Thanks for taking a look at my problem.
So here's what's going on, whenever I load up a game I'll be able to play for a ~10 minutes minimum and then my 2 screens (only 1 displaying game) will go black (or sometimes orange-yellow vertical stripes) and the audio will spitz out a couple seconds later.
If I've been playing a less graphics intensive game, I'll get quite a bit more time before the freeze happens.
The freeze requires me to force restart my pc and subsequent crashes happen a lot quicker; feels like a heat issue.
CPU temps quickly rise to 50°C(122F) (from 40) under load but rarely go above 65°C (150F)
Was working fine before I went on holiday, starting freezing when I came back. No updates were done beforehand.
What I've done so far:
Computer specifics
So here's what's going on, whenever I load up a game I'll be able to play for a ~10 minutes minimum and then my 2 screens (only 1 displaying game) will go black (or sometimes orange-yellow vertical stripes) and the audio will spitz out a couple seconds later.
If I've been playing a less graphics intensive game, I'll get quite a bit more time before the freeze happens.
The freeze requires me to force restart my pc and subsequent crashes happen a lot quicker; feels like a heat issue.
CPU temps quickly rise to 50°C(122F) (from 40) under load but rarely go above 65°C (150F)
Was working fine before I went on holiday, starting freezing when I came back. No updates were done beforehand.
What I've done so far:
- ■Re-install drivers.
■De-dusted graphics card
■Monitored GPU temp (never goes above ~70 °C[158.0 °F] before crashing)
■Run all windows updates (cant seem to install KB2913431)
■Virus scan, because you never know
■Cleaned CPU heatsink + apply thermal paste thinner
Computer specifics
- ■Powercolour HD6870
■Intel i3-2100
■Intel DZ68DB mobo
■Corsair CX500 v2
■4G kingston valueRAM PC10600
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