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Old 05-03-2009   #1
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I built my computer about 3 days ago and installed all the software for it including drivers. After installing all my games i started up Counter Strike Source and it was working fine the first day. Last night when i started CSS up i the screen went black. All my LED lights were on but i could not use Ctrl Alt Del to get to the task manager. I then started hitting caps lock to see if the caps lock light were turn on in my keyboard. It did not. So i had power to my keyboard but none of my keys were registering. I restarted my computer and started CSS again and it worked fine. About and hour later i got of CSS and started it back up again and got the same problem. After this i went and made sure that all my drivers were updated. They were all up to date. I started looking around on forums and noticed that someone said it might be your hard drive. So i ran a check on my hard drive and nothing was wrong with it. I tried turning on and off my monitor when this problem occurs and nothing happens. I then figured it must be the game. So right before i was about to reinstall the game i started up Call of Duty 4. I played CoD4 multiple times on this computer before and it ran fine. But when i tried running this time i got a white screen. I tried everything but ended up having to restart my computer. After the restart i went to the forums again and when i opened up my internet browser i got another white screen. My computer also passes the recommended for all these games. Can someone please help me fix this problem. Thanks

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Hi and Welcome to the PCHelpForum,

I'll mark your thread as [open] to let everyone know that you need help.

I do have a question that will make solving this problem easier: Have you tried reinstalling a few of your drivers? As in: Completelly remove, restart windows, reinstall?
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Yes, i have tried reinstalling my drivers by deleting them completley then restarting and reinstalling and the problem still persist. Would this be a problem with my graphics card by any chance?
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Your GPU could be overheating. You said that your screen turns black or white after you play right? What kind of GPU do you have? Also, run a video card stress test, like 3Dmark and look at your temps. I would recommend checking out your heat sink for proper contact if temps get really high (depending on your card.) Again, knowing what type of card you have could help.
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Hey Guys,

@ Killfest, still awaiting an answer to bf2Gamer's quesiton. If you still need help with this we are here. Please post back either way.

Looking forward to your reply,

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