I have a problem that I was wondering if anyone could help me with. I think it's a hardware issue, but I'm not sure.
Often, when I'm playing graphically-intensive games, the game will suddenly and catastrophically crash. All output to the monitor halts. The machine continues running, but there's no way to restore output from the monitor. ALT-CTRL-DEL does nothing. Sound from the game will sometimes continue as usual, sometimes have a loop a few seconds long and sometimes just stop. The only way I've found to break this crash is to reset the computer.
I don't think this is a game-specific issue since it's happened to three separate games so far. I opened the case and manually checked the temperature of the graphics card. It was pretty damn hot. I didn't want to leave my hand on it for more than a second or two, else I'd probably end up burning myself.
So I think it might be an overheating graphics card issue, but I don't really know for sure if it is, or what to do if it
is the problem. Only thing I can think of is increasing ventilation. Anyone else have any other suggestions as to the root cause of the problem or any possible solution?
Any help would be very much appreciated!
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