Alright, I'm not too good with words but here goes. My problem started a couple days ago, I was using shrink to convert a dvd, and right in the middle the screen flashed and made that static-y sound like it was going to go into the screensaver (screensaver is shut off), but what it did do was go to a black screen with a smattering of blue pixels, and that was it I couldn't do anything else. I tried ctl,alt,del, but nothing it was completely froze so I had to shut down and reboot. Since then I have used numerous conversion programs to convert, nerovision, dvdfab, and all end in the same way. Now I should say that these programs used to do just fine, I have had this computer for about 6 months now, and no probs at all, and now just all of a sudden... Thanks guys, if you need more info just ask. -props