Hello everyone,
About a week ago my system froze for the first time ever. At first I thought the system was just paused for a moment but I got no response from my keyboard or mouse. I had to reset. The computer has been operational for about a year and a half. It came as a real surprise to me. It has only happened this one time and I have been unable to reproduce the problem.
Here are my specs:
Home built.
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2
GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2 AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GZ
Patriot Extreme Performance Gaming Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Model PGS24G6400ELK
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1 TB Hard drive.
MSI R5770-PMD1G Radeon HD 5770 (Recently updated to catalyst 11.9)
Upon checking the event viewer I discovered a distributed com error around the same time I had to reset. This error was logged at 1254 p.m. However the unexpected system shutdown error states: The previous system shutdown at 12:47:16 PM on 10/17/2011 was unexpected. This indicates to me that the distributed com error is unrelated. I also have this: Session "Microsoft Security Client OOBE" stopped due to the following error: 0xC000000D logged at 12:54. Also it would appear after the lockup.
The actions I have taken thus far:
1. Ran chkdisk, no problems.
2. Ran windows memory diagnostic, no problems,
3. Ran memtest86 , no problems detected, (ran this for about 3 hours..... is this enough? not sure to what degree ram problems can appear as this instance seems to be difficult to reproduce.)
4. Ran Prime95 for about 3 hours (blend).. no problems.
I am baffled. I know some of you would say that if it was only once I should go on and not worry. I also know some of you are like me and need the answer. Healthy computers don't just freeze.
I have two suspects I can think of in this instance:
1. Ram? (seeming more unlikely, I am considering a 12+ hour memtest)
2. Freak Power fluctuation that the PSU could not cope with.
I am asking the community for help and advice. Is it acceptable for a computer to freeze on ultra rare occasions? Is it something that just happens? Does this happen to everyone? I honestly don't know. Should I continue searching for a flaw? Thank you in advance.
About a week ago my system froze for the first time ever. At first I thought the system was just paused for a moment but I got no response from my keyboard or mouse. I had to reset. The computer has been operational for about a year and a half. It came as a real surprise to me. It has only happened this one time and I have been unable to reproduce the problem.
Here are my specs:
Home built.
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2
GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2 AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GZ
Patriot Extreme Performance Gaming Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Model PGS24G6400ELK
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1 TB Hard drive.
MSI R5770-PMD1G Radeon HD 5770 (Recently updated to catalyst 11.9)
Upon checking the event viewer I discovered a distributed com error around the same time I had to reset. This error was logged at 1254 p.m. However the unexpected system shutdown error states: The previous system shutdown at 12:47:16 PM on 10/17/2011 was unexpected. This indicates to me that the distributed com error is unrelated. I also have this: Session "Microsoft Security Client OOBE" stopped due to the following error: 0xC000000D logged at 12:54. Also it would appear after the lockup.
The actions I have taken thus far:
1. Ran chkdisk, no problems.
2. Ran windows memory diagnostic, no problems,
3. Ran memtest86 , no problems detected, (ran this for about 3 hours..... is this enough? not sure to what degree ram problems can appear as this instance seems to be difficult to reproduce.)
4. Ran Prime95 for about 3 hours (blend).. no problems.
I am baffled. I know some of you would say that if it was only once I should go on and not worry. I also know some of you are like me and need the answer. Healthy computers don't just freeze.
I have two suspects I can think of in this instance:
1. Ram? (seeming more unlikely, I am considering a 12+ hour memtest)
2. Freak Power fluctuation that the PSU could not cope with.
I am asking the community for help and advice. Is it acceptable for a computer to freeze on ultra rare occasions? Is it something that just happens? Does this happen to everyone? I honestly don't know. Should I continue searching for a flaw? Thank you in advance.
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