Monitor Going into Standby

[pr0t0_89]

I have this new rig

AMD 64 3500 939nm 90nm
MSI Platinum Neo4 SLI
1gb Patriot XBLK PC3200
BFG geforce 6800gt PCI-E
74gb Raptor 10kRPM drive
Plextor PX-716A DVD/RW drive
and just got a 520W PSU from OCZ pretty sweet


Ok, i had this system running on about 50C normally and loads at maybe 60C i dont remember, but the thing is that whenever i started any gaming or benchmarking related to video, the computer monitor would go into standby. This is after all the loading is done. I tryed a lot of things and nothing worked out so i RMA'd the card.

One thing that was bothering is that my mobo uses a 24pin ATX connection and my older PSU which was of 430W, didnt have this so i went and bought this new 520W PSU from OCZ which is pretty sweet, and i did it because a lot of people were telling me to get another PSU, do u guys think my computer was crashing because of this????

My card arrives this week, i just want to know opinions.

This happened everytime, i even reinstalled windows a couple of times and even made an install in which i could change the IRQ for the video card. This didnt work either.

Any help would be greatly appraciated.

 

[mentok1982]

The last time I answered this question (when using 3D apps my monitor goes black) the problem was that the video card was not connected to the power supply.

 

[pr0t0_89]

I was looking at a photo of a PC using a grofrce 6800gt video card and it had a power cable connected to the Card, but i didnt notice that, i thought that the power to the card came from the PCI slot, or the additioanl 4 pins in the 24 pin ATX connection instead of the 20pin connection.

Do all GT cards have a direct connection to the power supply???

 

[Jewball]

Do all GT cards have a direct connection to the power supply???

I am 99.9% sure that they all do.