Thanks for the imput. I got dust remover again today, cleaned every part. Worked for 3 hours and then did it again =( . Going to do what you guys recommended in your posts.
Hello there... I'm having an issue w/ my 2 year old computer and it has gotten to the point that I think I might just go and sell it / trash it. The specs are: AMD Athlon 3500, Radeon X850XT, 1gig ram, Windows XP and an Nforce mobo, 420 watt psu.
About a year ago when I got Oblivion I first encountered the problem. I played the game fine for 3 days, and on the 4th day the screen froze and a crazy multicolored grid appeared. My pc's temp on the front of my case never seems to go above 105ºF but my video card seems to run hot. I fixed the problem temporarily. I had reformatted and dled the latest drivers... which didnt work, but then I dusted out the entire case and it worked for a good 8-9 months. I didnt see the problem again until WoW's expansion BC came out. In the "Outlands" I started crashing the first couple days. The problem eventually went away.. without me doing a thing. The computer has worked fine up until about a month ago when I started playing Oblivion again, and seems to be getting worst. I cannot play WoW for more than a 1/2 hour some days before crashing. Instead of the screen freezing and displaying that grid-like thing... instead it goes black and then the sound cuts 5-10 seconds after. I tested Ram w/ test I downloaded, but I havent tried the test that u need a floppy for. I also took off the side panel to the case and blew a fan on High directly into the pc... bringing down my temperature on the front of the case to 80º F and it still crashed. Plz share some insight. Thanks.
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