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Viegaard

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So.

I have 5 times in the last week experienced my computer/system freezing completely.

It starts with the mouse/sound begining to stutter and then the entire system freezes - I don't get a BSOD (Bluescreen) It just freezes and I am stuck watching the same image untill I reboot via the ON/OFF button on my Tower. (CTRL ALT DELETE does nothing).

I have all the newest drivers and I just recently updated my nVidia driver, but, it did this 2-3 times on the old driver, which ran flawless for over a month and 2 times on the new driver.

Specs:

Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1
CPU: Intel i7-4790K
PSU: Corsair RM750, 750W PSU
CPU: MSI GeForce 780 GTX
SSD: Samsung Evo 840 250GB
Memory: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866MHz 32GB

OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit.
 
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I'd start with running memtest86 overnight (8+ hours) to see if memory errors may be involved. If the freezes happen while playing games or doing some CPU-intensive stuff, you may want to check CPU temperature in case the CPU's heatsink might not be installed correctly which could cause the CPU to lock up from overheating.
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I'd start with running memtest86 overnight (8+ hours) to see if memory errors may be involved. If the freezes happen while playing games or doing some CPU-intensive stuff, you may want to check CPU temperature in case the CPU's heatsink might not be installed correctly which could cause the CPU to lock up from overheating.
 
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I can run a Memtest tonight.

The freeze never happens during gaming or any CPU/GPU intensive work. Only when I am either watching Youtube or Twitch. My core temps are well under whats "acceptable" during gaming/idle.
 
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The system has been running perfect for nearly 3 years now? I don't see how anything bios related could have changed.
 
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Component aging is one variable that can affect stability over time. Contaminants on contacts somewhere causing corrosion over time is another. Vibrations affecting a weak solder joint or weld somewhere is yet another possibility. There is no shortage of possible causes.
 
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So. I ran the Memtest86 over 12 hours ,nothing wrong. All my core temps are fine when idling and gaming.

Whats the next step? :|
 
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I have run into this issue as well. with a lot of the same specs and age.

Same CPU, GPU and the same SSD.

What triggers my freeze is a big mystery but i can pretty much force it by opening counter strike and go in game (online) and its certain to happend within 1 minute.

It can also happend by just login into steam.
 
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