Help!! Graphics problem?

Ghoul Slayer · 01-23-2012, 05:43 PM

I've run into this problem with other games too. When I try to play alien swarm my monitor stops getting a signal (it does this when I turn my computer off too). My monitor is a Element Model # FLX - 2611B. It is a flat screen HDTV. It is connected to the computer via VGA cable. The TV/Monitor is about 5 years old. Here are the rest of my stats:
OS: Windows 7 64-bit ultimate SP1
CPU: AMD Phenom 9650 quad core
GPU: Nvidia GTX 260 w/1gb ram
RAM: 6.0gb

Euphytose · 01-23-2012, 06:32 PM

Have you tried updating your drivers?
Heat issues maybe? (graphic card and/or monitor)

Ghoul Slayer · 01-26-2012, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Euphytose

Have you tried updating your drivers?
Heat issues maybe? (graphic card and/or monitor)

Yes, I have updated my drivers. I did it last week when I tried to run a different game. It's not a heat issue because this starts when I try to open the game (not after having it run for awhile) and I have a Corsair H50 liquid cooling system. I've had the same problem with several other games. The only one I ever got working when I had this problem was L4D2. I don't remember what I had to do but it was a very involved process. It has something to do with my graphics card but I'm not sure what exactly nor do I know how to fix it. If I remember correctly, when I had this problem with L4D2 I had to go into one of the file folders and add lines of script to get it working. I just double-checked, my graphics driver version is 285.62 which is the latest version.

I went back to find out what I did to get L4D2 working which was right click the game from the steam library list> properties> launch options> type in -autoconfig or -safe. I tried it on this game -autoconfig did not work at all, -safe opens it in a small window which I can't resize.

Ghoul Slayer · 01-30-2012, 04:28 PM

Bump :

Euphytose · 01-30-2012, 05:57 PM

Try with another monitor.

daniu · 02-01-2012, 02:57 AM

It's very probably to do with the video resolution the games switch to; the graphics card then sends a signal which is out of range for the monitor.
It might be possible to give your driver a frequency range for each resolution, but I doubt it.
The other thing you can do is try to force a resolution you know works, maybe by editing configuration files for the game you're trying to start.
In AS, this guy seems to have had the same problem; try adding
-h 1920 -w 1080 -fullscreen
to the launch options (if your monitor is 1920x1080, otherwise adjust).

01-23-2012, 05:43 PM	#1
Ghoul Slayer Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 16	Help!! Graphics problem? I've run into this problem with other games too. When I try to play alien swarm my monitor stops getting a signal (it does this when I turn my computer off too). My monitor is a Element Model # FLX - 2611B. It is a flat screen HDTV. It is connected to the computer via VGA cable. The TV/Monitor is about 5 years old. Here are the rest of my stats: OS: Windows 7 64-bit ultimate SP1 CPU: AMD Phenom 9650 quad core GPU: Nvidia GTX 260 w/1gb ram RAM: 6.0gb

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01-23-2012, 06:32 PM	#2
Euphytose Join Date: Jun 2009 Reputation: 261 Posts: 3,554	Have you tried updating your drivers? Heat issues maybe? (graphic card and/or monitor)

01-30-2012, 04:28 PM	#4
Ghoul Slayer Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 16	Bump :

01-30-2012, 05:57 PM	#5
Euphytose Join Date: Jun 2009 Reputation: 261 Posts: 3,554	Try with another monitor.

02-01-2012, 02:57 AM	#6
daniu Join Date: May 2009 Reputation: 145 Posts: 1,269	It's very probably to do with the video resolution the games switch to; the graphics card then sends a signal which is out of range for the monitor. It might be possible to give your driver a frequency range for each resolution, but I doubt it. The other thing you can do is try to force a resolution you know works, maybe by editing configuration files for the game you're trying to start. In AS, this guy seems to have had the same problem; try adding -h 1920 -w 1080 -fullscreen to the launch options (if your monitor is 1920x1080, otherwise adjust).