Tool bars go black 5 min after start up.

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I was going to do a clean install but after reading the posts about most
problems being repairable:
Approx. 5 min. after start up I will hear a click or chirp from the tower
then the tool bar and tray will go from blue to black. The icons will remain
the same just the back ground turns black.
Then it slowly changes back to blue. Most of the time. Lately it has been
staying black. And if I am executing a command when this happens it usually
freezes up. Any thoughts?
XP Home
 
Open up your case and check your vid card fan.

May be frozen.

Check all the other fans and clean out all the crud
from all heatsinks while you're in there.

Could be a bad PSU too.
 
carbonater said:
I was going to do a clean install but after reading the posts about most
problems being repairable:
Approx. 5 min. after start up I will hear a click or chirp from the tower
then the tool bar and tray will go from blue to black. The icons will
remain
the same just the back ground turns black.
Then it slowly changes back to blue. Most of the time. Lately it has been
staying black. And if I am executing a command when this happens it
usually
freezes up. Any thoughts?
XP Home
Click to expand...

See my other post to you, also check for updated graphics drivers

rgds
Roberto
 
What is a PSU?
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carbonater


V Green said:
Open up your case and check your vid card fan.

May be frozen.

Check all the other fans and clean out all the crud
from all heatsinks while you're in there.

Could be a bad PSU too.
Click to expand...
 
carbonater said:
What is a PSU?
Click to expand...

Power Supply Unit.

They are mostly made waaayyy too cheaply nowadays
and start to supply out-of-tolerance voltage levels after
some use.
 
carbonater said:
I reinstalled my vidio driver with no change.
Click to expand...

Then there is probably something wrong with your video card. Uninstall
it and then swap it out for a known-working one.

If you haven't got an extra video card, you can't do the testing
yourself, and/or are uncomfortable opening your computer, take the
machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local
equivalent of BigStoreUSA).

Malke
 
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