Windows 7 changes to basic scheme with GPU CPU overload

[kalosbas]

Hey guys,

This thing occurred only twice in the last month, and i couldnt find solutions on the interwebs. Basically my screen goes black for a second or two, then windows changes to basic scheme, theres a weird but subtle noise coming from my gpu (maybe one of its three cooling fans, i couldnt tell), and both gpu and cpu start to overload and heat up really fast.

Both times i restarted immediately and the problem was solved.

Anyone had this before?

My system is

mobo P7H55-M
CPU i5-760 2.8 Ghz
GPU Gigabyte GTX-580
RAM Corsair XMS-3 4x2GB
OS Windows 7 64bit
HDD Seagate Barracuda 1TB

Cheers

 

[Shelnutt2]

You can adjust this under Control Panel -> Performance Information and Tools -> Adjust Visual Effects. By default if your system is under a lot of strain, it'll try to keep things going smoothing by disabling gpu acceleration and the aero interface.

 

[kalosbas]

Do you mean the "adjust the appearance and performance of windows" settings? Which visual effects should i remove? Btw this happened at times where i was just reading stuff on Chrome and vlc was playing a video, so my pc strain was something above idle.

 

[Shelnutt2]

Do you mean the "adjust the appearance and performance of windows" settings? Which visual effects should i remove? Btw this happened at times where i was just reading stuff on Chrome and vlc was playing a video, so my pc strain was something above idle.

That's what I mean. If you don't want aero to go away just select "adjust for best appearance".

With vlc running your gpu might be hitting a spike that triggers it. Can't always expect windows to handle things perfectly!