All 3d Programs Flicker, Then Freeze

by Shooz | February 26, 2005 12:55 AM PST

This happened out of the blue really, everything working fine one day, screwed up the next.

The computer was fairly dusty and was getting a little hot, but nothing horrible.

I reseated my graphics card ( Nvidia GeForce) and it seemed to fix the problem for a bit. The graphics didnt flicker at all, and the game lasted much longer before freezing.

Everything that doesn't require 3d Graphics works fine.

What could be the problem?

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...as the other posts about this issue? See the links below:

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6122-0.html?forumID=44&threadID=56954&messageID=676471

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6122-0.html?forumID=44&threadID=61795&messageID=732853

If that's the case, then you need to start trouble-shooting your machine. Temporarily disable ALL running programs when using the games...Try a different video card with more RAM...Since heat damage over time can cause issues, it may be time to try a new motherboard...(You mentioned that it was an old machine but had updated memory, etc.)

Hope this helps.

Grif

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