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Help! System is slowing down after starting games!?

Whenever I start a game, for some time it is okay, but after a while, a sound comes from the CPU as if it is shutting down, but nothing happens, and the system suddenly slows down. If audio is playing, it is playing broken, the video is breaking, all this is happening. To know it has happened, I spin the cursor, and if it spins without any interruption, then it is OK.

I mean, it is spinning for a couple of seconds, then interrupting, then continuing....

It happens every 2-5 seconds or so.

And after I restart, it becomes OK. Even that is a long story.

The first time I restart, I get a blank screen, then it won't work until I unplug all the wires and replug them.

This problem has come recently, and it has never been before.

I even completed 2 whole games, but this has happened recently.

And I don't even have extremely low disk space.

I don't even have many games, and have only one installed.

Could it be malware, spyware, or anything such?

Or is there any other possible problem?

Any help would be appreciated.

Update:

OK:

RAM: 1.75 GB(Earlier it used to be 1 GB)

HDD: 500 GB

Processor: AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core, 2.7 GHz

Update 2:

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8300, 512 MB

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favourite answer

    Could you provide a little more detail on your system specification? E.g. processor, graphics card and RAM. The most likely cause of your problem is that your system simply can't handle the games you're installing.

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