Computer randomly freezes (hardware suspect)

Ruslan Gladkiy · Sep 17, 2014

A month or so ago I bought used parts to upgrade my system. I did not bother reinstalling my Win7. After few driver changes and few Bluescreens it finaly accepted new parts.
Now here is the problem. Couple of weeks ago I started to get random freezes. It doesn't matter if I play games or watch movies. So I desided to reinstall and it didn't work.

I've checked powersupply and it looks normal:
CPUv - 1.248v
3.3v - 3,408v
12v - 12.096v

I have no idea what is causing the crash.

My specs are:
PSU: Corsair vx 550W
Motherboard: ASUS P7H55-M PRO, Socket-1156
RAM: 2x2 kit Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600Mhz 4GB
CPU: Intel core i3 Dual i3-550 3.2Ghz
GPU: Zotac GeForce 450 1gb AMP

If anyone has any idea please help!

tiny voices · Sep 17, 2014

Run memtest for 5 passes. Bad RAM is a typical cause of freezing.

What hardware did you add?

JeckeL · Sep 17, 2014

Does anything show up in event viewer under windows logs > system and windows logs > application? I would make note of the exact time of day that a freeze occurs and then look for errors around that time in event viewer

Did you install a new vid. card? If so, did you completely remove the old drivers first? You might want to use ( http://www.guru3d.com/content-page/guru3d-driver-sweeper.html ) to remove all video drivers, then reinstall the proper video driver

Ruslan Gladkiy · Sep 17, 2014

tiny voices :

I've added new CPU, GPU, and RAM
Everything worked fine for few weeks.

Ruslan Gladkiy · Sep 17, 2014

JeckeL :

I've completely reinstalled win7 and the problem is still there.

tiny voices · Sep 17, 2014

Run me test like I instructed in my previous post. Bad RAM can easily be a cause.

Ruslan Gladkiy · Sep 17, 2014

I did run the test. It came to about 70% with no errors and then... Bluescreen. Got this report file 091714-23992-01.dmp

Should i try and run the test again?

tiny voices · Sep 17, 2014

Try running the test on one stick of RAM at a time. If one passes but the other fails, then you have the problem.

Ruslan Gladkiy · Sep 18, 2014

tiny voices :

Have been running memtest for hours now. I came close to 200% with no errors reported.

I forgot to mention that sometimes my usb cable that I use to charge my headset, plugs in and out randomly. When it plugs back in after a random disconnect, windows says its an uknown device. I plugged it in another usb port and it haven't said anything yet. So I assume its just a bad port. I've tested the cable and it is fine. Could it have any relation with the freeze?

Ruslan Gladkiy · Sep 18, 2014

Nope. Still says uknown device..

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