I built this computer a few weeks ago, and until a few days ago it was running fine. Now, sometimes, when I try to play a game, I can't get past the opening menus. Once the actual 3D part of a game loads up, like the levels, the comp hard freezes and I have to shut the power off.
It doesn't happen every time, and I don't know if it's going to happen or not until I get into a game and try it. But it's getting annoying to have to reboot two or three times and cross my fingers every time I want to play a game.
It started happening when I got an eSATA drive and hooked it up to the PC. I thought maybe Windows was "confused" with the new hardware addition, so I removed the drive and haven't used it sinse. Yet it continues to happen from time to time. I don't know if it was just a coincidence that it started with the eSATA or what.
Any ideas? I don't know where to start. Software related? Hardware related? Driver related? Obviously I'm assuming it's hardware related, since I'm posting in the hardware forum.
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General Hardware Moderator -- MarcVenice
It doesn't happen every time, and I don't know if it's going to happen or not until I get into a game and try it. But it's getting annoying to have to reboot two or three times and cross my fingers every time I want to play a game.
It started happening when I got an eSATA drive and hooked it up to the PC. I thought maybe Windows was "confused" with the new hardware addition, so I removed the drive and haven't used it sinse. Yet it continues to happen from time to time. I don't know if it was just a coincidence that it started with the eSATA or what.
Any ideas? I don't know where to start. Software related? Hardware related? Driver related? Obviously I'm assuming it's hardware related, since I'm posting in the hardware forum.
Moved from General Hardware
General Hardware Moderator -- MarcVenice