Lately my computer has been giving me a strange issue, which takes place mostly while playing games such as League of Legends, Skyrim, or Diablo 3. At seemingly random times, my computer screen freezes, the graphics look cut up and 'shattered' (for lack of a better term), and my sound becomes terribly distorted and etchy for around 2 seconds, after which the game closes and I am left with only my desktop. From this point I cannot open any other program without it looking graphically distorted and giving me error messages until I restart my computer. Everything runs fine for anywhere between 2 to 12 hours before the same thing happens again. Originally I thought this was a graphics card issue so I reapplied the thermal compound, cleaned the card, and turned up the fanspeed to double what it was previously doing (from 25% to 50%). The problem occurred once again despite these changes and led me to believe that it was not a problem with my graphics card. I don't know what else could have caused this issue, and any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated as I do not want to end up swapping out component after component in an effort to find the solution. I'm not sure where else to post this since I am not sure of the root of the problem. System Specs: AMD Phenom II x4 Processor Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Graphics Card Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel RAM BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX 128M AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard OCZ 700W ATX12V Power Supply
The CPU temp gets to about 54 C at maximum. The GPU, however, sometimes gets to around 70 C. But if it was the GPU causing the problem would my sound also be messed up? I have a rather large case with 4 case fans installed in it.
70 is way too high, sounds like it is getting too hot then starts to break down.. and the cpu temp is a little high also... should be below 45..
Well I bought a new CPU fan today, installed it, and I had the same crash. The GPU and CPU temperatures at the time of the crash were 56 C and 51 C, respectively. My GPU fan was at 100% with new a new thermal compound on it, while my CPU had a brand new fan installed on it. What bothers me is that it has run games at much higher temperatures and still not crashed. Any ideas on what else could be the source of the problem?
