Hi guys,
My computer specifications are as below:
Intel I5 3450
Gigabyte H77M-D3H
Kingston 2X4GB DDR3 PC1333
MSI 7870 2GB TWIN FROZR
SSD ADATA 128GB
WD 1TB HDD
FSP RAIDER 650W
Windows 8 and some of my work applications are like photoshop are installed on the SSD, while games and other miscellaneous files are installed on the HDD.
When playing computer games, my computer seems to crash rather frequently. It seems to crash much faster when playing graphic intensive games.
Some troubleshooting that I have done:
Cleaned the computer of dust
Test HDD for bad sector
Replaced stock fans with Cooler Master Jet Flow 120
Ran the FurMark test to stress test my graphic card (no incidence of computer hanging)
Updated graphics driver to latest version.
I am stumped as to which portion of the hardware is responsible for the crashing.
Can anyone kindly point me to the next troubleshooting step I can undertake to determine the issue?
My warranties are running out within 1 month and hopefully, I can get it RMA-ed before then.
EDIT: The screen will always turn black, the system becomes unresponsive and ctrl-alt-del does not work. Sometimes when the screen turns black, all the fans (case, gfx) goes into hyperdrive, sometimes there's a loud and obnoxious buzzing sound coming from the computer. I will always will have to do a hard reset for the computer to boot into windows again but hard reset always works.
My computer specifications are as below:
Intel I5 3450
Gigabyte H77M-D3H
Kingston 2X4GB DDR3 PC1333
MSI 7870 2GB TWIN FROZR
SSD ADATA 128GB
WD 1TB HDD
FSP RAIDER 650W
Windows 8 and some of my work applications are like photoshop are installed on the SSD, while games and other miscellaneous files are installed on the HDD.
When playing computer games, my computer seems to crash rather frequently. It seems to crash much faster when playing graphic intensive games.
Some troubleshooting that I have done:
Cleaned the computer of dust
Test HDD for bad sector
Replaced stock fans with Cooler Master Jet Flow 120
Ran the FurMark test to stress test my graphic card (no incidence of computer hanging)
Updated graphics driver to latest version.
I am stumped as to which portion of the hardware is responsible for the crashing.
Can anyone kindly point me to the next troubleshooting step I can undertake to determine the issue?
My warranties are running out within 1 month and hopefully, I can get it RMA-ed before then.
EDIT: The screen will always turn black, the system becomes unresponsive and ctrl-alt-del does not work. Sometimes when the screen turns black, all the fans (case, gfx) goes into hyperdrive, sometimes there's a loud and obnoxious buzzing sound coming from the computer. I will always will have to do a hard reset for the computer to boot into windows again but hard reset always works.
and many more I don't even think of
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