I have had this computer since December of last year. So about more than 5 months. For those first few months the desktop did not freeze up. It did however get constant, or more constant than it should have been, blue screens. (Which I think I finally found the driver that was causing such an error this whole time.)
Now though, it will lock up. No messages or anything. It doesn't slow down either. It just completely freezes. No input responses will work or anything.
I did look this up as well. I went through several searches to see the solutions people went through to help fix or what could cause the problem.
The first thing I tried was a memory test using MemTest. I went through it about 2 times. The first time was about 3 hours with 4 or 5 passes. The second time was 11 hours with 13 passes. As of now I am doubting it's the memory.
I tried a few quick stress test with Prime95. I got no errors from there either.
I then stress tested my graphics card with FurMark, and nothing out of the ordinary either.
I opened up the case to see if anything looked wrong with the motherboard. Mostly to see if there were any blown capacitors, yet I saw none. Or I did not look hard enough.
I wanted to say it was the HDD but I did a disk check on that and was told it was healthy.
I still want to say it's the motherboard as I used Falcon Four's UBCD for Windows to do more checks and it also ended up freezing. Then again I ran another Live CD, through a USB though, for several hours and it did not freeze at all that time.
I have yet to check for any viruses yet, but somehow I doubt that is the problem. That and I haven't really been anywhere too sketchy.
My computer specs:
AMD Phenom II X4 965
2 sticks of 4GB DDR3 RAM (I don't remember the brand/model or the MHz. If those are needed, then I will find out.)
ASUS M5A99X EVO Motherboard
2047MB GeForce GTX 560 (EVGA)
One Seagate 750GB HDD
The PSU is Thermaltake TR2 TRX 650w
I'm running Windows 7 65bit SP1 on the computer.
And if it helps, I think it started to freeze up after installing Metro Last Light through Steam. I'm not sure if software can cause problems like this. Or if it's just a coincidence that it started to freeze after the installation. It doesn't always freeze when playing the game either. The first time it froze, I had yet to play the game. It was still installed at the time however.
Sorry for the long post and details, and if anything seems out of place. Thanks for reading through who ever does. I know this isn't the first time someone has asked a question like this. I also apologize if I am posting this in the wrong spot.
Now though, it will lock up. No messages or anything. It doesn't slow down either. It just completely freezes. No input responses will work or anything.
I did look this up as well. I went through several searches to see the solutions people went through to help fix or what could cause the problem.
The first thing I tried was a memory test using MemTest. I went through it about 2 times. The first time was about 3 hours with 4 or 5 passes. The second time was 11 hours with 13 passes. As of now I am doubting it's the memory.
I tried a few quick stress test with Prime95. I got no errors from there either.
I then stress tested my graphics card with FurMark, and nothing out of the ordinary either.
I opened up the case to see if anything looked wrong with the motherboard. Mostly to see if there were any blown capacitors, yet I saw none. Or I did not look hard enough.
I wanted to say it was the HDD but I did a disk check on that and was told it was healthy.
I still want to say it's the motherboard as I used Falcon Four's UBCD for Windows to do more checks and it also ended up freezing. Then again I ran another Live CD, through a USB though, for several hours and it did not freeze at all that time.
I have yet to check for any viruses yet, but somehow I doubt that is the problem. That and I haven't really been anywhere too sketchy.
My computer specs:
AMD Phenom II X4 965
2 sticks of 4GB DDR3 RAM (I don't remember the brand/model or the MHz. If those are needed, then I will find out.)
ASUS M5A99X EVO Motherboard
2047MB GeForce GTX 560 (EVGA)
One Seagate 750GB HDD
The PSU is Thermaltake TR2 TRX 650w
I'm running Windows 7 65bit SP1 on the computer.
And if it helps, I think it started to freeze up after installing Metro Last Light through Steam. I'm not sure if software can cause problems like this. Or if it's just a coincidence that it started to freeze after the installation. It doesn't always freeze when playing the game either. The first time it froze, I had yet to play the game. It was still installed at the time however.
Sorry for the long post and details, and if anything seems out of place. Thanks for reading through who ever does. I know this isn't the first time someone has asked a question like this. I also apologize if I am posting this in the wrong spot.
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