Computer has begun crashing while playing games

schauera30

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Mar 7, 2013
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Hi all, Im trying to see if anyone can lend any assistance with this issue. A couple days ago, while Diablo 3 my screen went black then turned to red and black pixellated stripes and became unresponsive until the monitor said it wasnt receiving a signal. The rest of the computer however was still on (fans going, sound working, mouse and keyboard still lit up). Restarting it afterwards takes a couple tries to get it to reach boot but it does eventually do so.After downloading the newest drivers for my GPU, it seems to have started creeping over into other games Ive tried to play. I am able to use the computer completely fine as long as a game isnt being played.

I checked my dump files but only have one the day the drivers were installed as VIDEO_TDR_ERROR.

I cleaned and reseated RAM, and reset BIOS to defaults (not that they were tampered with to begin with, I dont overclock).

The Temperatures seem to run okay outside of the GPU. I can only get to about 74-75 C on the GPU before the crash happens now. I checked the fans and it seems one runs but the other doesnt. I know the second fan can work as when it crashes it tends to turn itself on. I dont know what temperature the second fan should begin running on but at 75 C you would think it should be on by then.

My guess was originally the GPU but given the oddness of everything I wouldnt be surprised if something else came to be the issue.

SPECCY With Current Temps:

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 3770 @ 3.40GHz 41 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 800MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
MSI Z77A-GD65 GAMING (MS-7751) (SOCKET 0) 28 °C
Graphics
DELL U2412M (1920x1200@60Hz)
3072MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner) 40 °C
Storage
931GB Seagate ST31000524AS ATA Device (SATA) 34 °C
Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
Audio
Razer Kraken 7.1 V2

Also voltages per my MB:

+3.3V 3.296 V
CPU CORE 0.944 V
VIN3 1.411 V
+5V 5.718 V
+12V 8.008 V
VIN6 2.112 V
VSB3V 3.312 V
CMOS BATTERY 3.328 V

Any help would be much appreciated.