Would a malfunctioning vid card cause the the monitor to go black (puts the monitor in sleep mode) and freezes the computer?Batman wrote:While that is always a possibility it would somewhat surprise me.ThatGuyFromThatPlace wrote:Could be a Direct X problem, try installing the latest direct and see if that helps.
While residual malware might of course be the issue if the problem ONLY persists with high-performance (by local standards) graphics-intensive games, it might be as you assumed earlier-it's the graphics card, not the CPU, that is overheating.
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"Whilst human alchemists refer to the combustion triangle, some of their orcish counterparts see it as more of a hexagon: heat, fuel, air, laughter, screaming, fun." Dawn of the Dragons
ASSCRAVATS!