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ive been playing SH3 for nearly 2 years or more
about 3 weeks ago i started having problems playing
my monitor started shutting down
somtimes i could alt+tab out of it but now it just keeps crashing and im getting the
SH3 encountered a problem and needs to close message
ive tried clean reinstalls of SH3 and gwx 2.1
even tried clearing everything and installing stock game but that to crashes
cant play at all now any help would be appreciated thanks

Drivers all ok?

If it's the same machine & has worked in the past & a complete new install fails to work then it is more than likely hardware fault or your system (XP) has a problem, does it run stock 1.4b?:-?

thank you for a quick response

platapus yes i think my drivers are ok checked them


reece yes it is happening with stock 1.4 also

i can load and play for a while then my monitor shuts down but if i hit the windows button it goes off straight away

one of my cooling fans as started making more noise could this be the cause

What is SH3 error ? o

It may happen XP has automatic updated and driver changed

Go to Control Panel and check your power settings for the monitoe,,,,they should all be set at 'Never'

a sign appears on my monitor saying

"input not supported"

i think my graphics card has had it
the colours are going all wierd at times

im going to use this opportunity to try and sweet talk the wife into a new computer

thanks for your help its appreciated

A Stoke lass :hmm:

Not much chance of that :lol:

Good luck with the wife matey :up:

A monitor is not likely to cause a program to crash. You probably mean your graphicscard (big difference) inside your pc case (or it's onboard your mainboard). It's a good chance the fan of your graphicscard chip has gone dusty and can't cool enough. I had that a couple of weeks ago, right when we had the worst temperatures outside. I wouldn't buy a new pc right away if you do not need it otherwise. Just clean out the fan (and check the CPU and RAM while you're at it) and see what happends. But BE CAREFULL, static electricity charge kills your chips!!! Ground yourself before opening the case or holding the card!!! Or you will need a new card anyway.

From your description of the problem I would guess that the video card is not seated into the slot properly, turn machine off, remove video card, clean fingers & carefully push back into slot, also make sure your monitor cable plug is screwed in firmly!:yep: