Re: display shuts off at random

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Author: Harold Hartley
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: display shuts off at random
I might mean that the hardware on the video card may be getting a little to warm or wearing out. Something to think about if it’s a dinosaur.

On Sun, Aug 25, 2019, at 21:56, Jim wrote:
> I have a dinosaur running Kubuntu 18.04 with a Gigabyte P35-DS3L
> motherboard and an Intel Core 2 duo E6850 CPU and 8GB RAM. For a video
> card, I have a GeForce GT 520. A few days ago it started acting up.
> Now, at random, it acts as if the video card shuts off. Both monitors
> give a no signal message. However, the software I had running continues
> running. I know this because the dinosaur still plays the audio. The
> keyboard doesn't respond. crtl+alt+backspace doesn't work. I can ssh
> into it, but it won't reboot. The only thing I can do to recover is to
> hold down the power switch until it shuts off, then turn it on again.
>
> Any idea what this might be?
>
> thanks
>
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