Monitor enters suddenly power save mode locks up machine

monitor enters suddenly power save mode locks up machine
I have all power saving settings at never in windows
I had 4x in 9 months bizarre crash suddenly my monitor turned black then went into energy saving mode then I was unable to reset using button I had to shut down by turning off power supply
HELP
amd quad core 980 msi 890fx-gd65 corsair twinx ddr 1333 2x2 gb
seasonic s series 520w psu
swiftech polaris129 powercolor 6790
coolermaster storm enforcer 2x 200mm
dell Dell UltraSharp U2212HM

Well, a few things could cause such a problem and it could be a true pain in the butt to narrow down.
How old is the computer? 9months
When this happens, is it when you are playing a game or other high load process?first times on web last 2 idle
If so are you keeping track of temperatures via core temp or some other program?using speccy and bios
Anything in the event log? nothing unfortunately
Any Graphical distortion other than the screen turning black or do you ever see a window popping up telling you a driver re-set was required. some window screen almost overlay in photshop 7 intermittent
Have you run memtest to check the memory? some portable apps and benchmarking apps
If its not a new comp, have you cleaned the comp recently and verifed all the fans are working.
Have you done an error check on the HDD? fans are ok
running win xp sp3

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