My PC: 2500K (currently not OC'd), 8GB DDR3 1600MHz, GTX670, Sandisk SSD + WD HDD, AsRock P67 Pro3, Creative X-Fi ExtremeMusic, XFX Core 550W.
From times to times, completely randomly my PC freezes and the only thing I can do is hard reset (holding the power button for 5s or turning PSU off). The sound loops last 0,2-0,5s so it produces weird constant buzzing sound, sometimes very short loop that keeps on going forever until I turn the power off.
I expected it to be the very old sound card, so I took it off and installed MOBO Sound drivers instead. The problem still persists.
It is 100% certainly not related to the CPU/GPU load, sometimes it happens during demanding games, sometimes happens during browsing reddit, doing literally nothing taxing. It also happens with random frequency, sometimes I can work on PC just fine for 3 days straight, sometimes it locks up 2 times a day (thankfully it doesn't happen more often).
What I've done so far:
Full memtest86+ test, OCCT stress testing for both CPU and GPU, removing sound card, trying to reassembly the parts to make sure the connections are fine.
One thing that makes me think that MOBO may be dying: when I changed the PCI port of my sound card it did not detect it. How do I verify whether my suspicions are true and it's indeed MOBO dying?
Thanks in advance.
edit: I'm clutching at straws, so I decided to update the BIOS. Update worked, I'll let you know if it changes anything.
From times to times, completely randomly my PC freezes and the only thing I can do is hard reset (holding the power button for 5s or turning PSU off). The sound loops last 0,2-0,5s so it produces weird constant buzzing sound, sometimes very short loop that keeps on going forever until I turn the power off.
I expected it to be the very old sound card, so I took it off and installed MOBO Sound drivers instead. The problem still persists.
It is 100% certainly not related to the CPU/GPU load, sometimes it happens during demanding games, sometimes happens during browsing reddit, doing literally nothing taxing. It also happens with random frequency, sometimes I can work on PC just fine for 3 days straight, sometimes it locks up 2 times a day (thankfully it doesn't happen more often).
What I've done so far:
Full memtest86+ test, OCCT stress testing for both CPU and GPU, removing sound card, trying to reassembly the parts to make sure the connections are fine.
One thing that makes me think that MOBO may be dying: when I changed the PCI port of my sound card it did not detect it. How do I verify whether my suspicions are true and it's indeed MOBO dying?
Thanks in advance.
edit: I'm clutching at straws, so I decided to update the BIOS. Update worked, I'll let you know if it changes anything.
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