Gaming computer freezing while playing games

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LiamJ2499

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Apr 18, 2014
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Hello.
I received a gaming computer for my birthday in April. When I play Minecraft or Unturned for a short while the computer will either:

*Freeze completely, forcing me to manually restart it
*Freeze and then automatically restart
*Send me to a blue screen, displaying a CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT error message

PC Info:
OS - Windows 8.1
Processor - AMD A10-5800K APU with Radeon(tm) HD graphics 3.80GHz
Installed RAM - 8.00GB (7.42 GB usable)
System type - 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Any help would be greatly appreciated, but keep in mind that I am a noob when it comes to computers.
 
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cats_Paw

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Most commonly its a Bad Ram module (Had this issue in the past). Get memtest on a CD to test your ram modules (Test one each time).

Other possible reasons:
Corrupted drivers (need to install updated drivers with a clean install)
Bad Overclock/Cooling (If you did not overclock, check with something like coretemp to make sure your CPU temps stay in check).

If none of those help, I think it is also possible to be software related, but thats very unlikely.
 
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