Comment Re:This has been happening to me for months (Score 1) 262
I agree with Itninja here. Start with your graphics card, it may be just having fits on its own and causing this problem.
In a similar problem/solution I had on my gaming machine, I found not only was the video card becoming unstable due to (suspected) overheating damage last summer. I discovered that the power supply was not up to the task.
Since replacing the video card didnt fix my problem (that sounds suspiciously similiar to yours), the combination of replacing the video card, and the power supply did fix it.
Oh, and for the troubleshooting purists, I did get everything working well, and I put the old video card back in, to find the problems resurface.
In a similar problem/solution I had on my gaming machine, I found not only was the video card becoming unstable due to (suspected) overheating damage last summer. I discovered that the power supply was not up to the task.
Since replacing the video card didnt fix my problem (that sounds suspiciously similiar to yours), the combination of replacing the video card, and the power supply did fix it.
Oh, and for the troubleshooting purists, I did get everything working well, and I put the old video card back in, to find the problems resurface.