My computer has been giving me fits lately, but the issues are all over the place so it's been difficult to pin down an exact cause. Sometimes the computer just freezes, and I have to do a hard reset. Sometimes the computer just powers off and promptly reboots itself, as if the power went out in the house. Finally, the computer will just give the BSOD (picture attached), though it's rare.
I built the computer about a year ago, and I'm not to terribly knowledgeable on all the inner-workings, but the issues seem to have become a real problem after I upgraded my GPU to the 970 (previously using a 660ti), though as far as I can recall these have always been a problem. The powering-off makes me think there's a problem with the power supply, or at least it's usage (the 9590 is a power-hog, as I understand it). Meanwhile, the freezing seems like it a problem with my RAM, which is fairly old by this point, and the BSOD could be a number of things.
The attached picture shows the BSOD error I get, but from my research I could only get that it was some sort of nebulous "hardware error". I also tried to run prime95, and it immediately froze my computer after showing the second attached picture. (As a side note, when I first put the computer together a year ago, I ran Prime95 for about a half-hour with no error.) I'm also willing to provide some screens of my BIOS settings if needed.
BSOD: http://imgur.com/fMACASX
Prime95 Results: http://imgur.com/xcxlyaH
Most, if not every instance of these issues arise while playing fairly demanding games, and I know i've experienced it while playing Deadrising 3, Red Orchestra 2, Wolfenstine TNO, and MGSV Ground Zeroes. Overclocking the CPU or GPU doesn't seem to make much of a difference, and they are currently at factory settings.
I'm currently finishing up a development-heavy semester, and I've already missed one milestone due to a BSOD wiping out my data, so any help I could get would be a godsend.
My computer specs are as follows:
MoBo: Sabertooth 990fx R2.0
CPU: AMD FX 9590 8-core 4.7Ghz
GPU: nVidia GTX 970 (Gigabyte G1 Gaming) 3.5 gb vram
Power Supply: Corsair 700 watts
8 gb DDR3 RAM
Corsair H100i liquid cooling
Running Windows 7
I built the computer about a year ago, and I'm not to terribly knowledgeable on all the inner-workings, but the issues seem to have become a real problem after I upgraded my GPU to the 970 (previously using a 660ti), though as far as I can recall these have always been a problem. The powering-off makes me think there's a problem with the power supply, or at least it's usage (the 9590 is a power-hog, as I understand it). Meanwhile, the freezing seems like it a problem with my RAM, which is fairly old by this point, and the BSOD could be a number of things.
The attached picture shows the BSOD error I get, but from my research I could only get that it was some sort of nebulous "hardware error". I also tried to run prime95, and it immediately froze my computer after showing the second attached picture. (As a side note, when I first put the computer together a year ago, I ran Prime95 for about a half-hour with no error.) I'm also willing to provide some screens of my BIOS settings if needed.
BSOD: http://imgur.com/fMACASX
Prime95 Results: http://imgur.com/xcxlyaH
Most, if not every instance of these issues arise while playing fairly demanding games, and I know i've experienced it while playing Deadrising 3, Red Orchestra 2, Wolfenstine TNO, and MGSV Ground Zeroes. Overclocking the CPU or GPU doesn't seem to make much of a difference, and they are currently at factory settings.
I'm currently finishing up a development-heavy semester, and I've already missed one milestone due to a BSOD wiping out my data, so any help I could get would be a godsend.
My computer specs are as follows:
MoBo: Sabertooth 990fx R2.0
CPU: AMD FX 9590 8-core 4.7Ghz
GPU: nVidia GTX 970 (Gigabyte G1 Gaming) 3.5 gb vram
Power Supply: Corsair 700 watts
8 gb DDR3 RAM
Corsair H100i liquid cooling
Running Windows 7
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