I went to a bunch of trouble to buy an off-the-shelf silent PC with modest gaming capabilities and this is what it’s gotten me–hilarity.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Anitec_SilenT3_PC
I can’t tell if my PC is on or off–it’s that quiet. Har de har har.
So when my screen just FADED off, I immediately suspected my video card (an actively cooled Sapphire HD4670 card–not some passive one without a fan that would typically melt–though I have one of those too that I’ll try swapping in later) but couldn’t tell if my PC overall had shutoff…
…since I had taped over the single LED on the tower with black electrical tape.
Wow. I failed even worse than usual and posted this in Games not Hardware. Need more coffee. Can someone move this post?