Constant freezing and crashing issues with Windows

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meiolania

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Here are my desktop's specs:

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4
CPU: AMD A10-5800K
RAM: 8GB Dual-channel DDR3
HD: Seagate ST1000DM 005 HD103SJ

More and more frequently, my computer will randomly freeze. I'll find it frozen when I leave it on and compe back after a few hours of it idling, and lately (as in the past few days) it's been freezing whenever I try to do anything of worth with it.

At first I thought it was a sofrware issue and so I did a fresh install of Windows 7, but it'ss right back to tbe same old crap. It's even been freezing in the middle of running Windows Update, which has me extra worried.

Is this a hardware issue or a software issue or what? I've been putting up with this on and off for half a year now, and it's gotten to the point where it's near-unuseable due to the randomness of when it crashes.
 
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You can download and burn the ISO for Hiren's Boot CD, set up your rig to boot from the CD/DVD, and run the MEMtest application...

Alternatively, you can try your rig with just a single stick of RAM in the first slot.... (Check that your mem timings and voltage are conservative)

Check that your cpu is clocked at stock clocks, with intended multipliers, etc...

If you have another hard drive you can try, you can always temp insert it on a SATA port, and test it out with a Hiren's Boot CD, which contains a little Mini-XP operating system on it, or, alternatively, the PartedMagic/Linux recovery environment....

YOu can also check your cpu core temps while running Prime95, to see if any freezes occur after 15 mninutes or so... (Beware...
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mdd1963

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You can download and burn the ISO for Hiren's Boot CD, set up your rig to boot from the CD/DVD, and run the MEMtest application...

Alternatively, you can try your rig with just a single stick of RAM in the first slot.... (Check that your mem timings and voltage are conservative)

Check that your cpu is clocked at stock clocks, with intended multipliers, etc...

If you have another hard drive you can try, you can always temp insert it on a SATA port, and test it out with a Hiren's Boot CD, which contains a little Mini-XP operating system on it, or, alternatively, the PartedMagic/Linux recovery environment....

YOu can also check your cpu core temps while running Prime95, to see if any freezes occur after 15 mninutes or so... (Beware, Prime95 *will* heat your cores to 60-80C in short order, depending on your cooling)
 
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