Problem with my pc... Can anyone help?

[murray]

The power supply big enough to cope with the load?

[Zio]

Thanks for your help and tips gents.

I will try to do all that you mentioned.

Murray:
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by power supply, but the pc is not new (I've had it for a couple of years and have recently upgraded the ram to 4GB...) and this problem has only been happening in the last couple of months. So maybe you can explain what exactly do you mean and pardon my ignorance...

Sleep[Walker]:
Do you mean I should run it in safe-mode and try to run a video and see if the problem presents itself? Pardon my ignorance as well...|confused|

RageCash-Ben:
I'll have the doctor try that and see what he says.

bluebrit:
What you say makes perfect sense and I'll surely mention it to the doctor. What bugs me though, is: why would this problem be happening only recently, while the pc had been running without a glitch for over 2 years?!? But I'll definitely give it a try myself if I can find some time later today.

In any event, thanks again for your replies and I'll be sure to mention all that you pointed out when I'll see the doctor tomorrow. I'll let you know what happens.

Be well,
Zio

[koolkat]

You say it only when you watch videos or does this happen after a period of time while doing anything?

If it does it with anything, then I would go with something overheating and the computer shutting itself down to prevent damage.

If it is just while playing movies, then I would go with saying that either the file is corrupt or the movie player file is. I would try uninstalling the video player, and and then uploading a clean copy. If it still does it, then I would go with the booting in safe mode and trying since there is obviously something conflicting with the software. I would also run a full virus scan on your computer. You may have a virus on your computer which is causing this problem.

[papagmp]

Originally Posted by Zio

bluebrit:
What you say makes perfect sense and I'll surely mention it to the doctor. What bugs me though, is: why would this problem be happening only recently, while the pc had been running without a glitch for over 2 years?!?

Components fail - if the fan failed, expect it to overheat - and heat is the major reason for failure of any electrical component. I have the same video card in one of my machines and it works fine. My main machine has 7 SCSI 15K hard drives and dual xeon processors and it can get HOT - to keep the temp down, it has 7 case fans plus the cpu and video board fans. And yes, it has a whopper of a power-supply in it too. Only drawback is it sounds a lot like a large aircraft.......