dboucher
01-19-2006, 11:57 AM
Hi all,
Havent had any probs with computer for a while now but last couple days while playing Path of Neo, and then today while just sitting idly in windows or browsing, screen has gone black, but the computer itself is still on. When i hit the restart button it tries to restart but just sits there blinking the dvd's lights and not doing much else. I have to actually turn it off and then on again. Even then a couple of times, it has loaded into windows REALLY slowly.
Any ideas?
I'm running a AMD 3000+, 6800 with all pipelines unlocked, and 1gig ddr ram.
Someone elsewhere had suggested for a similar sounding problem that dust acumulation could be a likely culprit (leading to increased temps) so i've tried to get rid of as much as i could - any tips for that (i've got three fans on the case and two on the GPU plus the normal one on the CPU...)?
Any help much appreciated,
Cheers,
dave.
Havent had any probs with computer for a while now but last couple days while playing Path of Neo, and then today while just sitting idly in windows or browsing, screen has gone black, but the computer itself is still on. When i hit the restart button it tries to restart but just sits there blinking the dvd's lights and not doing much else. I have to actually turn it off and then on again. Even then a couple of times, it has loaded into windows REALLY slowly.
Any ideas?
I'm running a AMD 3000+, 6800 with all pipelines unlocked, and 1gig ddr ram.
Someone elsewhere had suggested for a similar sounding problem that dust acumulation could be a likely culprit (leading to increased temps) so i've tried to get rid of as much as i could - any tips for that (i've got three fans on the case and two on the GPU plus the normal one on the CPU...)?
Any help much appreciated,
Cheers,
dave.