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screen goes black computer locks up when playing video games
I race simulators rfactor and codemasters f1 2010. Both work for awhile then the screen instantly goes black and the computer locks up so the only option is to turn it off and start again.
I have a Toshiba Qosmio X305 Q701 notebook.
It uses a GeForce 9700m GTS card. It is not hot.
I thought it was a problem with Vista so I bought 7 professional and formatted the hard drive, erased everything and booted 7 from disk.
None of that changed the crashing to black screen.
There is no common time interval. Sometimes it crashes after 5 minutes other times after 2 hours sometimes not at all unless I am racing online.
Playing online always causes a crash but once again the time is unpredictable.
We race week by week the real F1 schedule and some top professionals are part of our group. I have yet to finish a single race because of this problem.
Also replaced router/modem.
Have also turned security off.
Have also ran games windowed and non windowed and it does not matter.
If anyone has an idea of the solution to this problem I am more than willing to try it.
Thanks
Shepsti