I\'m having a hell of a problem... Recently, my computer has started freezing wh

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I'm having a hell of a problem... Recently, my computer has started freezing when I play videos, I can't find any reason why..... It will play for a random amount of time, and then the sound hiccups for a second, and bam. Complete lockup. Even the mouse won't work. You might as well take a picture of the Desktop and tape it on the front of the monitor, because that's how unresponsive it is..... I can't think of anything that I've done that would have caused this, last night I cleaned out my case, suspecting dust choking, but to no avail. I've even done numerous system restores to times before this problem arose, no dice... I'm PRAYING it's not a hardware problem, because that would suck so hard.... The computer doesn't freeze during 3D, or just during normal operation, but video playback freezes it 3/4ths of the time....

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2D (i.e. video playback) and 3D use different processes to decode the video. First step is to 1. Try a different video player with a updated codec pack 2. Try the newest version of your video driver. 3. Check your bios settings for the video-card. 4. Check to make sure its not the video-card itself by borrowing a friends to test out Things I would already rule out: 1. overheating, if it was a issue it would freeze during 3D gaming. 2. the motherboard and memory, (same as above, lock-ups should effect the 3D as well) 3. Power supply (same as above)

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