Hey, so this is the third time I've asked this question, but I've never gotten a good answer, and I usually just give up and deal with it for a while. I'm currently on the "This is really pissing me off" cycle, and so here I am again.
My computer will occasionally freeze up. Usually happens while playing games, though occasionally happens during any other use of the computer. Game locks up, stutters a few times, and then goes blank. Audio freezes (or slows down significantly), causing femshep to sound like a demonic version of Mickey Mouse. Causes the Mclaren in Grid 2 to sound like a horde of angry stink bugs. In other words, it's annoying. Not to mention that it has a habit of happening about 30 seconds before a save point, meaning that I have to start over. Or how about when you finally are about to win a 8 minute race, after countless tries, and it happens then? I almost threw a monitor out of my window last time that happened.
About half of the time, the computer will recover for a little while, meaning that you can at least save. When it does, it gives a "Nvidia display driver has stopped working and has recovered" error. The other half of the time, the computer restarts itself or locks up so that you have to hard reset. This occurs regularly and predictably, and often enough that it's hard to ignore.
I have tried RMAing the CPU. That seemed to fix it for a few days, but it didn't last. Oddly enough, that did fix a problem that I had, where the computer would take 5 minutes to find the Wi-Fi. The PSU was RMAed for a separate problem (It died, spontaneously and dramatically), so it should be fine. I've tested RAM, and know that it is fine. Hard drives all pass diagnostic tests. My next thing was going to be the GPU. However, I unhooked the card to run games on the CPU, just to see if that fixed it. Strangely, the problem seemed to get worse, if anything. This is what led to the RMA of the CPU.
Only errors Windows log shows is a Kernel Power error, which I presume is caused by my angry slapping of the reset button. All drivers are up to date. I really don't know what else to do.
Any ideas?
Computer setup
Asus Maximus V, Intel i7 3770K, EVGA GTX 680, 4x4 G.Skill Ripjaws, Crucial M4
64 Gig SSD, Seagate Barracuda 1 TB, Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid
1050W, Cooler Master HAF X, ASUS VS238H-P X 2, ASUS VS239H-P X 1
My computer will occasionally freeze up. Usually happens while playing games, though occasionally happens during any other use of the computer. Game locks up, stutters a few times, and then goes blank. Audio freezes (or slows down significantly), causing femshep to sound like a demonic version of Mickey Mouse. Causes the Mclaren in Grid 2 to sound like a horde of angry stink bugs. In other words, it's annoying. Not to mention that it has a habit of happening about 30 seconds before a save point, meaning that I have to start over. Or how about when you finally are about to win a 8 minute race, after countless tries, and it happens then? I almost threw a monitor out of my window last time that happened.
About half of the time, the computer will recover for a little while, meaning that you can at least save. When it does, it gives a "Nvidia display driver has stopped working and has recovered" error. The other half of the time, the computer restarts itself or locks up so that you have to hard reset. This occurs regularly and predictably, and often enough that it's hard to ignore.
I have tried RMAing the CPU. That seemed to fix it for a few days, but it didn't last. Oddly enough, that did fix a problem that I had, where the computer would take 5 minutes to find the Wi-Fi. The PSU was RMAed for a separate problem (It died, spontaneously and dramatically), so it should be fine. I've tested RAM, and know that it is fine. Hard drives all pass diagnostic tests. My next thing was going to be the GPU. However, I unhooked the card to run games on the CPU, just to see if that fixed it. Strangely, the problem seemed to get worse, if anything. This is what led to the RMA of the CPU.
Only errors Windows log shows is a Kernel Power error, which I presume is caused by my angry slapping of the reset button. All drivers are up to date. I really don't know what else to do.
Any ideas?
Computer setup
Asus Maximus V, Intel i7 3770K, EVGA GTX 680, 4x4 G.Skill Ripjaws, Crucial M4
64 Gig SSD, Seagate Barracuda 1 TB, Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid
1050W, Cooler Master HAF X, ASUS VS238H-P X 2, ASUS VS239H-P X 1
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