My computer crashes while playing games. The screen either goes black or more commonly some shade of gray with many white vertical lines. The current sound continues for about four seconds then starts skipping. Eventually the computer just turns off (usually I just turn it off).
The crashing is really variable. Sometimes it can happen five times in a day or not for a week. It seems to crash more using higher graphics (not at all on older games unless modded), but I have not kept a record. I will say the probability of a crash definitely goes up while gaming and streaming a video.
I've tried to fix this problem many times before, and here is a link to another thread I created for this problem recently with a few more details:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1696128/frequent-crashes-gaming.html
I'm a total noob at this stuff and any help would be appreciated.
I built this computer from a techreport.com custom build guideline
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 520 Bronze 520W
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LK
CPU: Intel Core i5-3450
GPU: Radeon HD 7850
RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 16GB (4x4GB)
Harddrives: OCZ Agility 3 SSD (runs operating system)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB
Case: NZXT H2
Monitor: ViewSonic VA2248m-LED
The crashing is really variable. Sometimes it can happen five times in a day or not for a week. It seems to crash more using higher graphics (not at all on older games unless modded), but I have not kept a record. I will say the probability of a crash definitely goes up while gaming and streaming a video.
I've tried to fix this problem many times before, and here is a link to another thread I created for this problem recently with a few more details:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1696128/frequent-crashes-gaming.html
I'm a total noob at this stuff and any help would be appreciated.
I built this computer from a techreport.com custom build guideline
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 520 Bronze 520W
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LK
CPU: Intel Core i5-3450
GPU: Radeon HD 7850
RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 16GB (4x4GB)
Harddrives: OCZ Agility 3 SSD (runs operating system)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB
Case: NZXT H2
Monitor: ViewSonic VA2248m-LED