red dots on screen

[markisb]

Hey guys this probably isnt the place to ask but
im having a problem with my gpu. Sometimes when i play a game i will be playing fine then all of a sudden the computer will freeze with red vertical red dots on the screen and the sound will 'freeze" (eg: daaaaaaa).Its been happening for a while but the last 2 days its been happening more frequently. Does any body know whats wrong or how to fix it?.

my pc specs are:
intel e7400 @2.8ghz
4 gb ram
9600gt 512mb (core:640\ shades:1600\ memory:1050)
win vista 32bit

 

[phoenix352]

buy a new video card.... yours seems to be dying.or if you overclocked it you need to put it back to normal before it fry's itself.

 

[Danzaivar]

Sounds like your computer is overheating. If it was just the graphics card then I don't think the sound would freeze as well.

Buy better cooling, if you're overclocking then stop overclocking, etc.

 

[godevit]

I had the same problem with a gpu some time ago.
and as it was said above it is cooling try to change your gpu cooling or fix the one you are having correctly. good luck....

 

[markisb]

ok. Thank you for your help.

 

[Vrach]

Check if anything's overheating. I personally use CPUID Hardware Monitor, look it up and download it, it's free. Can also get SpeedFan, it keeps an eye on the temperatures too (and has icons to show what's high and what's fine if you're not sure).

Anyway, check the temperatures on everything after the PC freezes (or well, after the restart). CPU should be below 60 degrees (and that's if it's hot outside and you don't have anything but basic fans), graphic card below 70/80. If the numbers are far above that (my graphic card once went to 117), see which it is and that's your problem.

If you have the guarantee on it still, just get it replaced, don't take no for an answer. If it's expired and the problem is the video card, you can try updating the drivers first (and/or rolling back to some older ones), I do remember an NVidia card having driver trouble where the fan would stop/not accelerate properly, just not sure if it's 9600 or 9800.

Be careful though, don't let it make your entire computer a mess in the process, replacing one component is a hell of a lot cheaper than replacing your entire PC.

 

[markisb]

Check if anything's overheating. I personally use CPUID Hardware Monitor, look it up and download it, it's free. Can also get SpeedFan, it keeps an eye on the temperatures too (and has icons to show what's high and what's fine if you're not sure).

Anyway, check the temperatures on everything after the PC freezes (or well, after the restart). CPU should be below 60 degrees (and that's if it's hot outside and you don't have anything but basic fans), graphic card below 70/80. If the numbers are far above that (my graphic card once went to 117), see which it is and that's your problem.

If you have the guarantee on it still, just get it replaced, don't take no for an answer. If it's expired and the problem is the video card, you can try updating the drivers first (and/or rolling back to some older ones), I do remember an NVidia card having driver trouble where the fan would stop/not accelerate properly, just not sure if it's 9600 or 9800.

Be careful though, don't let it make your entire computer a mess in the process, replacing one component is a hell of a lot cheaper than replacing your entire PC.

my drivers are up to date. i use another application that i cant think of right now and my cpu never goes above 65 even when overclocked. but my gpu once went up to 77, but i dont always have it on and by te time i boot back up the cpu/gpu has cooled back to normal. i cant take it back because i have overclocked it and voided the worrenty. also it was bought in another country.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Make sure that there is no dust clogging up the GPU fan.

Honestly though, sounds like it's dying. There is a grey area between "dead" and "alive", but once it's on the decline I'd say it's pretty well fucked.

Find out if it's still in warrantee.

 

[Vrach]

my drivers are up to date. i use another application that i cant think of right now and my cpu never goes above 65 even when overclocked. but my gpu once went up to 77, but i dont always have it on and by te time i boot back up the cpu/gpu has cooled back to normal. i cant take it back because i have overclocked it and voided the worrenty. also it was bought in another country.

Well that's what happens when you overclock :<

65 degrees is relatively high for a CPU, mine keeps under 50 and that was during summer (37-40 degrees outside) under full pressure (WoW raiding).

Same with graphics, I've got an ATI card that keeps between 50 and 60 degrees and compared to NVidia, they run hotter so you're heating your's up quite a bit.

Dunno what to tell ya, take it to a service and see with them what you need to replace.