Maybe PSU problem, pc froze every time after a short time, can't do anything just force shut down...

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PC freeze after a while. I bought a used computer today, installed Windows 10, everything went fine, but after a short time the whole pc froze. If I listened something, the sound froze too (continous buzzing noise). The screen froze too (blury, blue and grey stripes horizontal on the whole screen). Can't do anything, had to force shut down the pc. This happened every time.
Tried to reinstall Windows, but the whole thing froze just after the install. HDD is in a 100/98 percent condition.

Picture of the screen after the freezing thing: http://

The computer:
PSU: Kolink chs-400 400W
Motherboard: AsRock H61M-HVS
GPU: Integrated
RAM: 2x4gb 1066Mhz DDR3
HDD: Western Digital Green WD15EARX 1.5TB SATA 6.0Gb/s

Thanks for any help guys!
 
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Maybe reseating the memory chip solved the problem. Try running the pc with only the memory chip you took out and make sure you put it in the same dim slot used when you were having issues, and see if it freezes. The dim slot/motherboard could be defective.
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So you think this whole freezing is becasue the psu? Can my screen freeze like that because of it?
 
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Nothing special, surfing net, or watching youtube or twitch. Tried to watch the heat of the components and everything was fine.
 
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Thanks for the advice! :) The hdd got 1 faulty/bad sector and 2 weak sector at the moment. 98% condition and already failing? :O
 
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Okay i will try this. If i put a hdd with windows installed to it (from a different pc with other components) what can happen?
 
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Some update: someone mentioned that the problem might be cause my ram. I took out one of it and now the pc works well, no problem at all. I ran a memory test with both of the rams and no problem, but if I use the pc it freeze after some minutes. Now I use the computer with one ram again and no problems. Maybe my motherboard not like dual channel or what can be the problem? :/

Oh one thing more: one of my ram is Kingston, other one is Kingmax and low profile. If I take out the low profile the pc works well.
 
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I'm having the same issue with my computer, haven't thought of RAM, and am going to test the PSU (mine is a lower quality PSU as well). A solution to this could benefit many
 
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My low profile ram was the problem the whole time. I tried only the low profile ram and after 3 minutes the pc freeze and shut down. With the normal ram nothing bad happened. So the windows memory diagnostic tool is not so efficient cause the ram is faulty as I see :D
Thanks for the advices guys, I really appreciate it! :)
 
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Turns out mine was just a weak PSU, pulled out the old wireless card I no longer use and did a quick clean out, and reseated the ram, works fine now. Turns out the computer was pulling more than the PSU could provide and was freezing/shutting down, removing the extra internals fixed my issue, now thinking of getting a better quality PSU for future sake
 
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Nice, good to hear that your problem is getting solved too! :)
 
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