text: can corrupt/bad video drivers cause your computer to reboot? when i'm playing some 3d games eg battlefield, counter strike etc, my computer will often randomly reboot itself for no apparent reason. i have a perfectly good video card which i borrowed from a friend and the cpu temps etc are all good.  i have however noticed that i can have the game running and minimised and it will never be a problem. its only when the game is actually onscreen that it will reboot. any suggestions as to what this could be? most probably and incompatible(not patched) or corrupt video card driver   windows xp is defaulted to restart when it sees an unrecoverable error instead of giving you the classic blue screen of death.