- Aug 12, 2013
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Hi, everyone.
A few days ago, my computer started freezing on me. It usually freezes when I'm idling or browsing the internet. When I was trying to figure out what was wrong, I noticed the temp for cpu was 70c. I didn't understand why until I looked in my case, and the cpu fan was not spinning. It was unplugged, but I plugged it back in, and now it idles at about ~40c, which is normal for my computer. At most, it goes up to 60c under load.
Some details about the freezes: The computer begins to lag very badly for a couple of seconds, and then becomes completely unresponsive. The mouse does not move, ctrl+alt+del does not work, if music is playing then the last note played is dragged out. It froze once while it was idle and the screen was off after 15 minutes. I tried to move the mouse, clicked caps lock to see if there would be a response on the keyboard, but nothing. After 15 seconds, it restarted itself. That hasn't happened before. These freezes have never occurred while under load.
I'm not sure if my cpu could have been damaged, or if it's my motherboard or power supply. For the past week, I've only read pdf's and browsed on Chrome. Hardware monitor is telling me that my power supply is sending 14.96v on the 12v rail, but BIOS is telling me 12.3v. The voltages all seem fine on BIOS, and the 12v rail is the only one out of the ordinary on hardware monitor. I ran memtest86 to see if my memory was a problem. It returned no errors. I have no idea whether it could be my cpu, motherboard, or power supply that's causing the freezes.
I appreciate any help. Thank you!
Specs:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
MB: MSI 970a-g45
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 955 Black Ed.
PSU: Coolermaster GX RS650 650w 80 Plus Broze cert.
Memory: Kingston Hyperx Blu 8gb (2x4gb) DDR3 1600
GFX: Nvidia GTX 460
The computer is almost 2 years old. The memory is several months old.
A few days ago, my computer started freezing on me. It usually freezes when I'm idling or browsing the internet. When I was trying to figure out what was wrong, I noticed the temp for cpu was 70c. I didn't understand why until I looked in my case, and the cpu fan was not spinning. It was unplugged, but I plugged it back in, and now it idles at about ~40c, which is normal for my computer. At most, it goes up to 60c under load.
Some details about the freezes: The computer begins to lag very badly for a couple of seconds, and then becomes completely unresponsive. The mouse does not move, ctrl+alt+del does not work, if music is playing then the last note played is dragged out. It froze once while it was idle and the screen was off after 15 minutes. I tried to move the mouse, clicked caps lock to see if there would be a response on the keyboard, but nothing. After 15 seconds, it restarted itself. That hasn't happened before. These freezes have never occurred while under load.
I'm not sure if my cpu could have been damaged, or if it's my motherboard or power supply. For the past week, I've only read pdf's and browsed on Chrome. Hardware monitor is telling me that my power supply is sending 14.96v on the 12v rail, but BIOS is telling me 12.3v. The voltages all seem fine on BIOS, and the 12v rail is the only one out of the ordinary on hardware monitor. I ran memtest86 to see if my memory was a problem. It returned no errors. I have no idea whether it could be my cpu, motherboard, or power supply that's causing the freezes.
I appreciate any help. Thank you!
Specs:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
MB: MSI 970a-g45
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 955 Black Ed.
PSU: Coolermaster GX RS650 650w 80 Plus Broze cert.
Memory: Kingston Hyperx Blu 8gb (2x4gb) DDR3 1600
GFX: Nvidia GTX 460
The computer is almost 2 years old. The memory is several months old.
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