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Can some one explain why am facing screen black outs while I play a small game like Dota 2. At first I thought it was driver issues but even after changing the version the issue still persists. The black out doesn’t happen when I browse through YouTube or even watch a movie but when I play Dota 2 I face black out after few minutes. I can even hear the music that I play in the background but since I cannot see anything I can only restart the system pc specs - amd ryzen 3500x processor amd Rx 570 graphics corsair vengeance ddr4 8gb ram cooler master 750 gold psu

Hi everyone I have this peculiar problem when I try to play games on my primary monitor. When I launch games it blackouts randomly and sometimes so many times in a row it looks like it's completely turned of. When just on the windows desktop browsing and watching videos it works fine with all three monitors. When I unplug the right monitor, it's completely fine. I can game without any blackouts on the primary monitor. I am using the DisplayPort cable Asus provided with the monitor. I have updated the graphics drivers to version 497.29. Haven't tried uninstalling drivers yet, as it boggles my mind why it works with the right one unplugged. I have tried setting the games to run 1080p on the primary monitor, but no change. Video of the problem: I didn't touch the menus in the video I have provided screenshots of the "Change resolution" settings from Nvidia control panel The setup: Displays: Primary - Asus XG27UQR running @ 4k 143.999hz Secondary left - LG W2343T @ 1080p 59.934hz Secondary right - BENQ XL2430 @ 1080p 59.940hz (settings from windows display settings) My rig: Part picker list of my setup i9 9900ks Intel Z390 Asus Maximus Hero XI WiFi Asus Strix 1080 ti I sincerely hope someone have a solution, or can be of help, because this is out of my capabilities. Regards Klaus

I have a sump pump running under my house that keeps water from coming up from under the floor in the basement. I need a UPS that can run the pump for at least 4 hours because whenever there’s a blackout the water level threatens to rise and flood in. (Which just happened yesterday). I don’t know much about the technical aspect to pick a UPS so I’d like some help. Here’s a link to the pump we’re using: https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-1-2-HP-Stainless-Steel-Dual-Suction-Sump-Pump-500RSDS/308759150 Thank You

I just bought a HP 25es and i think i am having a problem. I have had an older monitor for a while yet this one whenever I click a link the whole screen turns black with a blink. I am very concerned if this is a problem with the Monitor or the HDMI cord. I am checking HDMI could really use help if you have some info to share please do. Thank you all. it also blinks on occasion.

I'm running a triple monitor setup with an Acer GF 27 inch monitor and two lg 22 inch monitors. While running fullscreen or windowed games the center monitor has blackouts almost every 5-10 seconds while in lobbies and loading screens. Just curious if there is a solution to this and if anyone else experiences this issue.

Hi All, I have a 2 month old, Ryzen 2600 & RTX 2070 PC. It’s been working just fine until I moved to college. I set it up in my dorm, and my games kept crashing so I got rid of my overclock that has been working fine before, but it still was crashing, all the drivers were updated and everything. I thought maybe updating my bios would help it, so I did that and my computer would work just fine for a few minutes then the screen would go black for a minute then come back on and it kept doing that. I tried to uninstall the old driver and reinstall then but it just keeps getting worse, I tried to completely reinstall windows but now my screen just goes black and stays black while everything is still on. I made sure everything is plugged in but I don’t know what is going on and why it keeps happening. Everything works fine in the BIOS it’s just when I boot into windows it starts going black. Any help is appreciated, I just want my computer back. Thanks

Note: I am not sure whether if this is like news worthy on this forum but I think this could be interesting topic to talk about regardless and since this is actually about tech, it should normally fit in. If not, feel free to remove the thread or lock it. Summary of articles: Earlier this month, the Belgian government warned the people about possible power outages due to the lack of nuclear power plants active. Those that are offline are under maintenance. Only one shall be active in the winter period as well as a gas-fired power station just outside of Brussels. They also noted that international electricity supplies from neighboring countries are not sufficient enough for the country. The people won’t be feeling anything about the supply gap until November. The prices about electrical delivery has jumped up as high as 411 euros (roughly $484) a megawatt-hour, compared to the average of 60.19 euros ($69,95) over the past year. Belgian authorities are hoping for a non-chilly winter in Europe. Once it gets colder, the demand for heating obviously rises and limits the available power export to Belgium, since neighboring countries prioritize serving their own residents first. Belgium is also planning on phasing out their nuclear power plants by 2025. The plants who have started their operation between 1975 and 1985, are having safety issues over the past recent years. Without the proper plans and plants to replace the capacity, Belgium could be heading towards a supply crunch. The closures of these plants (including a few old gas-based facilities), will lead to a power generation shortfall of 3.6 gigawatts, according to GlobalData (London-based analysis and data provider). There are some solutions that could add some to the capacity like renewable energy, but the density of the country itself limits that possibility. As a note, Belgium isn't the country struggling to keep their old reactors safe. (Elia = Belgium’s Electricity Transmission System Operator) Quote from VRT article: Personal opinion: I don’t buy it. The last 3 years (I assume), the government has been saying about these possible power outages, but it never came to it (as far I am aware of). The timing about these maintenance routines seem to be a little bit of out place, then again these things should happen. But, these power plants seem to be having failures multiple times throughout the past few years as mentioned in the summary. If the government is indeed right this time, I would be slightly surprised and ashamed. Also, as mentioned above, Belgium is planning on phasing out nuclear power plants. I honestly wonder about the supplies then. Sources: 1. Morison, R., Belgium faces Winter blackouts as aging reactors falter, Bloomberg, 2018-09-26, (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-26/belgium-faces-winter-blackouts-as-aging-nuclear-plants-falter) 2. Electricity supplies cannot be guaranteed in November, VRT NWS, 2018-09-27, (https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2018/09/27/electricity-supplies-cannot-be-guaranteed-in-november/)

Blackouts and Power out surges are unpredictable, so its a must to buys a UPS, but as gamers use high wattage PSUs finding the right UPS is tricky, also is it nessasary to use a UPS?

Hey guys, I've got a bit of a problem... I live down south, in country VIC, and for around 1-3 hours every day, my internet either constantly drops out every 5 minutes or so for around a minute or it slows right down to dialup speeds and even trying to download pictures from imgur is near impossible. I know someone who lives in the northern suburbs of Sydney and she has the same problem, only worse. Her mum rang up Telstra and they said they're "having problems in the area". My mum has seen some contractors laying cables in the area and I know they were supposed to start construction on the NBN in my area around this time last year. A week or so ago I saw some contractors laying cables to the house next door, which has recently been renovated in the last few years and doesn't look like it'd need rewiring or anything. What I've been experiencing with the cutouts would be what I'd expect if they were pulling cables out and plugging them back in at the nodes/exchange, but I doubt that they wouldn't be able to keep the connection running while doing that. I'm on Telstra. What do you guys think? Is anyone else having the same trouble? If so, are you with Telstra or someone else? If this is FTTH or even FTTN, I'm super excited. If not, well... Super disappointed with Telstra.