Computer problem

[Vesku]

Something I have noticed is that cideamon.exe tends to really screw up SP. I used to have a lot of video problems with MBT and it wasn't unusual for me to do the Alt -tab thangie several times a session. Then I started giving it the 3 finger salute ( Alt-Ctrl-Del) and found that if I shut down cideamon.exe my troubles went away. Since cideamon.exe is a memory hog that hits 100% of CPU, regardless of processor, it makes sense to shut it down before starting a game. I didn't disable it because it is part of the file maintenance system, and while shuting it down every now and then isn't real dangerous, turning it off permanently risk corrupting DLL's, which is serious trouble.

So try that first. If your video was kaput, then you would be getting NOTHING, nada, zilch, zip. Just a banner on boot-up asking if your video cable was connected. If it works I can get some Steel Reserve with the shipping money and both of us will be happy.

I'll probably buy geforce 260 with 896MB memory. I need a heavy duty adapter which can run the latest games.