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Just today I've been having problems with my computer, until now I haven't had any overheating issues since getting a faulty video card replaced about a year or more ago.

The issue happened while having Photoshop and a game open at the same time. While switching between the two I noticed some grey distorted blocks/lines come across the screen, my mouse was freezing, the computer itself was freezing, then it would pop back. I'd minimize the program, switch to Photoshop and didn't have a problem for a while, then it happened again. I powered off my pc then took a can of air and cleaned it out and started it up again. For awhile it was fine, I tried running the two programs again and eventually the same issue came up. I had the same visual errors before the computer locked up, my monitor turned off, and the PC restarted itself.

Since I've had it on now I've just had Firefox up and I saw the visual glitch for a moment. With SpeedFan running it's giving me temps of a 56C Core, Temp1 at 56C, Temp2 at 47C and HD0 at 37C.

I was wondering if this was a PSU issue, since when I put my hand back there it feels as if the air is barely moving and it's fairly warm air. This is compared to my boyfriend's PC, his PSU is definitely blowing air and isn't as hot as mine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated so I can figure out what might be the problem here

Hello and welcome to PCHelpForum.

Firstly could you check your monitor cable is firmly connected to back of PC and monitor,try a diffrent cable.

Secondly check all internal connections and check all PCI cards are seated correctly.

Thirdly while powered on could you check ALL fans are spinning.

Yes the cable is connected firmly and such.

Video card is in place, and snug.

All fans are spinning, this includes the one at the back of the case, CPU fan, power supply, etc.


My temp in the case is at 60, everything else is either at high 30's to mid 40's, with my card being upper 50's. Just incase I put in a support ticket with XFX to see if I can get a replacement, since I had a problem last year with my 7900 overheating at only 50 degrees after a year of having no issues with it, then they gave me a 8600 to replace that. I've had it for a year, and now I'm thinking it might be the same issue.

Would a video card overheating like that cause the PC to restart though?

Over heating can cause a computer to crash/restart.

Driver issues or corruption could also be a symptom of the screen appearing as it did.

Could also be a monitor problem.

Freezing could be a number of issues.

Run this to test your RAM:Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool

Freezing can also be your hard drives.Run CHKDSK on all hard drives.

Why do you use a game and Photoshop at the same time--?
Both are graphics-intensive and would tax your hardware -- even with a modern system with dual-core and 3 Gigs of RAM.
Your temps seem fine...that is a fanless motherboard ?
In Speedfan --have you run the "chart" function-- so you could spot spikes in temp-- or even checked for voltage drops/anomalies? With all that hot hardware--you have not listed your PSU brand or voltage-rating ?

Why? Because I switch between the two. I'm creating textures in Photoshop and then using them in the game, making sure they're appropriate, and if they need fixing then I just switch back to Photoshop and tweak them.

As for the PSU it's a 600W SeaSonic

With SpeedFan going as well as the game/Photoshop my Video Card temp gets up to 65 then slowly goes down to 59-60. The CPU temp is around 50 or less, never changes too much. HD temp is in the mid to high 40's. Fan speed is 3750rpm while another is at 1205rpm.

I updated my video card driver to see if that would help any. Earlier today I got a BSoD (before the driver update) with a 0x000000EA error (a video card related error)

OK-- so you are designing a game as you go, that's it ?