display shuts off at random

[Harold Hartley]

The way they make things now, they don’t last as long so that you will have to spend more money for more equipment.

On Sun, Aug 25, 2019, at 22:22, Jim wrote:
> I had thought that it might be getting old, but I only bought the video card new 3 years ago. How long should one last? Psensor shows the temperature of the card at 77°C, but the specs show the maximum allowed temperature is 102°C. It just started doing this a few days ago. I guess I could go into my parts box and find another video card to put in there until I get a chance to buy a new one.
> 
> thanks
> 
> On 8/25/19 10:13 PM, Harold Hartley wrote:
> > 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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