I've had this computer since fall 2006 and about a few months ago, I started getting a lot of BSOD while playing video games. Well after getting so many, I just quit playing, but now it even effects the lowest functions of my computer. An example would be, when I open AIM my computer screen goes into this frenzy of fuzzy black and grey lines, and I have no idea why. At first I thought it was my video card but I replaced it with a friends which was the exact same model, but the problem still occurs if I want to run any programs higher than my internet browser.
I guess my question is, how do I go about determining what's wrong with my computer, whether its software or hardware?
Any feedback will be appreciated, thank you.
My specs are:
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 2.0GHz Socket 939 Dual-Core Processor Model
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
- G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel
- DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
- OCZ ModStream OCZ52012U 520W ATX / BTX Modular Active PFC Power Supply
- XFX PV-T71G-UCE7 GeForce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card
- Windows Vista 64bit
I guess my question is, how do I go about determining what's wrong with my computer, whether its software or hardware?
Any feedback will be appreciated, thank you.
My specs are:
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 2.0GHz Socket 939 Dual-Core Processor Model
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
- G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel
- DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
- OCZ ModStream OCZ52012U 520W ATX / BTX Modular Active PFC Power Supply
- XFX PV-T71G-UCE7 GeForce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card
- Windows Vista 64bit