I custom Built my pc last year, and all has worked just fine up until the new year. all of a sudden my computer locks up completely, and at random intervals, requiring a hard reset. I've tried re-installing windows, and it seemed that it might have worked. until today. my knowledge of hardware is limited, so im not sure where to turn next.
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Custom Windows 7 Rig Freezes Randomly. Started New Year
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Sweet thanks. Lock ups like this can be incredibly difficult to diagnose 
As far as the event viewer goes, when it opens, in the top left section select windows logs and then select the system option. It will be a daunting list, but it is all in chronological order, so next time you get a lock up, note the time and check the logs for anything critical (red exclamation point), but also note any warnings (yellow exclamation point) leading up to it as well just in case. This way we can try and figure out if there are any hints as to whether this is hardware or software related, I'm leaning towards hardware since your windows reinstall didn't help, but we can get hints from here that might point us in the right direction.
In the...
As far as the event viewer goes, when it opens, in the top left section select windows logs and then select the system option. It will be a daunting list, but it is all in chronological order, so next time you get a lock up, note the time and check the logs for anything critical (red exclamation point), but also note any warnings (yellow exclamation point) leading up to it as well just in case. This way we can try and figure out if there are any hints as to whether this is hardware or software related, I'm leaning towards hardware since your windows reinstall didn't help, but we can get hints from here that might point us in the right direction.In the...
bdiddytampa
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CPU: AMD FX-8320 (Vishera) 3.50 Ghz
MB: ASUS M5A97 R2.0
GPU: Radeon HD7850-DC-2GD5
RAM: 16 GB Corsair CML 16GX3M2A (not sure about model numbers here, no packaging, just the sticks to look at)
PSU: Antec 750W EA 750Green
SOUND: Creative SB X-FI
HDD: WD RED 1TB WD10EFRX
Samsung SSD 128GB (unknown model number)
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1
Ive got the dxdiag as well if that helps but its alot of text
Edit: Ive checked operating temperatures, and they're all nominal at about 35 C, except the gpu runs a little warmer at 45 C
I'm not certain how to read the Event Viewer properly so im not able to trace it myself in that manner, without help understanding the entries
MB: ASUS M5A97 R2.0
GPU: Radeon HD7850-DC-2GD5
RAM: 16 GB Corsair CML 16GX3M2A (not sure about model numbers here, no packaging, just the sticks to look at)
PSU: Antec 750W EA 750Green
SOUND: Creative SB X-FI
HDD: WD RED 1TB WD10EFRX
Samsung SSD 128GB (unknown model number)
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1
Ive got the dxdiag as well if that helps but its alot of text
Edit: Ive checked operating temperatures, and they're all nominal at about 35 C, except the gpu runs a little warmer at 45 C
I'm not certain how to read the Event Viewer properly so im not able to trace it myself in that manner, without help understanding the entries
bdiddytampa
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Sweet thanks. Lock ups like this can be incredibly difficult to diagnose As far as the event viewer goes, when it opens, in the top left section select windows logs and then select the system option. It will be a daunting list, but it is all in chronological order, so next time you get a lock up, note the time and check the logs for anything critical (red exclamation point), but also note any warnings (yellow exclamation point) leading up to it as well just in case. This way we can try and figure out if there are any hints as to whether this is hardware or software related, I'm leaning towards hardware since your windows reinstall didn't help, but we can get hints from here that might point us in the right direction.
In the meantime, make sure all you drivers are up to date, and listen for any odd noises (like a clicking sound from your hard drive) coming from your case. You can run it with it open to do so.
Another thing you can do is run memtest on your RAM, the website should have instructions on how to use it, but if you have any questions or you don't understand something just ask
http://www.memtest.org/
As far as the event viewer goes, when it opens, in the top left section select windows logs and then select the system option. It will be a daunting list, but it is all in chronological order, so next time you get a lock up, note the time and check the logs for anything critical (red exclamation point), but also note any warnings (yellow exclamation point) leading up to it as well just in case. This way we can try and figure out if there are any hints as to whether this is hardware or software related, I'm leaning towards hardware since your windows reinstall didn't help, but we can get hints from here that might point us in the right direction.In the meantime, make sure all you drivers are up to date, and listen for any odd noises (like a clicking sound from your hard drive) coming from your case. You can run it with it open to do so.
Another thing you can do is run memtest on your RAM, the website should have instructions on how to use it, but if you have any questions or you don't understand something just ask
http://www.memtest.org/
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