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21-Jul-2008, 07:13 PM #1
possible video card problem
I believe this is a problem with my video card, but I would like to see if anybody else could confirm this for me.

One day I started having issues with my computer. This problem occurred when every I tried to run some video games. When it would attempt to switch to full screen I would experience a hardware failure of some sort and my computer would immediately loose power and restart. I thought that my old power supply might not be putting out enough power any more so I replaced it and that did not solve the issue.

The odd thing is that when I run never winter nights it would run for a short period of time, until all of the production logos and credits had been displayed and the actual game started.
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21-Jul-2008, 07:33 PM #2
Almost seems like something is getting to hot?
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21-Jul-2008, 07:38 PM #3
I have added an extra fan and even kept the case open with fan blowing on it. It could be getting hot but I doubt it. It only does it when it switches to full screen.
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21-Jul-2008, 07:50 PM #4
Nevermind.
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23-Jul-2008, 07:46 PM #5
I have made sure it wasn't a cooling problem. So, I might have to buy a new graphics card. I just wish I knew for sure before I spent more money trying to fix it.
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