Black screen while playing games on Satellite A300/500 psag4a

Hi all!

Before that I send my laptop for repairs (it s only 6 months old) I need to see if I am not mistaken.

It s a model of Satellite A300/500 PSAG4A

The problem is that when I play any graphics intensive games the laptop screen goes black and locks. Only a boot cold will get it back.
Any other time he s not ok no problem, the problem only started 5 days ago, it has the latest drivers and BIOS.

Once, he went to a blue screen with hardware failure but was quick to get a good overview of what didn't.

This sounds like a defective video card?

Any help would be appreciated.

Hello!

The laptop gets hot?

What blue screen you get exactly? This could also be a software problem.

Here you can check if you have really the latest driver and BIOS:
http://www.ISD.Toshiba.com.au-Online Support => Download Center-drivers-notebooks-Satellite-Satellite A300 PSAG4A online online online online

Have you tried reinstalling the laptop? Maybe it works after that.

Bye!

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