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lolmonade:
Finally took the plunge recently to build my own computer. Got everything finally assembled Saturday evening and got Windows 10 installed. Install graphics drivers, install steam & my copy of civ 4, run Civ 4, and boom, everything looks clean and runs great.

So yesterday night, I decide to boot up skyrim. The intro starts, and everything looks pretty damn great, then all of a sudden, and sorry for a poor description of this, but the game character models start going all to hell, and black and white little boxes start fuzzing all over the place on my screen.

I exit the game, and they still end up on my desktop background. concerned, I shut down the computer & restart, but it's still there?!?!.

Google fu claims the following possible culprits:

1) The Graphics card wasn't pushed into its slot securely enough, and once I got a more hardware intensive game running, exposed the issue.
2) The graphics card is busted & needs replacing.
3) Possible motherboard failure.

I'm going to attempt #1 above first, but thought I'd run it by any potential tech experts here. Any help appreciated, thanks.

michaelbaysuperfan616:
Be sure to double check the slot you inserted the video card into and clear it for obstacles, dust, contaminants, etc, and try unplugging it and plugging it back in but make sure it is in there snug and that everything "clicks" into place however it is supposed to, depending on the card slot you have. I haven't installed a new graphics card in a very long time so I don't know if things have changed but the card shouldn't display anything if it isn't inserted all the way.

You might need to fiddle with the BIOS settings make sure all your speeds are matched up properly and check with whoever makes the game you are having trouble with and see if there is a known issue related to that glitch and see if they have a patch to fix it. Also as always double check to make sure your drivers are up to date and everything in the settings is correct.

Without knowing specifics, what card you have, the details of the mother board, etc, it's really hard to narrow things down further than that. But I had a video card installed in an old desktop machine that had a piece of gravel stuck in the slot and it caused the thing to over heat a lot, not the same as what you are having but worth a shot just make sure you blow it out with a can of dust spray or whatever you use these days.

lolmonade:
Quick update - it was definitely a faulty graphics card, got the replacement in yesterday, plugged it in, and everything runs smooth (including Skyrim).

Thanks for the feedback, Michaelbaysuperfan616.

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