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RicOlie_2

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#774945
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The Good Night Good Morning Sign In Sign Out Thread
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Trident said:

RicOlie_2 said:

If I had posted in this thread every time I woke up last night, this thread would be on its third page by now.

 I am sorry about that.

 At least it happened on a weekend. A couple nights ago would have been far lousier, as my final exam that day would not have gone well.

EDIT: Also, good night, all.

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#774696
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The please Help me, I am an idiot and know nothing about tech! Thread
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Yeah, it's a laptop. A graphics card failure wouldn't surprise me, as my computer tells me that the "display driver stopped working and has recovered" error I've gotten has happened over fifty times. The card I have is probably old and can't handle all the use it gets....

I'll try to update the relevant drivers before giving up on it, but my computer may be dying anyway. I think I would be better off to get a desktop computer, since my laptop is probably getting overworked....

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#774643
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The please Help me, I am an idiot and know nothing about tech! Thread
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No, the programs are definitely compatible. I've had them open together hundreds of times before. Another possibly relevant piece of information is that I downloaded a driver yesterday, which was suggested by the following piece of software that I downloaded at the same time:

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/auto-detect-tool

I've been slowly updating my drivers to see if that will fix my BSOD problem, and since there were apparently problems with my AMD/ATI related drivers, I downloaded that thing (I wasn't sure exactly what driver to download, hence the download of the driver detection program).

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#774629
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The please Help me, I am an idiot and know nothing about tech! Thread
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Does anyone know what sort of error would cause my computer screen to look like this?:

IMG_8488

I'm on Windows 7; only Sleipnir 4 and Media Monkey were open (both times it happened, anyway). The computer didn't shut down afterwards, but was completely unresponsive, so I had to use the power button. This is the first and second time it's happened.