hey guys!

see... what's happening is: After my comp has been on for a few minutes OR if i do something which was to "put presure" on my video card (like enter a GAME, watch a video file ect.) The computer CRASHED and all goes back. It's still on! but my monitor isn't responding at all (I think it reboots, but the monitor stays black). When this happends the video card accelerates likes crazy and makes 5 times as much noise (I assume it's the fan going crazy)

Weird thing is. I've had this new comp for 6 months now and nothing's ever been wrong... with the Video card or anything els and now suddenly... this. I was ofcourse thinking "Overheating" which would be the obvious answer , but why it would OVERHEAT NOW... when it's been going great for 6 months is beyond me (i've ofcourse cleaned the comp, gotten rid of dust ect.)

I have a:

INTEL Core 2 Duo, 2,14Ghz
Geforce 7900 GS, 256mb
1 gig ram
550W Power...thing
hmm.. what els is needed?

I REALLY hope you can help guys! thank youOk you should check you Video card is seated correctly and also check your fan on the card for dust or blockage of any kind.... Can you also check all you fans come on when the pc is switched on ? what brand is the power supply? was it BOUGHT new or used?

overheating may be an issue here also, as you SUSPECTED. does your motherboard have onboard video that you could try using for a while to see if it doesn the same thing?If it's 6 months old i would check to see if it is still under Warranty...Quote from: Wrangque on October 01, 2007, 03:55:02 AM

(i've ofcourse cleaned the comp, gotten rid of dust ect.)