01-28-2012, 09:12 PM
Thanks for the help so far guys. Here's an update:
After some testing that resolved in disconnecting my DVD drive, which apparently caused my computer not to start at all (don't know where that came from all of a sudden...), I disconnected my GPU and cleaned it as much as I could without taking it apart. After I reslotted it on the motherboard, all the problems have gone away! No more freezing, no more black screen on startup and even windows 7 aero theme works now without causing the computer to boot.
Overlord I use some other GPU monitoring and tweaking program to have a more aggressive fan policy on my GTX 275. What are the advantages of the tool you linked me to?
After some testing that resolved in disconnecting my DVD drive, which apparently caused my computer not to start at all (don't know where that came from all of a sudden...), I disconnected my GPU and cleaned it as much as I could without taking it apart. After I reslotted it on the motherboard, all the problems have gone away! No more freezing, no more black screen on startup and even windows 7 aero theme works now without causing the computer to boot.
Overlord I use some other GPU monitoring and tweaking program to have a more aggressive fan policy on my GTX 275. What are the advantages of the tool you linked me to?
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