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I have forwarded what fixed my issues many times. I believe in adding to the solution instead of adding to the chaos of problems. My original post can be found here ---> http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/456889-skyrim-complete-pc-crashes/page__st__1070 FYI, I am not the poster of the video. What sucks about the issues involving losing signal to monitors is the fact that it could be hardware or software. In my case it was software. For others it may be hardware. I initially thought it was hardware related before I checked my voltage on my PSU. As posted earlier, make sure your PC has proper ventilation and your PSU is up to the task. As for the CTD issues/losing textures after an hour or so of game play, this issue was resolved via the 4gb mod, which I believe was implemented via 1.3 version of Skyrim. I haven't tried pulling the .DLL file from my directory, but why should I at this point. The game runs great for me and there is no need. I find it extremely important to note that I have my overdrive DISABLED via the CCC software that is installed with my ATI drivers. As with most games, having this enabled will cause all sorts of problems. I personally tried to increase my fan speed because I thought that my GPU was overheating and it made the game extremely unstable. I've also had issues with other overclocking proggy's but haven't tested it with Skyrim. To those who are losing signal to their monitors with other games after playing Skyrim, try reinstalling your video drivers. I had no issues with other games but maybe something carried over. It's my best guess. Other than that, you may in fact have hardware issues. Maybe those with less than 8GB's of memory might continue to have texture/CTD issues. It's my best guess. My rig. 955x4 AMD OC'ed 3.8 GHZ M4A87E-T ASUS MOBO 8GB MUSHKIN MEMORY 6950 SAPPHIRE ATI best of luck. failsafe

Hello guys. Just reporting back. My monitor issues have now been resolved and I managed to play for 12 hours yesterday with absolutely no issues. Not even a CTD around riften which was common. My fix? Dropped the .DLL file into skyrim dir. and ran the 4gb mod. Also ATI CCC is turned off. Previously my game would CTD, and my monitors would shut off immediately when I opened my map for any reason. This happened for about 2 weeks before I came across my fixes. If you are having the same issues, check out my post here -> http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/456889-skyrim-complete-pc-crashes/page__st__1070 FYI, I didn't have to deal with any audio driver upgrades. I run an onboard sound card via the ASUS M4A78_T. To those who screamed PSU issue from the mountain tops, This is proof. My rig. AMD 955 Phenom II OC'ed to 3.8Ghz Asus M4A78E-T 8GB Mushkin memory Sapphire ATI 6950 Thx and I hope this helps.

Does the computer says it´s going to sleep or no signal?I´m no expert but I had that problem with my old computer and nobody knew what was it not even on the internet, after I changed my graphic card it stopped, when I upgraded my computer I discovered my PSU was just 300 W and the graphic card where the crash happened needed more -.- I upgraded my computer on a good computer shop and asked if that could be the reason for my old crash and they said they never heard of such crash but could be it since the graphic card didn´t had more energy to get it would just crash.I spent 2 years trying to figure out how to solve that old crash.If that is your problem check how much watz does your PSU handles and see if that´s what your graphic card needs.As I said I´m no expert this is just what happened to me. A bad PSU could certainly cause all sorts of problems. I can assure you that it wasn't the reason my monitors where shutting off. It wasn't hardware related, It was software related. The reason I know this is because I have solved my problem via the .DLL file I got from my post earlier. I am able to run 5 Eve online clients at once with no issues at all.

I tried this same solution. Once I added this line to skyrim.ini I would CTD everytime I opened map. Took out the lines and map would open for about 2 minutes before my monitors would start losing signal again. Eventually the problem would get worse. Hopefully yours stays fixed.

Found this gem. It worked for me. After opening the world map, my monitors failed to receive signal. Searched 2 weeks for a solution and this finally worked. What I did was, first I set compatibility for windows 7. Some post report that skyrim by default uses compatibility for vista. Not sure if it's true, but like I said, It worked for me. Secondly, I downloaded a .DLL file from here ---> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ICEDIU66 Unzipped the file and dropped it in my skyrim directory. Now all I get is the random texture glitch and the random CTD. BUT my monitors are no longer shutting off. FYI, To those who are getting Grey Screens of Death....Or Random colors/stripes....via the 5000 ATI HD series cards, this is a common issue with the cards. I had a 5870 that ran great until I added another monitor. I RMA'ed once and the issues still reoccurred. It has something to do with the memory clock. Unfortunately games and multiple monitors make the card go all whackadoo, and games take a crap in when overdrive is enabled via ATI's CCC. So under clocking the memory via CCC to compensate for the GSOD is a nogo. I heard of a firmware update to underclock the cards have worked but by that time I had already bought a 6950 which works wonders. Hope this helps.

I've already tried this, and it was fine for almost 3 days... And then, bam, black screen of death again. Now I'm getting it in the other games also, and I'm pissed as hell! Did you reinstall the video drivers after you started having the same issue with other games? I also use driver sweeper to clean out the clutter after I reinstall my drivers. If I was you, I would reinstall the game, update drivers or reinstall drivers and use driver sweeper. This is definitely has to do with software as I can run 4 clients of eve online with pretty damn good FPS on 2 monitors. Try, hopefully it works out for you. btw, system specs as follows.. AMD 955 OC'ed to 3.8ghz 8gb of mushkin memory M4A87T Asus MoBo 6950 Sapphire ATI 1gb Video card Duel Monitor Setup 750Watt Thermaltake PSU Game was purchased via steam.

Go Here for the file to download which is linked via the video's description above. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ICEDIU66 The Above link fixed my issues. Read the description for details. It's a simple .dll file dropped into the skyrim directory. This file evidently is suppose to be a fix for ATI/AMD cpu and video cards. Every time I opened my map, my monitors would lose signal resulting in a hard reboot. After dropping the .dll file into the directory AND setting compatibility to windows 7, everything worked fine. I've been looking for a solution to this problem for 2 weeks now....thank god this one worked. Please respond with your results. Failsafe