Guildwars Going all Cracked out on Me

Nightmare_Pwn

Nightmare_Pwn

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2008

This has never happened before in all my 3 years of playing only been happening as of like Last nightish.

Basicly when I play either in Full Screen or Windowed after maybe 20-30 mins the screen goes black for like a split second or freezes for a split second and all these little black or colored boxes fill my Screen and im Foreced to Restart the PC

Heres a Screenshot of it...

<a href="http://s532.photobucket.com/albums/ee329/Nightmare_pwner/?action=view&current=gw002.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee329/Nightmare_pwner/gw002.jpg" border="0" alt="WTF is THIS"></a>

Anyone know what exactly is happening and what is cuasing it and how to fix it.

Thanks

Tarun

Tarun

Technician's Corner Moderator

Join Date: Jan 2006

The TARDIS

http://www.lunarsoft.net/ http://forums.lunarsoft.net/

It looks like your graphics card may be dying or overheating. Open the case and use compressed air to clean it out. You'll also want to update your drivers.

Nightmare_Pwn

Nightmare_Pwn

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2008

ahh ok thanks. I oftenly use air to clean out the entire machine but its been awhile since the last time i did it.

Ill try it again later tonight.

As for driver updates already have them.

shogun avatar

shogun avatar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

Croatia

Precko Boys [PREX]

W/

If you're using and old ATi card, you may need to get Omega drivers.
Stuff like that was known to happen on ATi

Elder III

Elder III

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2007

Ohio

I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)

R/

Does this happen with any other graphics intensive programs?

GW is very touchy about an overhot GPU, so cleaning your case out extra well might solve it, if not start shopping for a new video card.....

Mason717

Mason717

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2008

Lion's Arch

Desolation Lords [DL]

A/

Well you have Texmod on.... Texmod often dose weird things like that.