- Jan 20, 2014
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PC Build -
FX-6300 -
Gigabyte GTX 660 -
G Skills 8-8-8-24 1600hz 8Gb -
Corsair 500w B+ -
Samsung 840 Evo 120gb -
1TB WD Blue HD -
Asus M5A97 R2.0
Ok, so I finished building my new PC [First ever] on Wednesday. I've had screen freezes since then and for the past days have been trying to diagnos the problem. I'm about ready to RMA, but I can't find out which part is letting me down. -
What happens is, I can load up to Windows 7 Home Premium fine, but once I start browsing the internet for some time, load multiple applications like CPUZ + SpeedFan and other stuff, or try to play a game. The screen just freezes. Mouse and Keyboard become unresponsive. At the moment I'm using SteamOS, which seems to be the most stable after I downloaded SteamOS, I thought my problem was fixed and thought it was only an OS problem. I was able to play games. But so far I've froze twice. Which is an huge improvement over Windows 7. -
I want to believe my freezes are because of an OS problem. because SteamOS is still in beta and its running so much more stable than Windows 7 for me. - Yesterday, I've ran Prime95, to see if it was my CPU that was the problem, but nope didn't crash or freeze. I've ran FurMark, didn't freeze. I've ran MemTest86, no errors. I've tried 1 stick of RAM(Both of them) worked by them selves, but still froze on Windows 7. I've tried SeaTools and Samsung Magician, both my harddrives are healthy. I've updated every single driver, updated bios, pretty much anything I can think of. The GPU, CPU, Mobo are not overheating their at their normal temps. -
Which leads me three possible problems, OS, Mobo, or PSU. I don't have a second PC to test the PSU, but I can't think of why the PSU or Mobo could be the problem, because the all of the Mobo's connections work. Also the PSU doesn't make my computer shut-down or anything, the screen just freezes so I have to reboot. Could it be an OS problem?
FX-6300 -
Gigabyte GTX 660 -
G Skills 8-8-8-24 1600hz 8Gb -
Corsair 500w B+ -
Samsung 840 Evo 120gb -
1TB WD Blue HD -
Asus M5A97 R2.0
Ok, so I finished building my new PC [First ever] on Wednesday. I've had screen freezes since then and for the past days have been trying to diagnos the problem. I'm about ready to RMA, but I can't find out which part is letting me down. -
What happens is, I can load up to Windows 7 Home Premium fine, but once I start browsing the internet for some time, load multiple applications like CPUZ + SpeedFan and other stuff, or try to play a game. The screen just freezes. Mouse and Keyboard become unresponsive. At the moment I'm using SteamOS, which seems to be the most stable after I downloaded SteamOS, I thought my problem was fixed and thought it was only an OS problem. I was able to play games. But so far I've froze twice. Which is an huge improvement over Windows 7. -
I want to believe my freezes are because of an OS problem. because SteamOS is still in beta and its running so much more stable than Windows 7 for me. - Yesterday, I've ran Prime95, to see if it was my CPU that was the problem, but nope didn't crash or freeze. I've ran FurMark, didn't freeze. I've ran MemTest86, no errors. I've tried 1 stick of RAM(Both of them) worked by them selves, but still froze on Windows 7. I've tried SeaTools and Samsung Magician, both my harddrives are healthy. I've updated every single driver, updated bios, pretty much anything I can think of. The GPU, CPU, Mobo are not overheating their at their normal temps. -
Which leads me three possible problems, OS, Mobo, or PSU. I don't have a second PC to test the PSU, but I can't think of why the PSU or Mobo could be the problem, because the all of the Mobo's connections work. Also the PSU doesn't make my computer shut-down or anything, the screen just freezes so I have to reboot. Could it be an OS problem?
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