halp

[SugarHoe]

So my laptpp just like shits on itself and screen turns black, then sound cuts off. It happens either like just starting a game or when like I've been playing for 30 minutes. Halp ples

[Hirlok]

get that cat hair and dust pillow out of the fan exhaust... 

[Sparvico]

Any game, or specifically warband? Also what kind of laptop are we talking about here? Newish gaming one, old shitty one, old calculator?

Edit: Could be overheating. Do you play on anything other than a hard cool surface? Cause having the laptop on a cloth or other heat-retaining surface is no good.

[SugarHoe]

Every game, can't even play men of war for 10 minutes, seems like i can play crpg or mount and blade the without crashing longest though.I got a little laptop fan underneath. Not the best but it works alright, gaming laptop from 2009.

[Christo]

Get HWmonitor and check temperatures when you play/when it's idle.

Tell us what it's like.

[Grumbs]

Can you open it up and clean the hairs and stuff out of it? In 4-5 years computers can get full of gunk that makes them overheat

[SirCymro_Crusader]

So my laptpp just like shits on itself and screen turns black, then sound cuts off. It happens either like just starting a game or when like I've been playing for 30 minutes. Halp ples

This happened to mine a while back. If it starts buzzing because the same sound is being replayed over and over and over then i'm afraid your PC is dying. I had to get rid of mine, i couldn't play anything (except really old games), no matter the graphics, tried plenty of fixes and none of them worked.

[San]

Get HWmonitor and check temperatures when you play/when it's idle.

Tell us what it's like.

Tried this yet? My laptop died cause of overheating issues a few years ago, and now I know just to get a cheap one.

[betard_lulz]

Definitely sounds like an overheating issue.

[SugarHoe]

This happened to mine a while back. If it starts buzzing because the same sound is being replayed over and over and over then i'm afraid your PC is dying. I had to get rid of mine, i couldn't play anything (except really old games), no matter the graphics, tried plenty of fixes and none of them worked.

dis... rip. never forget, I don't know if its overheating or not, I've been using a laptop cooler but iunno  . Ill try opening it up and getting rid of the nasteh stuff see if it works

[betard_lulz]

dis... rip. never forget, I don't know if its overheating or not, I've been using a laptop cooler but iunno  . Ill try opening it up and getting rid of the nasteh stuff see if it works

a can of air will do wonders with that job. However the size of laptops is one of it's biggest advantages/weaknesses. Not a lot of airflow for stuff to cool down or to get dust out.

[Adamar]

A cooler doesn't do much. My current laptop was working great for over a year before heating issues and all the associated retardness started.
Then from the moment I had it cleaned it worked as smooth as when I bought it, it was awesome.

Just make sure you leave it with someone who knows what they're doing, unless you have easy access to the fan and can clean it directly.

Do NOT try to open it yourself, my laptop went into a coma after I tried to fix it, and gave me a fright.

[SugarHoe]

Like, I can turn on my laptop, play a game for 10 minutes and it'll just black screen on me,

[Christo]

Again, download HWmonitor, and report on your idle/gaming temperatures

I'm curious, really

[Johammeth]

I've had these symptoms twice.

The first was (as others have pointed out) a simple case of overheating. Screwdrivers + hose vacuum will fix it right up (have a little bowl on hand to store the screws, or you will lose some.

The second due to the hard drive failing, and is a flimsy pretext to upgrade my machine.