>> the nVidia site and download the latest drivers for your video card.
>
>
>That's next on my list. I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with
>my video card, because it works just fine all the rest of the
>time. I'm figuring it must be either a glitch with my video card
>driver, or a glitch with Windows 7.
>

That is a known issue in Windows 7.
My guess that it would be fixed by Microsoft soon.

It happens no matter if you have your card driver updated and regardless
of the brand of the card/chipset.

"No Spam" <> wrote in message
news:...
> In article <nSi2n.61032$PH1.34073@edtnps82>
> Al Smith <> wrote:
>
>>TheDeadWolf wrote:
>>> Al Smith wrote:
>>>> Occasionally when I drag or resize a window, my monitor screen will
>>>> suddenly go black. The picture comes back on in two or three seconds,
>>>> and the message pops up that my video card ran into a problem but
>>>> recovered. This has happened six or eight times since I got my new
>>>> Dell Studio XPS 9000 computer with Windows 7 on it. My video card is
>>>> an nVidia GeForce GT 220 with 1024MB of RAM.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know what causes this? I've read numerous accounts of
>>>> exactly the same problem in various forums, but no explanation and no
>>>> certain solution.
>>>>
>>>> -Al-
>>> Have you checked the drivers are up to date?
>>> I cant really talk because i am having problems with my computer, but
>>> usually if something like that happens it will be a driver issue. Check
>>> the nVidia site and download the latest drivers for your video card.
>>
>>
>>That's next on my list. I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with
>>my video card, because it works just fine all the rest of the
>>time. I'm figuring it must be either a glitch with my video card
>>driver, or a glitch with Windows 7.
>>
>
> That is a known issue in Windows 7.
> My guess that it would be fixed by Microsoft soon.
>
> It happens no matter if you have your card driver updated and regardless
> of the brand of the card/chipset.

I must find out whats wrong with my computer as It does not do it

Al Smith <> wrote:

> TheDeadWolf wrote:
>> Al Smith wrote:
>>> Occasionally when I drag or resize a window, my monitor screen will
>>> suddenly go black. The picture comes back on in two or three seconds,
>>> and the message pops up that my video card ran into a problem but
>>> recovered. This has happened six or eight times since I got my new
>>> Dell Studio XPS 9000 computer with Windows 7 on it. My video card is
>>> an nVidia GeForce GT 220 with 1024MB of RAM.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what causes this? I've read numerous accounts of
>>> exactly the same problem in various forums, but no explanation and no
>>> certain solution.
>>>
>>> -Al-
>> Have you checked the drivers are up to date?
>> I cant really talk because i am having problems with my computer, but
>> usually if something like that happens it will be a driver issue.
Check
>> the nVidia site and download the latest drivers for your video card.
>
>
> That's next on my list. I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with
> my video card, because it works just fine all the rest of the
> time. I'm figuring it must be either a glitch with my video card
> driver, or a glitch with Windows 7.
>
> -Al-


I've seen the black screen on occasion. "SpywareBlaster" being a known
culprit. I just imagined it being a stage of "should I be 32 or 64-bit?"
or what? Never crashed.

Andy
Win7(64)

Use the maximum resolution the monitor can do at 60 megahertz.

Al Smith wrote:

> Occasionally when I drag or resize a window, my monitor screen
> will suddenly go black. The picture comes back on in two or three
> seconds, and the message pops up that my video card ran into a
> problem but recovered. This has happened six or eight times since
> I got my new Dell Studio XPS 9000 computer with Windows 7 on it.
> My video card is an nVidia GeForce GT 220 with 1024MB of RAM.
>
> Does anyone know what causes this? I've read numerous accounts of
> exactly the same problem in various forums, but no explanation and
> no certain solution.
>
> -Al-

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Tony <> wrote:

> Use the maximum resolution the monitor can do at 60 megahertz.

Not always possible. Using the default resolution is always a good
thing but we don't all have the eyesight that would make that possible.
I'm using 1027x768 and I really need to go even lower resolution for
best visibility but 800x600 barely works on my monitor... <sigh>

Until they make 10 foot monitors some of us will be using very low
resolution settings. :-(

No Spam wrote:
> In article<nSi2n.61032$PH1.34073@edtnps82>
> Al Smith<> wrote:
>
>> TheDeadWolf wrote:
>>> Al Smith wrote:
>>>> Occasionally when I drag or resize a window, my monitor screen will
>>>> suddenly go black. The picture comes back on in two or three seconds,
>>>> and the message pops up that my video card ran into a problem but
>>>> recovered. This has happened six or eight times since I got my new
>>>> Dell Studio XPS 9000 computer with Windows 7 on it. My video card is
>>>> an nVidia GeForce GT 220 with 1024MB of RAM.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know what causes this? I've read numerous accounts of
>>>> exactly the same problem in various forums, but no explanation and no
>>>> certain solution.
>>>>
>>>> -Al-
>>> Have you checked the drivers are up to date?
>>> I cant really talk because i am having problems with my computer, but
>>> usually if something like that happens it will be a driver issue. Check
>>> the nVidia site and download the latest drivers for your video card.
>>
>>
>> That's next on my list. I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with
>> my video card, because it works just fine all the rest of the
>> time. I'm figuring it must be either a glitch with my video card
>> driver, or a glitch with Windows 7.
>>
>
> That is a known issue in Windows 7.
> My guess that it would be fixed by Microsoft soon.
>
> It happens no matter if you have your card driver updated and regardless
> of the brand of the card/chipset.

There seem to be a lot of reports about it on the Net. Some people
are having the exact same problem as me -- a couple of seconds
black screen when they resize windows or drag windows -- and some
are getting persistent black screens. I checked my video driver --
no point in installing it, since it was written in 2006. The
generaic MS driver will be more up to date.

What I did try was reducing my refresh rate from 75MHz to 60MHz. I
moved it up to 75MHz shortly after getting the computer, and I may
have done it before this problem surfaced, I can't remember for
sure. So now I'm going to see if the problem still happens at
60MHz. It hasn't happened yet since I reduced the refresh rate.

-Al-

"TheDeadWolf" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Al Smith wrote:
>> Occasionally when I drag or resize a window, my monitor screen will
>> suddenly go black. The picture comes back on in two or three seconds, and
>> the message pops up that my video card ran into a problem but recovered.
>> This has happened six or eight times since I got my new Dell Studio XPS
>> 9000 computer with Windows 7 on it. My video card is an nVidia GeForce GT
>> 220 with 1024MB of RAM.
>>
>> Does anyone know what causes this? I've read numerous accounts of exactly
>> the same problem in various forums, but no explanation and no certain
>> solution.
>>
>> -Al-
> Have you checked the drivers are up to date?
> I cant really talk because i am having problems with my computer, but
> usually if something like that happens it will be a driver issue. Check
> the nVidia site and download the latest drivers for your video card.

I would check the Dell site first, to see if they have an updated driver for
your
particular computer. Sometimes, the drivers are customized for a particular
machine.

Dave