Oblivion keeps crashing...

[SiniVII]

Oblivion keeps crashing sometimes whenever I use a spell. I wonder if it has something to do with overheating, since in the morning when I turn my computer on and play, it works fine. Then as the day passes, it crashes from time to time more frequently than before as the day progresses. I can play Oblivion for three hours at max without crashing, or thats the most ive experienced since I got the game.

 

After restarting the game again, I can use spells again for another maybe half an hour. Strange thing is, when I spam spells to train them, nothing happens. But then after changing to another type of spell, it freezes.

 

And then over the evening, it crashes all the time when I use a spell if I have played for a long time or the comp has been on (which it usually is, havent really tried having it off at mid-day).

 

What happens is that the screen freezes, but the music and sounds all play like they are supposed to. I can exit to the desktop without problems and shut oblivion down from there, then I can restart the game again anytime.

 

Here is my system:

 

Vista Home Premium 6.0

MSI: MS-7250 Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ (2CPU's) ~2,4GHz.

5GB's Memory (RAM)

DirectX 10

GeForce 7900 GS

Resolution used: 1680x1050 (32-bit and 60Hz)

 

Hope someone can help me with this...

[dezdimona]

sounds like overheating.open it up and clean it out very carefully.Dust,dirt,lint and other things can hamper cooling of the power suppy and other items that need to remain cool