Video card / Graphics card (presumably) is crashing repetitively

[Arteli]

Problem: Video card is crashing and recovering repetitively with no apparent pattern, other than the game.

Story: First issue I had was when I bought and played World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. Now, note I've played every WoW game prior to this with no serious issues. This is when the crashing began (to my knowledge) I seldom play other games, so I can't tell you if it happens with any other game. The crashing involves sudden a bunch of boxes with wavy lines and sound looping occasionally.

What I've tried:
Checked for driver updates, check.
Rolled back updates, check.
Uninstalled and reinstalled NVIDIA + updates, check.
Checked for patches in WoW itself, check
Optimized game with NVIDIA, check
Finally, lowered all settings performance related in WoW, check.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Specs:
Gpu- GeForce GT 540M
CPU- Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz
Memory- 6.00 GB RAM (5.90 usable)
Current Resolution- 1920 x 1080, 30 Hz
Driver Version- 347. 09
Operating System - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

 

[spadam_2000]

Appears you are having a thermal issue. You can watch your temperatures using HWmonitor or something similar. Check that you have sufficient airflow in your case and to your case (make sure its not in an enclosed space). Check for and clean dust. If your GPU is overheating, check the fan and heatsink on it to clean (use compressed air, but ensure you do not spin the fan with it, or spray too long or upside down to cause water to form). Sometimes the video card can go bad (ie the memory, especially if its been hot alot before), but that is last resort to replace of course..

 

[Arteli]

Everything is running at 50-65 degrees Celsius, according to what I've read (could very well be wrong), that's right where it should be running at, but I'll try cleaning it again.