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Hofflerand · 01-25-2007, 11:09 AM

Hi all, I'm not great with computers. The computer I have has given me many problems over the past few years so I know how to tinker around a bit, but nothing special.

My problem is that I keep getting the Blue Screen of Death, usually when I alt-tab out and then back into a somewhat demanding game (for my computer, at least). It also happens while I'm simply playing it, but not as often.

The BSoD passes so fast that I can't really read what it says, but I think it's got something to do with my processor overheating (I checked in the BIOS and my processor was running at 58 degrees Celsius, so I assume it's a lot higher while Counter-Strike Source is up + music is playing). I remember when talking to tech support on the phone, one of the employees told me to turn off AMD Cool 'n' Quiet, so I just tried turning that back on.

Does anyone have any advice? My computer can use a bit of a clean-up,which I intend to do soon.

My specs are as follows:
Processor-AMD Athlon 2.0 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz
Videocard-GeForce 5950 Ultra 256mb
RAM-Corsair 1b
Harddrive-Maxtor 90gb (basic speed, forgot exactly)

I forgot what PSU I have and I can't think of anything else that matters.

Thank you in advance for your help,
Stephen

01-25-2007, 11:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Hofflerand Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Computer crashing a lot :( Hi all, I'm not great with computers. The computer I have has given me many problems over the past few years so I know how to tinker around a bit, but nothing special. My problem is that I keep getting the Blue Screen of Death, usually when I alt-tab out and then back into a somewhat demanding game (for my computer, at least). It also happens while I'm simply playing it, but not as often. The BSoD passes so fast that I can't really read what it says, but I think it's got something to do with my processor overheating (I checked in the BIOS and my processor was running at 58 degrees Celsius, so I assume it's a lot higher while Counter-Strike Source is up + music is playing). I remember when talking to tech support on the phone, one of the employees told me to turn off AMD Cool 'n' Quiet, so I just tried turning that back on. Does anyone have any advice? My computer can use a bit of a clean-up,which I intend to do soon. My specs are as follows: Processor-AMD Athlon 2.0 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz Videocard-GeForce 5950 Ultra 256mb RAM-Corsair 1b Harddrive-Maxtor 90gb (basic speed, forgot exactly) I forgot what PSU I have and I can't think of anything else that matters. Thank you in advance for your help, Stephen