Custom Pc Freezes Every 40 Minutes Win 7 Pro need help

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I have not overclocked anything before or after the freezes began.

Specs
Processor: AMD FX 8350 Eight-Core 4.00GHz
Video Card: Radeon HD 6950
Memory: 8GB RAM AMD Performance Edition
Case: IN WIN GRone Case (White)
Hard Drive: Crucial SSD 256GB
Mother Board: GigaByte Ultra Durable GA-990FXA-UD7

This freezing problem occurred a few days ago. I've had my rig for about a year now and never had problems til a few days ago. I was prompted with a stop error 0x000000F4 (hardware problem I was told). I ended up wiping the drive and reinstalled everything perfectly fine. I started getting this freeze that happens every 40minutes or so no matter what I'm doing but when it shuts off it goes to a blank screen and no BSoD shows so I have to shut it off by holding the power button. When it boots up everything boots up fine and I can play or whatever for another 40minutes til it freezes again. Please need help.

Thank you in advance.


 
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volcanoscout
Here are some more things to try:

-This might be an issue if the paging file is not setup properly on the computer, follow the steps below to setup the paging file:

1. Right click on Computer.
2. Click on Properties.
3. Click on Advanced System Settings.
4. Click on settings in Performance under Advanced Tab.
5. Click on Advanced Tab in Performance Options Window.
6. Click on Change.
7. Uncheck “automatically manage Paging File size for all drives”.
8. Select C:/drive.
9. Select “System Managed Size”.
10. Click Set.
11. Click OK.


-Try updating the SSD firmware:

http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd


- Download and run CrystalDisk or other SSD diagnostic for a drive health check...
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Crash Dump Analysis
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Crash dump directory: C:\Windows\Minidump

Crash dumps are enabled on your computer.

No valid crash dumps have been found on your computer


Any other ideas?
 
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Here are some more things to try:

-This might be an issue if the paging file is not setup properly on the computer, follow the steps below to setup the paging file:

1. Right click on Computer.
2. Click on Properties.
3. Click on Advanced System Settings.
4. Click on settings in Performance under Advanced Tab.
5. Click on Advanced Tab in Performance Options Window.
6. Click on Change.
7. Uncheck “automatically manage Paging File size for all drives”.
8. Select C:/drive.
9. Select “System Managed Size”.
10. Click Set.
11. Click OK.


-Try updating the SSD firmware:

http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd


- Download and run CrystalDisk or other SSD diagnostic for a drive health check.

http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html


- You can also try using a different SATA data cable and a different port.





Do you use Torrent or other file-sharing apps?
 
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I don't torrent and as for other file sharing apps I'm unsure.

CrystalDisk said "Good 97%."
Restarted the computer for the paging file to take effect.
Now I'm updating the firmware if this doesn't work I'll switch the SATA cable and use a different port.
Thank you for the help by the way.
 
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Not sure if the firmware updated or not. The computer restarted and it seems like its working. Going to get back at you in about an hour to see if it freezes or not.

 
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Okay, so much for the lucky shot in the dark approach. Looks like we'll have to do some real diagnostics.

Do you have any other drives connected? (HDD, ODD)

What BIOS do you currently have on the mobo?

Are all of your drivers current? (Can check this on mobo support webpage.)

What PSU do you have? (Make, model, size, etc)

What are your RAM details - model number, number and size of sticks, DIMM slots that they're installed in, etc?

Are you running any kind of hardware/temp monitoring software? (e.g. HWMonitor)

Do you have CPU-Z installed?

Is your sleep state enabled?
 
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Currently no other drives connected.
GBT -42302e31 award modular BIOS v6.00PG
All Drivers are current unless you mean the actual motherboard drivers then I have no clue.
Magna Gold series 750w 80+ gold
8GB (2 x 4GB) model#:AP38G1608U2K they are in slots #3, #4.
running cpuz and HW monitor
sleep not enabled.
 
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not sure what you ment by sleep state enabled.
 
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I just noticed that windows update is failing to install windows 7 service pack 1 for x64=based systems (KB976932). I tried google for the past few hours but no luck on a solution unless anyone here knows of one?
 
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