[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Antiapplekid
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SmilingSilence
here's a tough one for you:
I bought a Toshiba Satellite (running Windows Vista) in August of 2007, and a few months ago it developed a problem. every so often (average of once every day or two), the whole system will freeze, and my screen will go black. all i have to do is force-shut down and wait a few seconds before starting it up again and that usually fixes the problem for the next day or two.
i doubt its any sort of malware, i'm running two different virus programs (Trend Micro AntiVirus and Webroot Spy Sweeper), i scan my computer weekly, and i keep my system up to date with all the latest patches and whatnot.
no matter what i do, i can't seem to fix the problem. i think its just because the computer gets hot, but it still does it even in cool conditions.
thanks in advance.[/quote]
A couple of questions for you
1. What are you usually doing when it does this?
2. Have you Installed Windows Updates for your Graphics Card Lately?
3. What where you doing the first time you got this
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1) it happens randomly. i'll be doing anything from listening to music, watching a movie, chatting with people on AIM, or just surfing the net. i don't game on it much (at least not yet).
2) i install everything but mouse drivers (pointless, my mouse works fine without them)
3) i dunno exactly. i *think* i was burning a cd, but i couldn't tell you for sure.
here's basically what happens: i'll be doing (insert computer activity here), and without warning, the screen will turn totally black (but still be on), all sound will cut out, and as near as i can tell, any keystrokes have no effect on anything. its a total freeze, and so far the only "fix" i've found is the force-restart.
[Edited on 04.16.2008 9:41 PM PDT]
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