Computer freezes with occasional BSOD

Filthoid

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So for the passed couple of months, my computer randomly locks up and sometimes(not always) ends up with a BSOD. 90% of the time my computer just locks up and I can't do anything ( no BSOD, just locks up) and I have to manually shut off my computer. The thing that is weird to me is that its so sporadic that I can't reproduce the problem. I can go an entire 3 days without freezing up then the next day I'll lock up twice within a 30 min time frame. Another weird thing is that my computer never freezes when I'm solely just playing a game. I've had it freeze while just browsing the interwebs, watching a movie, and watching live streams. I'd say 80% of the time my comp freezes when I'm watching a live stream.

I've thought about every possible reason but just can't figure it out. My temps are golden so it can't be from overheating. I have an h80 cooling my cpu which never goes above 60c while under heavy load. I've ran Mem tests and passed. There is also no increase in fan speed or any overall volume increases inside my case. I'm just puzzled at this point.

If you guys have any tips or thoughts feel free to toss them my way. They would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
 
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Something is dieing in your computer. I had this happen to me, and it was the sound card: every time the computer played a sound, there was a chance it would freeze.

But it could be anything: it could be your cooling fans causing overheating issues (install RealTemp to check for that), it could be your RAM, your motherboard, your hard drive, even your PSU. The problem is it's so random, so you can't just check if it's this or that by just trying a new part.

I'd start with a OS reinstall just to be sure...

Dmilander

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Only possible thing I can think of it may have something to do with the Graphics card. One thing you could try is to make sure your graphics card driver is up to date. If you do have the latest one already you could try to rollback the driver to the last version since the latest one might be unstable. If I think of something else it could be I will let you know.
 

Morbus

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Something is dieing in your computer. I had this happen to me, and it was the sound card: every time the computer played a sound, there was a chance it would freeze.

But it could be anything: it could be your cooling fans causing overheating issues (install RealTemp to check for that), it could be your RAM, your motherboard, your hard drive, even your PSU. The problem is it's so random, so you can't just check if it's this or that by just trying a new part.

I'd start with a OS reinstall just to be sure...
 
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defcrash

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Have you figured out what was causing this in your computer? I am experiencing the same symptoms almost verbatim. Could you please let me know if you figured out a solution?

Thanks a ton,
Dan