every once in a while my computer will lock up and I'll get this purple screen thats all f'd up. It almost looks like that matrix thing where green numbers roll down the screen

things to note: sometimes this is permanent, forcing me to shut down my comp with the power button. Other times my computer will snap out of it.

90% of the time it happens when I'm on youtube, but today this happened when I had warcraft 3 opened and not youtube (this time it snapped out of it though, and its not the first time with warcraft 3 opened)

What are your C.P.U., G.P.U., R.A.M., drives, case, fans, and any other peripherals that are consuming power?

This post was edited by L4d on May 25 2012 08:46pm

Dying graphics card most likely.

/e.

Due to lack of RAM I believe.

This post was edited by Weird0ne on May 25 2012 08:48pm

His graphics card might be overheating.

i already bought a new card months ago, the one that came with my computer died



are you asking how much power each of those things consume? how would I check?

Yes could very possibly be one of these. I would also make sure that all drivers and windows updates e.t.c. are ALL UP TO DATE.


This is not an overheating issue. If it was the computer would just shut itself off once a component reaches it tj.max

well I have a pretty high end computer but the games I'm playing atm are nothing intense (warcraft 3, runescape)

When my 4870 was overheating during W.o.W., it would cause the screen to become black, but it would be playable after a while without doing anything, and S.W.T.O.R. would freeze with looping sound.

This post was edited by L4d on May 25 2012 09:03pm

post the components?

quad i5 3.2 processor

gtx 550 ti

8g ddr3

1t hard drive