"Ollie" <olliebolliekit@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Hi GBM thanks for your advice although it cant be the windows updates
> as I have them turned off and my CRT is on the desk while the tower is
> on the floor along with the power supplies. Also the pc crashed again
> about 10 minutes after writing my initial post, again on the
> screensaver with the red lines, Ive turned the screensaver off for the
> time being. I also have no power driven items near my CRT, the only
> thing I have near to it are a couple of speakers that have always been
> there and they are always turned off at the controller speaker anyway.
> Perhaps the monitor is just in its death throws? The driver idea was a
> good one, although I cant find my CRT model on the samsung site, Ill
> try again perhaps Ive just missed it somehow.

Could be a failing PSU or video card, that would explain the crashes.
Also run memtest and check the seating on your memory and video card.