Hello, all!
Just put together my desktop which had been sitting idle after losing its motherboard. I had previously tried to overclock the setup and burned out a set of RAM, which I got replaced, and then started having some BSOD's. I had a local computer repairman check everything over: the new set of RAM worked okay in another system, so that wasn't the problem. I forget if he tested the CPU or motherboard, but he said the Mobo was most likely the problem so I ordered a new one and put everything back together. The setup I am currently running is this:
Intel i5-2500K @ stock freq.
ASUS P8Z77V-LK mobo
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600
EVGA Geforce GTX 560 Ti
Kingston 128GB SSD
WD Caviar SE 320GB HDD
Cougar 750W PSU
The problem that I'm now running in to is that after a while of being powered on, the system will randomly stutter/lag and then freeze up, requiring a hard shutdown and reboot to fix. I'm not quite sure what the issue is, though. I tested the memory with Windows' Memory Diagnostic tool, which brought up no errors. I ran a Chkdsk on my boot drive which also revealed nothing. I then ran Prime95 for ~1 hour and all the tests passed, but the issue kept cropping up. I decided to reinstall Windows to see if any drivers from previous installations were conflicting but it just froze up on me so that didn't fix it.
The issue typically occurs in Firefox or other when running many applications at the same time. Also of note, while I was removing the Arctic Silver 5 from my CPU from its previous installation, some of the ArtiClean dripped down onto the CPU's PCB. I wiped it up as best I can, but I wonder if some of the dissolved AS5 is messing with the CPU leads. *None of the AS5 got onto the bottom of the CPU.*
How likely is it then that the problem lies with my brand new motherboard? I could run P95 longer to see if the CPU holds up or run Memtest to recheck the RAM. Any suggestions?
Just put together my desktop which had been sitting idle after losing its motherboard. I had previously tried to overclock the setup and burned out a set of RAM, which I got replaced, and then started having some BSOD's. I had a local computer repairman check everything over: the new set of RAM worked okay in another system, so that wasn't the problem. I forget if he tested the CPU or motherboard, but he said the Mobo was most likely the problem so I ordered a new one and put everything back together. The setup I am currently running is this:
Intel i5-2500K @ stock freq.
ASUS P8Z77V-LK mobo
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600
EVGA Geforce GTX 560 Ti
Kingston 128GB SSD
WD Caviar SE 320GB HDD
Cougar 750W PSU
The problem that I'm now running in to is that after a while of being powered on, the system will randomly stutter/lag and then freeze up, requiring a hard shutdown and reboot to fix. I'm not quite sure what the issue is, though. I tested the memory with Windows' Memory Diagnostic tool, which brought up no errors. I ran a Chkdsk on my boot drive which also revealed nothing. I then ran Prime95 for ~1 hour and all the tests passed, but the issue kept cropping up. I decided to reinstall Windows to see if any drivers from previous installations were conflicting but it just froze up on me so that didn't fix it.
The issue typically occurs in Firefox or other when running many applications at the same time. Also of note, while I was removing the Arctic Silver 5 from my CPU from its previous installation, some of the ArtiClean dripped down onto the CPU's PCB. I wiped it up as best I can, but I wonder if some of the dissolved AS5 is messing with the CPU leads. *None of the AS5 got onto the bottom of the CPU.*
How likely is it then that the problem lies with my brand new motherboard? I could run P95 longer to see if the CPU holds up or run Memtest to recheck the RAM. Any suggestions?
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