- Jul 22, 2014
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I recently went through a lot of issues with my Memory and GPU and, upon discovering that each was defective, had them replaced. When my computer continued suffering issues, I was very upset.
Currently, my computer will randomly hang/freeze whether I am gaming, browsing the internet, or just sitting on the Windows 8 home screen (I know, I know, Windows 8 for a gaming rig is a terrible choice, sue me). It immediately freezes, as though someone had printed the screen and pasted it over my display, and any audio goes dead.
My friend suggested that I run a Seatools SMART check on my drives and, while my HDD passed the test fine, the SSD said it failed.
Could this be the source of my problems and, if so, would I need to replace to SSD? I've read that the test can be faulty on an SSD occasionally, and that this could also be an issue with Windows installation. I was not having this issue before replacing my GPU (running off of the internal graphics card), and there was a windows update upon placing the card and starting up the PC. When restarting from one of the crashes, it worked through a Windows repair.
EVGA GTX 780 GPU
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H Motherboard
Intel i7 Ivy Bridge CPU
Samsung SATA6.0 120GB SSD
Currently, my computer will randomly hang/freeze whether I am gaming, browsing the internet, or just sitting on the Windows 8 home screen (I know, I know, Windows 8 for a gaming rig is a terrible choice, sue me). It immediately freezes, as though someone had printed the screen and pasted it over my display, and any audio goes dead.
My friend suggested that I run a Seatools SMART check on my drives and, while my HDD passed the test fine, the SSD said it failed.
Could this be the source of my problems and, if so, would I need to replace to SSD? I've read that the test can be faulty on an SSD occasionally, and that this could also be an issue with Windows installation. I was not having this issue before replacing my GPU (running off of the internal graphics card), and there was a windows update upon placing the card and starting up the PC. When restarting from one of the crashes, it worked through a Windows repair.
EVGA GTX 780 GPU
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H Motherboard
Intel i7 Ivy Bridge CPU
Samsung SATA6.0 120GB SSD
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