Computer Freezes and Failed Restarts Due to Minecraft

michael267

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While playing Minecraft, after about a half hour, my computer will completely freeze. Everything is frozen and unresponsive and when I go to turn it off and back on, it will Blue screen upon restart. After a while when I turn it back on it works again. This is not due to a GPU or CPU overheating, I have checked the temperatures and they do not change much (GPU reaches 39 C, CPU reaches 55 C on first core, 53 C on second). But I have noticed that my RAM cards get very very hot. Does anyone know what might be happening? Thanks for the help. Also I recently upgraded my graphics from a FireGL v7200 to a HD 7770. And since minecraft didnt work on my old GPU, my computer has never Blue screened.

Specs: Dell Workstation 490
Intel Xeon 5160 CPU
Foxxconn ls-36 mobo
Radeon HD 7770 GPU
750w PSU
2 Hard Drives
 

michael267

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No the system is a workstation and they seem to always give those large PSU's. The GPU is new and it seems like it works alright. I just dont get why the computer would completely freeze. Its sort of like it tries to bluescreen but it cant, since it will bluescreen on restart.