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Computer screen blanking!!

ahaaha · 2008-12-07 14:48:40

hi there im really hoping someone out there can help me..... after about 10mins of computer usage my screen keeps freezing, leaving me with a plain white screen as it happens after 10 mins my avg doesnt have time to complete a full scan, iv tried pressin ctrl + alt + delete but to no avail. my boyf said there was a virus…

07-12-2008 2:48pm

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ahaaha

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hi there

im really hoping someone out there can help me..... after about 10mins of computer usage my screen keeps freezing, leaving me with a plain white screen

as it happens after 10 mins my avg doesnt have time to complete a full scan, iv tried pressin ctrl + alt + delete but to no avail.

my boyf said there was a virus going round facebook this week but iv had no weird message or opened any links so i dont think its that

any help would be greatly appreciated - cheers!

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#2 07-12-2008 4:20pm

Hogzy

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What type of graphics card do you have? Maybe try updating the drivers?

Culd be dust aswell on the card, i remember my card had loads of dust on it years back and i gave it a blow and all was ok...

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#3 08-12-2008 8:56am

curtin10

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|Try starting in safe mode and doing a virus scan from there. Just press F8 a few times after you power on the computer and select safe mode from the list. It sounds like a virus alright.

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