Problem with a screensaver

[mik9ster]

I have a fish aquarium screensaver which is really cool...anyways it has worked perfectly in the past but lately it gets cut short. It'll run steady for about 2 minutes then all of a sudden, crash to the desktop. I know the program is legit so I'm thinking it might be a virus causing this. Anyone else have a similar problem before? What should I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Aguiluz]

Screen Savers don't "crash," they are brought back to windows by a movement of a mouse, and the thing is sensitive, even a little nudge on a table sufficient to move the mouse causes the SS to disappear.

P.S: I have bad experiences with "free" screensavers, and just ended up wrecking my OS wth tons of spyware, so be careful.

[Darthtanion]

Originally Posted by Aguiluz

Screen Savers don't "crash," they are brought back to windows by a movement of a mouse, and the thing is sensitive, even a little nudge on a table sufficient to move the mouse causes the SS to disappear.

Actually, the Aquarium screensaver is more of a program that acts like a screensaver and it is a decent test for cooling of a processor since it uses a good deal of processing power, so don't be so quick to judge a problem please.

mik9ster - Have you tried uninstalling it and doing a reinstall of the utility? Also try running a temperature monitor in the background and see if your processor is getting too hot. I've played with that screensaver program a bit in the past and don't recall if it has its own monitoring settings that might cause the SS to stop if the processor gets too hot.

[Aguiluz]

Ooops, I thought it was that Screen Saver i found at an advert a few years ago. Caused my Comp to crash up and lag.

[Kheldar]

check for dirt in your fans/heatsinks - since its a cpu hog, if you fans have a buildup of dust it'll cause crashes