Screen Freeze

[balaw]

Afew days ago i posted a thread that my pc screen freezes and crashes while playing these games BF3,APB Reloaded ,so i got an answer get a new fan for my CPU that was getting overheated so i bought a recommended fan the fan keeps the cpu cooler than it was before doesnt pass 70C while playing but still i got the Screen freezes and crashes they are less often but its still pretty annoying? i have no idea why
Playing resolution 1240x800 med settings
Specs:
ATI Radeion hd5670 1gb gddr5
Intel E8400 core 2 duo 3ghz
4 GB ram
500W PW

 

[AntiZig]

when your game crashes do you get a BSOD or just a reboot? or does the computer just shut off cold?

 

[balaw]

The screen freezes and i have to switch it off and on from the button unelse it will just be stuck like that forever

 

[AntiZig]

go to start > type in event viewer

under windows logs check system logs for any stop errors or critical errors.
same place also check application logs. lastly under custom views, check administrative events.

you said you've installed the CPU cooler, so that no longer has a cooling problem. What about your GPU?

is this happening with only one game or several games? does it only happen with games or does it happen when you're browsing internet/watching movie?

 

[balaw]

It only happens in games and my GPU is alsaw cool, so about the errors i see lots of
(The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume D:.) and
The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume \Device\HarddiskVolume3.

 

[balaw]

And Warnings


The content source <csc://{S-1-5-21-726991371-3418113566-3538544075-1000}/> cannot be accessed.

Windows is in Notification period.

The content source <csc://{S-1-5-21-726991371-3418113566-3538544075-1000}/> cannot be accessed.

An error occured while refreshing environment variables updated during the installation of ''. Some users logged on to the machine may not see these changes until they log off and then log back on.

 

[AntiZig]

so have you ran scandisk as it asks?

my guess is either your OS is corrupted or your HDD is slowly failing.

if scan disk doesn't help, I would try formatting the HDD and reinstalling OS from scratch. If the problem persists, get a new HDD

 

[simon12]

^+1

 

[balaw]

how do i scan disk
?

 

[simon12]

see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/EN-US

 

[balaw]

it says its for xp i got windows 7 =P

 

[simon12]

Go to Computer right click on the drive select properties from the menu then the tools tab. The top option is error checking click check now. make sure you tick the box Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.

 

[balaw]

I scanned both of them and it said all problems that were found were fixed though the screen freezes still keep happening

 

[AntiZig]

if scan disk doesn't help, I would try formatting the HDD and reinstalling OS from scratch. If the problem persists, get a new HDD

you need to work on reading comprehension

 

[simon12]

I scanned both of them and it said all problems that were found were fixed though the screen freezes still keep happening

Did it find alot of problems? if it did then the drive could be on its way out.

 

[balaw]

i think it found 3-5 problems
should i just get a new HDD and thats ? but is the fixing for sure?
and can you recommend me some HDD?