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Emansor · 03-19-2009, 07:34 PM

I'm not overclocking the card at all.

I was playing Medieval II Total war and my computer would go to a black screen and freeze. It would only happen with that game so I thought it was a problem with the game, not my hardware.

After the third time I had to restart my computer, I was watching a video with WMP and eventually the monitor had yellow/purple/blue lines across it. I've only ever seen this with an overheating problem.

None of the rails on the PSU are up to required levels, I know, It's next in line for an upgrade.

Just curious if putting a heatsink on the GPU chip would do anything

*Edit*

Are you saying that the card could potentially overheat because it can not draw enough power from the PSU? Currenly my psu is an Allied AL-A300ATX Rev: B
+3.3 - 20A +5V - 30A +12V - 10A

03-19-2009, 07:34 PM	#3
Emansor Member (6 bit) Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 57	I'm not overclocking the card at all. I was playing Medieval II Total war and my computer would go to a black screen and freeze. It would only happen with that game so I thought it was a problem with the game, not my hardware. After the third time I had to restart my computer, I was watching a video with WMP and eventually the monitor had yellow/purple/blue lines across it. I've only ever seen this with an overheating problem. None of the rails on the PSU are up to required levels, I know, It's next in line for an upgrade. Just curious if putting a heatsink on the GPU chip would do anything Edit Are you saying that the card could potentially overheat because it can not draw enough power from the PSU? Currenly my psu is an Allied AL-A300ATX Rev: B +3.3 - 20A +5V - 30A +12V - 10A Last edited by Emansor; 03-19-2009 at 08:32 PM.