I'm stuck with a wierd issue, that only happens in certain games, sometimes only in certain situations in those games.
The issue is this: The screen will go black, and the sound will loop. Everything is unresponsive (like my old freezing issue). Keyboard lights do not change if I press caps lock etc, the only way out is to reset the PC.
Areas where I've noticed the issue occur:
Starcraft 2* One particular mission (Whispers of Doom) the game will randomly cause the issue. I tried doing various things in the mission but there was no consistency for the black screen death. Now here's the weird part, it only does this on High detail. If I crank the detail settings up to Ultra, it's fine.
* If left on Ultra detail for the beginning of the campaign, it will randomly die in the bar.
* Finally, there's the main menus. No matter where I am or what I'm doing on the menu (before I've started a game, single player or multiplayer), it will invariable die with the black screen issue.
Left 4 Dead 2* When you start the journey back with the fuel in Hard Rain, the black screen issue on that map will constantly occur. I remember I kept retrying to do it and it always died on that map. Not instantly, it was once I'd gone outside a little way.
Metro2033* Early on in the game the issue occurs. Died for me when I first met Hunter.
Just Cause 2* Killed it almost instantly after it finished loading yesterday.
There may well be other examples but these are the ones that come to mind. I have just updated my graphics drivers (via Steam's auto-downloading of the latest updates which I wish I could turn off
). I'm going to try Just Cause 2 again and see how it runs.
In the mean time if anyone has any suggestions, recommendations etc, please post them.
