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BSOD playing Civilization game, screen flickers and more
My PC used to run great and I could play the games I enjoy...Civilization 3-5, Civ Rome, AofE, and those sorts of games. I'm now unable to play any of these games due to a problem. The PC will freeze or simply go to BSOD. I don't understand since it has all of the components necessary to play these games. I've use software to monitor the heat and CPU. The system never gets hot but I boost the fan up anyway. What I see on the charts is that the CPU begins jumping around and then suddenly goes to full 100. When it's "jumping around" the game gets glitchy and the screen has flickers or bad spots. Naturally, once the CPU hits 100 the PC freezes or goes to BSOD.
I have followed the instructions you gave and have attached the zip file. I'd really appreciate help solving this mystery. It sucks to have a computer capable of good things but unable to perform them.