I just recently bought a desktop that was built by someone who has much more experience than I do when it comes to building. It came with Windows 8, so the first thing I did was a clean install of Windows 7 x64.
Immediately (within the day) I noticed I was having random lockups (no NumLock response). I say random, because it truly seemed to be random. I could get it to freeze the quickest by trying to download a game on Steam, then hop on Firefox and do some browsing. It would freeze everytime. It seemed to be freezing when the HDD was under load (installing games), so I checked it using HD-Tune. I have a "warning" state for the HDD, but it works fine in Linux (installing games in Steam). There is no bluescreen associated with the freezes. It will also freeze when completely idle. No BSOD's to report.
So, I decided to test the hardware by running Ubuntu x64 for a few days and I have no issues what so ever. None. I'm installing games through Steam and using Firefox simutaneously and no freezing. No idle freezing.
Then, I decided to reinstall Windows 7 x64 and I can't even get through the installation process without an error somewhere along the way. I have no optical drive so I'm using an external HDD for the install, which usually works for me.
Any ideas as to why Windows seems to REALLY not want to play nice anymore?
Let me know if you all need anything else to help me out. Let's win this battle.
Specs:
Mobo: MSI 970A-G46
CPU: AMD 6350 Vishera
GPU: EVGA 560 GTX Ti
RAM: 2x2gb Kingston HyperX Blue
HDD: 1 TB (manufacturer unknown as of right now)
PSU: 800W (manufacturer unknown as of right now)
Immediately (within the day) I noticed I was having random lockups (no NumLock response). I say random, because it truly seemed to be random. I could get it to freeze the quickest by trying to download a game on Steam, then hop on Firefox and do some browsing. It would freeze everytime. It seemed to be freezing when the HDD was under load (installing games), so I checked it using HD-Tune. I have a "warning" state for the HDD, but it works fine in Linux (installing games in Steam). There is no bluescreen associated with the freezes. It will also freeze when completely idle. No BSOD's to report.
So, I decided to test the hardware by running Ubuntu x64 for a few days and I have no issues what so ever. None. I'm installing games through Steam and using Firefox simutaneously and no freezing. No idle freezing.
Then, I decided to reinstall Windows 7 x64 and I can't even get through the installation process without an error somewhere along the way. I have no optical drive so I'm using an external HDD for the install, which usually works for me.
Any ideas as to why Windows seems to REALLY not want to play nice anymore?
Let me know if you all need anything else to help me out. Let's win this battle.
Specs:
Mobo: MSI 970A-G46
CPU: AMD 6350 Vishera
GPU: EVGA 560 GTX Ti
RAM: 2x2gb Kingston HyperX Blue
HDD: 1 TB (manufacturer unknown as of right now)
PSU: 800W (manufacturer unknown as of right now)