My computer recently started crashing, mostly during video games (Crysis,
Call of Duty 4), and occasionaly during a movie. The screen goes black, then
fills with vertical pinstrips over the entire screen, and the sound 'freezes'
like a skipping CD, repeating what was last said or heard over and over
rapidly. Ok,... recent changes i've made. I've had a new video card for
about a month, but everything worked fine until a week ago. I installed the
two above mentioned video games, which use punkbuster, a product I have no
experience with. Incidentaly, the problems began about the time I started
using punkbuster. However, I restored the system to a point previous to the
punk buster installation, and the system is still crashing. Is it my new
video card (ATI Radeon B2 512 HD 2600 xt PCI), or something else. Any and
all help would be much appreciated.
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Elderj

Check the video cards manufacturers web site for a newer driver and other
software which are compatible with Vista.
Gene K
"Elderj" <justinelder21********.com> wrote in message
news:BDE977F0-9E4A-428A-B72F-FD784BB13926@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> My computer recently started crashing, mostly during video games (Crysis,
> Call of Duty 4), and occasionaly during a movie. The screen goes black,
> then
> fills with vertical pinstrips over the entire screen, and the sound
> 'freezes'
> like a skipping CD, repeating what was last said or heard over and over
> rapidly. Ok,... recent changes i've made. I've had a new video card for
> about a month, but everything worked fine until a week ago. I installed
> the
> two above mentioned video games, which use punkbuster, a product I have no
> experience with. Incidentaly, the problems began about the time I started
> using punkbuster. However, I restored the system to a point previous to
> the
> punk buster installation, and the system is still crashing. Is it my new
> video card (ATI Radeon B2 512 HD 2600 xt PCI), or something else. Any and
> all help would be much appreciated.
> --
> Elderj[/color]

Crysis is a very high end user of Graphics and Ram.
Check what its requirements are.
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Elderj" wrote:
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> My computer recently started crashing, mostly during video games (Crysis,
> Call of Duty 4), and occasionaly during a movie. The screen goes black, then
> fills with vertical pinstrips over the entire screen, and the sound 'freezes'
> like a skipping CD, repeating what was last said or heard over and over
> rapidly. Ok,... recent changes i've made. I've had a new video card for
> about a month, but everything worked fine until a week ago. I installed the
> two above mentioned video games, which use punkbuster, a product I have no
> experience with. Incidentaly, the problems began about the time I started
> using punkbuster. However, I restored the system to a point previous to the
> punk buster installation, and the system is still crashing. Is it my new
> video card (ATI Radeon B2 512 HD 2600 xt PCI), or something else. Any and
> all help would be much appreciated.
> --
> Elderj[/color]

"Elderj" <justinelder21********.com> wrote in message
news:BDE977F0-9E4A-428A-B72F-FD784BB13926@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> My computer recently started crashing, mostly during video games (Crysis,
> Call of Duty 4), and occasionaly during a movie. The screen goes black,
> then
> fills with vertical pinstrips over the entire screen, and the sound
> 'freezes'
> like a skipping CD, repeating what was last said or heard over and over
> rapidly. Ok,... recent changes i've made. I've had a new video card for
> about a month, but everything worked fine until a week ago. I installed
> the
> two above mentioned video games, which use punkbuster, a product I have no
> experience with. Incidentaly, the problems began about the time I started
> using punkbuster. However, I restored the system to a point previous to
> the
> punk buster installation, and the system is still crashing. Is it my new
> video card (ATI Radeon B2 512 HD 2600 xt PCI), or something else. Any and
> all help would be much appreciated.
> --
> Elderj[/color]


Sounds to me as if your graphics chip is overheating.
Either that or your Vid Card is going belly up.



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