Specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K Quad Core Processor
GPU: XFX Radeon R7 265
PSU: XFX PRO 650W
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M-HD+
RAM: Zeus 4gb DDR3 1600
Background:
I inherited this custom- built PC from a friend after he had a few overheating problems with it. He played a lot of DOTA, and occasionally the PC would overheat and freeze/ he would have to restart the computer. He didn't want to mess with it, bought a new one and gave this one to me. I was looking for a new computer, and thought this would be an interesting project to work on.
I thought it might be a PSU / cooling issue, so I changed the case, installed better fans, and upgraded the PSU. After upgrading the PSU, there was about a 2 week period of no freezing.
(Side note: The old PSU was a corsair 430W)
When running games (Dota 2, Shadow of Mordor, Company of Heroes) none of the components get above 65 C. However, now the computer will randomly lock up and requires a hard reset. Each freeze is different. Sometimes, the screen will just freeze wherever it is. Sometimes, random colors will pop up, accompanied with a loud buzzing noise coming from the speakers. Sometimes the screen will shake, or go black. All of the fans, keyboard lights, mouse lights, etc. will stay on when this happens.
So far, I've run Prime95 (~2hrs) and FurMark (~30min) tests successfully with no overheating or freezing issues. As of now, this only happens when I play videogames.
I'm thinking it might be a problem with the motherboard, but I'm really looking for anything else it could be. Does anyone have any thoughts / suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Also, I'm a bit new to the custom built PC community, and although I've been doing some research there might be some info I have forgotten to include. Let me know, and I'll try to find it out!
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K Quad Core Processor
GPU: XFX Radeon R7 265
PSU: XFX PRO 650W
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M-HD+
RAM: Zeus 4gb DDR3 1600
Background:
I inherited this custom- built PC from a friend after he had a few overheating problems with it. He played a lot of DOTA, and occasionally the PC would overheat and freeze/ he would have to restart the computer. He didn't want to mess with it, bought a new one and gave this one to me. I was looking for a new computer, and thought this would be an interesting project to work on.
I thought it might be a PSU / cooling issue, so I changed the case, installed better fans, and upgraded the PSU. After upgrading the PSU, there was about a 2 week period of no freezing.
(Side note: The old PSU was a corsair 430W)
When running games (Dota 2, Shadow of Mordor, Company of Heroes) none of the components get above 65 C. However, now the computer will randomly lock up and requires a hard reset. Each freeze is different. Sometimes, the screen will just freeze wherever it is. Sometimes, random colors will pop up, accompanied with a loud buzzing noise coming from the speakers. Sometimes the screen will shake, or go black. All of the fans, keyboard lights, mouse lights, etc. will stay on when this happens.
So far, I've run Prime95 (~2hrs) and FurMark (~30min) tests successfully with no overheating or freezing issues. As of now, this only happens when I play videogames.
I'm thinking it might be a problem with the motherboard, but I'm really looking for anything else it could be. Does anyone have any thoughts / suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Also, I'm a bit new to the custom built PC community, and although I've been doing some research there might be some info I have forgotten to include. Let me know, and I'll try to find it out!
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