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Display adapters sometimes stop working and get blue screen error

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  • Blue Screen
  • Graphics Cards
  • Windows 7
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November 8, 2011 4:16:55 PM

Hello, I'm using Alienware desktop with ATI Radeon 5900 graphic Card I have problem though whenever I play World of Warcraft game not always but a lot of times I get a blue screen error but before the blue screen error I get disconnected from the game then It tells me that my display adapter stopped working somehow..I don't know why then the blue screen of death appears and my pc get restarted I have this problem for 3 months now please help. :( 

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a b U Graphics card
November 8, 2011 5:05:46 PM

check your cards temps, it will show you in the catalyst control center, under performance. I'm not quite sure what temps that card does ok up to but over 65C my radeon 5770 will crash. it doesnt get that hot without a overclock.
make sure your video card isnt caked with dust.
make sure you have air flow through your case so that hot air doesn't just stay in the case circulating.
if your good in those departments try under-clocking your card by 10% or more and see if that fixes it. if it does you need to keep it cooler. or keep it underclocked.
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November 8, 2011 5:16:38 PM

Yeah your right thanks man I checked the tempreture it's 80 c that's a lot I think that's what causing the crashes overheat but I'm surprised since it's Alienware desktop and use liqiud system to cool down but yeah is there anyway to fix this by making the fan of the graphic card move faster?
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a b U Graphics card
November 8, 2011 5:20:04 PM

you can manually set your graphics card fan. in catalyst in the same place you see temps. just set it to 100% when playing.
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November 8, 2011 5:22:11 PM

Awesome done now it's down from 80c to 65c thanks a lot for the help hope it will get even lower I will try to make my room also colder since my room is kinda hot this will help as well eh?
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a b U Graphics card
November 8, 2011 5:28:13 PM

im not sure how much a lower temp room helps but i know it does. im not the best with thermal/fluid dynamics. i bet there is a fun formula for it.
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November 8, 2011 5:54:31 PM

thanks so much for the help I will also buy a small fan to put it just outside the case to help as well.
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