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Thread ID: 118584 2011-06-12 09:42:00 Computer Overheating dpDesignz (15919) Press F1
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1208657 2011-06-17 10:59:00 Well memtest86+ has passed, so just need to try the prime95. :). Thanks for all your help so far guys dpDesignz (15919)
1208658 2011-06-21 12:37:00 So all my tests went fine. I couldn't get it to freeze anymore, so gave it back to my mate. Within an hour of him having it, he had frozen it! Playing CIV. See screenshot for comp dets. Any ideas? dpDesignz (15919)
1208659 2011-06-21 19:59:00 Is that *while* playing the game?

I'm still going to hedge my bets on the GPU...

I take it it's not blue-screening, but everything just goes black?
Chilling_Silence (9)
1208660 2011-06-21 22:43:00 while playing the game. No blue screen or anything. It basically just freezes in spot and you need to crash to get running again. dpDesignz (15919)
1208661 2011-06-21 22:50:00 Freezing is usually memory related in my experience, whether or not it passes memory test.
You could try giving the memory a tweak in voltage, is it running at stock speeds?
SolMiester (139)
1208662 2011-06-21 22:55:00 No idea. How would I do this? I'm pretty sure it is at stock dpDesignz (15919)
1208663 2011-06-21 22:55:00 So just to confirm. No one thinks it's overheating at all? dpDesignz (15919)
1208664 2011-06-21 23:14:00 I still do think it's the graphics card (overheating?). Does your mate have Onboard video?

Pull the graphics card out if you can and run it for a day like that.

Better still, see if you can borrow a replacement card from another mate or something for a day and see how they go.
Chilling_Silence (9)
1208665 2011-06-21 23:17:00 No idea. How would I do this? I'm pretty sure it is at stock

if you select manual setting in bios for memory, you should be able bump the voltage, but as i dont know the motherboard, i cant really say for sure how!
SolMiester (139)
1208666 2011-06-21 23:19:00 thanks @Chilling_Silence. They do have onboard, but the onboard doesn't work. Would this just be because the graphics card is in there?

Good idea though thanks. Will give it a go.

@SolMiester I'll give it a go
dpDesignz (15919)
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