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BSOD and crashing while gaming. A real nuisance
Hi guys,
I built a rig roughly three years ago, which has had a constant and nightmarish issue that re-occurs randomly to haunt me. Briefly, my computer has always run fine in windows mode but when I'm gaming (e.g. Team Fortress 2, Empire: Total War) it either goes to a BSOD that varies in content (though I have attached an .jpg of the last one) or a mass of colours and distorted pixellation appear coupled with a system crash. I am inept when it comes to computer problem solving, though this is not for want of trying. When this problem doesn't occur (and sometimes it doesn't for months), it is probably more down to luck than anything else; possibly I fix it unbeknownst to me.
I am not knowledgeable enough to make judgements, but one of my mates insists it's a GPU issue, but I have my doubts: I have had two cards in my rig (my first was a GTX 260) and the problem has always been there. Furthermore, this problem has the annoying habit of vanishing and reappearing, suggesting that it's a software issue. However, after having cleaned my computer for dust the other day, this issue came back with a vengeance.
I would really appreciate some advice, and I thank anyone who takes the time to help me.
Wraith Lord