Geforce 7600GS > CS:S lockup! help

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mr153

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sigh..... last week i finished building a comp, core 2 duo, asus p5b, GF 7600GS, corsair 1GB XMS2 RAM

i updated the bios, OS, etc. etc. everything went fine for the first week, but today, i opened CS:S as i always do and the comp locked up when it got up to the CS:S selection screen can anybody help me?

since it locks up as soon as the screen loads gameplay, i suspect the video card is the problem. It also locks up as soon as i start Half life 2 and the animated menu starts up

is there any way to fix this without a new video card? its not overclocked or messed around with

P.S. the sound also loops
 
Check with passmark , a similar thing happened to me and the graphic card turned out to be the problem.

Does it happen with everything?

If you run Passmark(www.passmark.com) it will see if your computer can do day to day chores , if it crashes or comes with errors then you know you have a problem.
 
nope only games, i tested CS:S, the godfather, HL2, HL2: E1, and Hitman : Blood Money.
 
It might sound like a thermal problem. It freezes because it might be getting too hot. In a windows environment, it might run fine because theres really no processing involved. Check the video card hsf and check the thermal paste. After that, try pointing a large fan by it to get air circulated through it incase your system is poorly ventilated.
 
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