Are you doing anything that might tax the graphic's card when you get the crashes?


You might want to check the temps of your motherboard using HWMonitor.  HWMonitor is a free program that will tell you the temperatures.  It may be an air flow problem.  Which at 4 years old might be the case.  Memory could also be your problem.  

 

 

Quote:If a factory desktop computer doesn't last like a decade or longer there is some incompetence going on somewhere.  Like I said, it's probably software problem.  But with my experience with HP, you never really know.

 

Not really.  I'd say a good lifespan for a computer is about 7 years.  Usually 5 years is the point where you'll want to upgrade, unless they've released a crappy version of Windows during that time.  

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