Finding cause of pc crashes

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Studentmac

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I consistently get moments where my pc beeps or freezes but I cannot find a cause.

There does not seem to be anywhere which tells me why it is doing what it is doing, no error message, no virus.

I had downloaded pc reviver which suggested I need a lot of driver updates and registery issues but to find out what they wanted to charge £50 dont trust the software enough to pay £50 for something which might not help and nothing else I downloaded has suggested the same.

Is there any free software or something already in windows which can determine what is causing the crashes and if drivers are up to date

Thanks
 
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hilltopmonk

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The best checker tool is the manufacturers website. Don't use 3rd party apps for driver searching as they can cause more problems when they make a mistake.

If custom build, go to each devices site, for prebuilt just go top the site for whoever made the system.
 
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Studentmac

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Thanks I have windows log's with over 2000 results, how do I then find out what is actually causing the issues, I have criticals which are power related see below but I think they might just be logging when I have switched off the pc when frozen

Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date: 02/02/2015 12:19:14 PM
Event ID: 41
Task Category: (63)
Level: Critical
Keywords: (2)
User: SYSTEM
Computer: Andrew-PC
Description:
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-02-02T12:19:14.532415900Z" />
<EventRecordID>294670</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Andrew-PC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
 
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