Hi guys, almost finished with my first ever build! Everything is running fine apart from this incredibly irritating issue which needs to be fixed before I can say the computer is good to go for regular use.
Specifically, my computer, almost completely randomly, loves to freeze itself. I turn it off by holding the power button as there is no longer any response on the screen, and it's as if nothing has happened. Event viewer says it was a Kernel-Power issue 41 (something along those lines), and since the first time it's happened, i've searched this on the web multiple times, reading about how unspecific this error is. Previously, it happened every single time I tried to install the latest update for my graphics driver, and sometimes downloading games and scrolling down my facebook feed liked to set it off as well. After that, I placed in a newer sturdier SATA cable for my hard drive. I also (which probably had a bigger impact) used a different cable to power the hard drive itself, as the cable I was using previously powered both the hard drive and disk drive. After this, I managed to install the graphics driver, alongside a decent number of games through Steam, with no issues. However, going through facebook again later, it happened again.
The strangest thing is, researching this issue tells me a lot of people have the issue in the middle of a game. In my case, that has never happened. Gaming is the most reliable function on this computer. My brother has played hour after hour of LoL on this computer with no issues (from what he told me), and last night I played Civilization V for about 4 hours straight. I quit the game after the session, and it froze soon after. It might have been facebook again, or some web page. I have also played DiRT Rally, the Mass Effect 2 demo, etc.
As a result, I think I can discount any hardware issues. If it was a problem with the hardware, then the games should be the things tripping the computer up because they are the most demanding tasks that the computer has been given. Which leads me to believe that this is a software issue, specifically something to do with the drivers. I can easily re-install Windows 7 (I had upgraded to 10) and be more selective with my drivers, installing the ones I actually need). I can only hope that this would work, the first time this computer froze was, incidentally, when I was in the process of downloading drivers (I downloaded them all online, even the wireless adapter which was working without drivers. And thinking back, I believe there were some strange errors that popped up when trying to install the sound drivers). Before I go through this, however, is there any other tests I can do? Other things I can take a look at? Any advice would be gratefully accepted! In the meantime, at least I can do Civ marathons.
Specifically, my computer, almost completely randomly, loves to freeze itself. I turn it off by holding the power button as there is no longer any response on the screen, and it's as if nothing has happened. Event viewer says it was a Kernel-Power issue 41 (something along those lines), and since the first time it's happened, i've searched this on the web multiple times, reading about how unspecific this error is. Previously, it happened every single time I tried to install the latest update for my graphics driver, and sometimes downloading games and scrolling down my facebook feed liked to set it off as well. After that, I placed in a newer sturdier SATA cable for my hard drive. I also (which probably had a bigger impact) used a different cable to power the hard drive itself, as the cable I was using previously powered both the hard drive and disk drive. After this, I managed to install the graphics driver, alongside a decent number of games through Steam, with no issues. However, going through facebook again later, it happened again.
The strangest thing is, researching this issue tells me a lot of people have the issue in the middle of a game. In my case, that has never happened. Gaming is the most reliable function on this computer. My brother has played hour after hour of LoL on this computer with no issues (from what he told me), and last night I played Civilization V for about 4 hours straight. I quit the game after the session, and it froze soon after. It might have been facebook again, or some web page. I have also played DiRT Rally, the Mass Effect 2 demo, etc.
As a result, I think I can discount any hardware issues. If it was a problem with the hardware, then the games should be the things tripping the computer up because they are the most demanding tasks that the computer has been given. Which leads me to believe that this is a software issue, specifically something to do with the drivers. I can easily re-install Windows 7 (I had upgraded to 10) and be more selective with my drivers, installing the ones I actually need). I can only hope that this would work, the first time this computer froze was, incidentally, when I was in the process of downloading drivers (I downloaded them all online, even the wireless adapter which was working without drivers. And thinking back, I believe there were some strange errors that popped up when trying to install the sound drivers). Before I go through this, however, is there any other tests I can do? Other things I can take a look at? Any advice would be gratefully accepted! In the meantime, at least I can do Civ marathons.
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