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I would but when the screen crashes, even the BSOD goes all "checkerboardy", and it was only by chance that i caught the error last time This gives me the impression that it may be an electrical fault somewhere?

NEW DEVELOPMENTS! usually when it crashes i dont see the blue screen, but last time the blue screen came up, and the error was described as "BUG CODE USB DRIVER" that means largely nothing to me, but does anyone know what this means? or has anyone ever seen this error before?

Ran the stability check and it just crashed virtually straight away. I'm beginning to think that my motherboard just cant support the graphics card, as i cant see any other reason why it would crash in this way PSU is also a possibility but i think unlikely Any other suggestions?

Just heard another possible explanation for the problem. When i originally bought my PC, it was a packard bell, and apparently they do something to the system which means the upgrading is limited, if possible at all. Has anyone else heard of this? Could this be the cause of my problem?

I tried the card in my mates system and it worked fine, cod4 on full settings worked perfectly. I know the idle temp is around 32, and the highest I've seen it before it crashes is 50. Still no clue what the problem is :(

I have downloaded and installed the drivers and this hasn't made a difference Any other suggestions?

I havn't updated them recently but when i first bought the card i downloaded the latest drivers and it made no difference then. I'll try it again now though, thanks

Well, about 6 months ago i bought an Nvidia 9800GT graphics card, so that i could improve the gameplay on my pc. I installed it as normal, and then went to play Empire:Total War once it was all set up. However after about 5 minutes of gameplay there was a massive crash, and the screen became...

Just to let you know, the fan on the graphics card was faulty, it was spinning but not cooling the device, so im going to get it replaced and im hoping that will solve the problem Thanks very much for the advice

Yep I updated the drivers as soon as I'd fitted the new components

yeah true! i just dont like spending money to be completely honest gonna go an get it tested an probably buy a new PSU today

Temps and RAM is fine, will try reinstalling drivers I dont really want to go buying a PSU just to test if its the problem, cos i really havnt got the money to do it

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=235937 The large image on the 8th post down is pretty much exactly what happens when my PC crashes

'Win Power' is the brand i think Im far from an expert when it comes to this sort of stuff I would replace the PSU with something of a better quality but i dont want to until i know for sure that its the PSU causing the problem

I recently bought Empire: Total War and decided to upgrade my PC so i could improve the quality of the gameplay. I bought an extra 1GB of RAM, a new Nvidia 9800GT video card, and a 550W power supply. I then loaded up Empire after fitting all the new gear, watched the introductory video which...