System failure imminent?

[[TC]►Nick◄]

(2013-09-26 16:19)Lampshade Wrote:  Almost certainly a graphics card error.

When it crashed, did anything strange happen on-screen like randomly coloured pixels?

There were no random pixels, in fact the task bar still showed up, so the screen hadn't completely frozen, it was just lfs.exe would not shut down and therefore I couldn't access the desktop or any windows that showed up.

(2013-09-26 18:46)Bez Wrote:  I've had my 680 Lock the screen up with crazy rainbow colours like twice in the past 8 months but hasn't done it recently. I just put it down to a driver error. But if yours keeps happening then possibly invest in a new GPU Nick.

There haven't been any driver updates that I can see, which is what makes me think that might not be the case. Correct me if I'm wrong, but drivers aren't likely to just start spazzing out like that, are they? Could be wrong, if I knew I wouldn't be posting here at all

It would be more cost effective to start fresh and build a new PC that would last for a lot longer than throw money at this old pile of pish. It's not exactly fresh or fast. It would be a bit like throwing money into a fire, it might keep the flame burning a little longer but it's still going to extinguish itself shortly.

(2013-09-26 18:54)Sebas Wrote:  Since your computer is a Laptop, i would take into account some simple overheating issues. Take a couple of minutes to double-check any ventilation issues (ducts on the side, fans on the bottom). I've fixed many laptops with similar behavior by simply dusting them a little bit.

I should have explained - it's a HP. A few people will already know my cooling woes (it started hitting 80~90 a few weeks from new) and it's already raised at the back by my ingenious engineering talent. Anyways, I cleared the worst of the dust, but due to the brilliant designers at HP, it's a bit of a lost cause.



If it is a graphics issue, which seems likely, should I start saving to build a new PC sooner rather than later?