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Gabriel Anca

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I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this question...

My computer is kind of "freezing" some times, it just stops working, the image in the display is freezed and mouse & keyboard don't work at all (even though they're still on).

I recently formatted and am thinking this is caused by hardware, because I have linux installed in 2nd partition and it happens something similar.

May I know if there's some hardware diagnostics tools you can recommend me? I think this is caused by one of the the hdd, but not sure...

Some information that may be useful:
PC 4 years old
Processor i7-920 6GB RAM 1333
Windows 7 Proffessional 64
1x SSD 120GB OCZ
1x HHD 1TB Samsung
ATI Radeon HD4870 toxic

Thanks in advance
 
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Gabriel Anca

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My Power Supply is GIGABYTE GE-P610A-C2 610W (peak 720W).

Just to make it clear, my pc remains on when it's freezed, in fact I have to keep power button pressed some seconds to switch it off.

Thanks, greets!
 
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casper1973

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Memory (RAM) test
- http://www.memtest.org/#downiso

Hard drive test
- http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/seatools/
- http://www.hgst.com/support/downloads/#DFT
You drive doesn't need to be Seagate/Hitatchi to use these. They work on anything.

This will monitor your temperatures in case of overheating - http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html


Can't really test the PSU without specialist equipment. You get cheap PSU testers but all they do is verify the voltages. They don't put it under any strain.
 
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Hmmm, that PSU is listed as being made by AcBel Polytech, and is 80+ certified. If it is also four years old, it may be suffering from bad capacitors. Your motherboard could have this issue as well. Check them over for bulging or leaking capacitors. Google will show you images of what they look like. Do not open the PSU (unless you REALLY know what you're doing; its capacitors could hold a lethal charge), just look through the grill(s) with a penlight.
 
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Gabriel Anca

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Hi!

Thanks for your help, I ran the memtest yesterday and the result was OK. Also looked for the capacitors, and they all seem to be ok, I didn't find any bulging or leaking (I didn't open the PSU, just checked the motherboard).

Now I'm running DFT hdd test, SeaTools isn't able to start in my computer.

Please let me know if this temperatures are ok, the pc has been on for 3 hours:
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Thanks
 
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casper1973

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Intel put the maximum CPU temperature as 100 degrees but most people, including myself, try to avoid it going past 80.

Was the computer idle or under stress when recording those temps? If it reached those 70+ temps when idle this may be your problem.
 
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