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PC crashes while playing games.


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Armatzur

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Whilst playing a game my screen goes black, then it goes to a random dark color, sometimes grey sometimes brown and it makes this kinda loud noise going like BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, just like that. Then theres nothing else to do but restart from button. It has been like this for something like a year and a half, not entirely sure, if you can however help me it would be greatly appreciated, i myself think its a hardware problem, but no way to fix that without spending a lot of money.
PC specs:
Processor: Pentium® Dual-Core CPU 2.7 GHz Performance Rated at: 4.05 GHz
Ram: 4GB
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
700 GB hard drive and I am using Windows 7 home 32bit.
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Hi Armatzur ... :wave: ..:welcome:

does it only happen playings game...
if you can remember that far back did it start after installing any new hardware or software
look in the device manager for any yellow or red ! or ? marks
what is the make and model of your computer
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Hi Armatzur ... :wave: ..:welcome:

does it only happen playings game...
if you can remember that far back did it start after installing any new hardware or software
look in the device manager for any yellow or red ! or ? marks
what is the make and model of your computer

It happens with basically every full screen executable i think, i have reinstalled windows after the problem happened, yes there is 1 yellow mark.

What do you mean, make and model, where can i check that?

Edited by Armatzur, 20 June 2012 - 10:48 AM.

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don't quote my replies...just your answers will be fine

make and model means who made the computer and what version number...like this
Toshiba Satellite L755-S5349

get a screenshot of the device manager and post it back here...
here's how...
when you have the screen up that you want to capture...click on the ALT key + PRT SCR key..its on the top row..right hand side..now click on start...all programs...accessories...paint....left click in the white area ...press CTRL + V...click on file...click on save...save it to your desktop...name it something related to the screen your capturing... BE SURE TO SAVE IT AS A .JPG ...otherwise it may be to big to upload...
then after typing in any response you have... click on browse...desktop...find the screenshot..select it and click on the upload button...then on the lower left...after it says upload successful...click on add reply like you normally would...
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Sorry my PC is in Estonian, its easier for my parents to understand. And the model i guess is ORDI House? Also i have basic computer knowlege so you dont have to instruct me through that. I have never needed the maker and model for anything so that's why i didnt know. Also if you wish, when my computer crashes i will take a picture of the screen and how it looks like, probably wont help but still if you wish that let me know. Also heres a link to the website where it has been bought
https://pood.elion.e...rvuti/ORDIMUSIC it's in Estonian but you might get something out of it.

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Edited by Armatzur, 21 June 2012 - 12:09 AM.

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Also i have basic computer knowledge so you dont have to instruct me through that.

you may not need instructions on exactly what to do but some other people may see the topic and want to try the fixes but they do not have your knowledge so I, like most other staff here, put it all in...
I have no idea who that manufacture is
sorry but we have a language barrier that I will not be able to overcome
the best advice I can give you is to search for the manufactures website...support section and try getting all your drivers from them and reinstall them all starting with the chipset driver...then the video driver
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The picture you have given there is not the desire by Tech Moderator. You should give the screenshot of your device manager. You can find this by right clicking on 'My Computer' and then go to properties. Then go to Device manager from the left panel.
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protiti

Thank you for your contribution.
However the screenshot is device manager

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