My computer has been experiencing glitches that require a hard reboot to
fix. The problem seems to happen randomly, though I have only experienced it
while gaming (most of what I do on that machine). This is what happens: the
glitch first reveals itself by the mouse cursor looking screwy. Everything
functions fine, but the actual arrow of the mouse cursor looks graphically
different. Then, within 30 seconds, all the graphics on the screen become
glitched and the system locks up. At that point I have to reboot. My video
drivers are up to date and have been updated several times in the past year
with no reduction of this problem. My system specs a

Vista Ultimate x64
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770
4GB DDR3 1333
Nvidia 9800GX2
EVGA nForce 790i motherboard

Any help would be greatly appreciated as these crashes are extremely
irritating.

Brian C wrote:

My computer has been experiencing glitches that require a hard reboot to
fix. The problem seems to happen randomly, though I have only experienced
it while gaming (most of what I do on that machine). This is what happens:
the glitch first reveals itself by the mouse cursor looking screwy.
Everything functions fine, but the actual arrow of the mouse cursor looks
graphically different. Then, within 30 seconds, all the graphics on the
screen become glitched and the system locks up. At that point I have to
reboot. My video drivers are up to date and have been updated several
times in the past year with no reduction of this problem. My system specs
a

Vista Ultimate x64
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770
4GB DDR3 1333
Nvidia 9800GX2
EVGA nForce 790i motherboard

Probably failing hardware. Could be overheating, failing video card, video
card overheating, etc. Start your troubleshooting there, not with the
software (drivers).

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot

Malke
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