Graphics Card related crashes

GamerGuy18

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May 23, 2014
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Hi there.

So I just created my first build and have had it working for about 3-4 months. Within the last month all of a sudden my computer started crashing, due to what I think is graphics card related.

specs: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/8D9BNG

The crash occurs when I am either in fullscreen watching twitch, youtube, and today League of legends (windowed) and maybe vlc im not sure.

Most of the time the screen goes black but I can still see the mouse, it flickers and then 5 seconds later everything dies and my screen is on but shows black. I am forced to manually restart with the button. Today it crashed while playing leauge for 30 minutes, the screen went light brown (graphics card failed) and then died as normal.

Any advice or help on why its doing this and how to fix is appreciated.

-Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Have you tried different driver versions? When you install a new driver do you use DDU to uninstall the old driver? I don't normally run DDU every time I update my graphics drivers, but I do use it if I'm experiencing issues with the present driver.

Have you had a look at your GPU temperatures? What is your temperature when these crashes occcur?
Have you tried different driver versions? When you install a new driver do you use DDU to uninstall the old driver? I don't normally run DDU every time I update my graphics drivers, but I do use it if I'm experiencing issues with the present driver.

Have you had a look at your GPU temperatures? What is your temperature when these crashes occcur?
 
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