Graphics problem

[Cleveland (DayZ) 0]

I've been able to play DayZ with no problems for a couple of months... but recently I've been having some sort of screen(?) issue whenever I play the core DayZ mod. Occasionally, my screen will flash green for about one second before it turns black, where I can't do anything at all. I can hear the ambient noises, but I can't do anything - can't exit to the desktop, can't open any interfaces, can't even transmute iron into gold. It's annoying - I have to do a manual restart in order to get things back to normal.

Is it something wrong with my graphics card, or is it something else? Here's some computer specs if they'll help:

Memory: 4090MB RAM

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU @2.53 GHz

DirectX 11

Display: Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS

In game, I have post-processing effects and shadows disabled, 3D resolution at 1440x900... (idk if this is needed)

Any help would be much appreciated.

[TwitchENs 1]

I would go through the norm here.

Check the video card drivers, make sure they are updated. Also the only other thing i would think to check is the Video Memory setting. Set it to normal or low. That seemed to clear up some issues i had. Other than that it seems like you are having a Graphics Crash for sure.

You could get really technical and check in the Event manager of the PC to see if you are seeing any error when it locks up.

Hope that helps you.

[Cleveland (DayZ) 0]

Just updated my drivers, set video memory to low... still having the same problem.

It only happens in Chernarus, and it usually happens whenever I'm running through forests. All the other mods run fine.

[terminal_boy 860]

When did you last clean the dust from inside your PC, especially the graphics card fans?

[Cleveland (DayZ) 0]

About two months ago... I'll check up on those.