When I play Oblivion, usually after about 2-3 minutes my computer will freeze. This also happens when I play Guild Wars. Sometimes though, I can play for longer (like an hour) without my computer freezing. I'm pretty sure I have a decent setup:
I'm not a hardware expert,but i think that 2Ghz AMD would burn out instantly if cooler would stop working.My old Pentium 1 133Mhz proc could work without cooler.But procs these days.....i think they would burn instantly (IMHO)
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