Quick question

[Conman]

Damn I was hoping that was the problem because that's cheap and easy to fix. I think it could be a more serious problem then, when I play a game (any game) after between 10 seconds and 5 minutes the screen goes black and the sound starts to loop. Is this a serious hardware problem? Thanks for the help so far and any future help too.

[I Hunta x]

it could be your graphics card starting to die, have you got a spare one you can test?

[Conman]

Starting to die! I only got it last year in March :'( I've got a 8600GT lying round so I'll try that... just have to find it.

EDIT:

Well it seems you were right. So far it runs perfectly. Is it possible that it's a problem with the PSU or is it the GPU?

[Conman]

I hate to do this but... *bump*

[Diablo]

What PSU have you got and what graphics card. If the PSU is not supplying the power, the system would generally just reboot. You have reloaded the drivers (sound and graphics) to be on the safe side.

[I Hunta x]

if could be the psu not suplying enough power mabey

this 7800gtx im using atm (temp card i had laying around) is on its last legs, flickers/kicks me out of games sometimes like it can be ok with cod2 then work fine with cod 4, then the next day play up with cod 2 but work with cod 4.

you could try to get an rma on your card and then if the new card still plays up it will probably be your psu. i cant realy think of anything else it might be.

[Conman]

Originally Posted by name='Diablo'

What PSU have you got and what graphics card. If the PSU is not supplying the power, the system would generally just reboot. You have reloaded the drivers (sound and graphics) to be on the safe side.

The PSU came with my case its 450W by Antec, I don't know what model though. The graphics card is a PNY 9600GT. The reason I think its the PSU is because the 9600GT requires a seperate cable whereas my old GPU gets power strait from the mobo.

Originally Posted by name='I Hunta x'

if could be the psu not suplying enough power mabey

this 7800gtx im using atm (temp card i had laying around) is on its last legs, flickers/kicks me out of games sometimes like it can be ok with cod2 then work fine with cod 4, then the next day play up with cod 2 but work with cod 4.

you could try to get an rma on your card and then if the new card still plays up it will probably be your psu. i cant realy think of anything else it might be.

What's an rma? (sorry if its a stupid question)

[Diablo]

I would say it may well be a problem with the PSU, as it is only 450W (even if it is a decent manufacturer). If you want, you could try RMAing (Return manufacturers authorisation a fancy tech name of saying send it back for repair or replacement)

[Conman]

Ahh ok, I think I'll probably just get a new PSU afterall I have been eyeing up the Corsair HX 750W which should be plenty. Thanks for the help guys

[Diablo]

Its a very nice PSU, I bought my Dad one, and now I'm really jealous