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Regular BSOD when gaming - almost any game
Just a warning, I am very much inept when it comes to computers. I've tried reading some of the available guides and what-not. It's all C++ to me. Confusing and probably evil.
I recently got myself a shiny new PC. After getting rid of the ageing, screeching, abused barrel I had before, I was looking forward to some smooth sailing.
No dice.
The computer mostly runs fine, but any time I try to run games, I can play for about an hour before getting a BSOD. At first I feared the computer was just underpowered, but even older games like NWN2 crash it. The only games I've been able to run for a good length of time were Portal 2 and Minecraft.
I've had some minor glitches beyond that, but most seemed related to other issues. (Connected external hardware that was malfunctioning) I've resolved what I could find for those.
The BSODs occur almost exclusively when gaming and seem to happen faster if I try to play a game again right after the crash...
My version of windows 7 is 64 bit and came pre-installed on the PC, but it was a custom-built model, so I got the disc along with it.