by Mississippi on Sun Oct 11, 2020 8:13 pm
Hi Rick,
Sorry i didn't jump in to add my 2 cents sooner, but Delta whacked us pretty good friday and we only in the past couple hours got line power restored. Your computer is fully capable of running Links2003 without using compatibility analyzer.
My 1st step would be to open my device manager, click on display adapters and see if there are any caution signs showing next to the video card. If one is there you have probably found your culprit, if the device manager tells me the device is working properly when i double click it to check the properties, i would then move on to scheduling windows to do a memory test on my next start up. My chief suspect would be a video/memory issue here, i've seen a memory stick loose on more than one occasion playing with computers. My experience with CPU overheating is it shuts down one's computer in lieu of crashing it to desktop.
Mr. rwoodworkr made 2 excellent points. One being blowing out dust. Dust may seem harmless but in reality it is one of the gravest dangers to ones computer next to heat which it creates. It gathers on moving parts to the point where it becomes like soap scum if not cleaned often enough. As a result, the RPM of the fans start reducing from the drag, increasing amperage and shortening the life of ones power supply, CPU, and or video card.
The second was suggesting Core Temp. 1.16 is the current version, i consider it the ultimate canary in a coal mine tool.
Lastly...sorry whisky, i world never,ever,ever suggest one switch to onboard graphics to play links