First off, sorry if this is in the wrong section. For the past few weeks Ive started having the weirdest problem with my recently built machine. It was working perfectly fine for a few months and then suddenly started randomly partially freezing when i'm playing games or watching videos. What i mean by partially is that some windows and applications will be totally frozen but my desktop and other applications are working fine. When this happens the computer takes forever to open new programs or even do a restart. Sometimes im forced to shutdown by holding the power button, but afterward my computer gets stuck at the loading windows screen and just sits there. I haven't made ANY hardware or software changes when this started happening.
Heres what Ive done to troubleshoot:
-Tested all ram modules (4x 2gb corsair dominators) both with software and by placing them in the computer one at a time and in different pairs. no change...
-Reinstalled the entire operating system, no success.
-Cant be the graphics cards because it started happening when i had 2 4850s and continues when i replaced them with 2 6870s.
-Ran the hard drive test and repair utilities.
The problem occurs randomly with different applications and situations. At this point i dont even know what else to test or do...
Here are the specs if it helps
CPU - AMD Phenom X4 965 black edition
RAM - 4x 2 gig Corasair Dominator 1600
Graphics - 2c XFX 6870s black edition
HDD - 300 GB 1000 RPM WD Velociraptor
MOBO = Asus 790FX-GD70
PSU - 850 WATT
Heres what Ive done to troubleshoot:
-Tested all ram modules (4x 2gb corsair dominators) both with software and by placing them in the computer one at a time and in different pairs. no change...
-Reinstalled the entire operating system, no success.
-Cant be the graphics cards because it started happening when i had 2 4850s and continues when i replaced them with 2 6870s.
-Ran the hard drive test and repair utilities.
The problem occurs randomly with different applications and situations. At this point i dont even know what else to test or do...
Here are the specs if it helps
CPU - AMD Phenom X4 965 black edition
RAM - 4x 2 gig Corasair Dominator 1600
Graphics - 2c XFX 6870s black edition
HDD - 300 GB 1000 RPM WD Velociraptor
MOBO = Asus 790FX-GD70
PSU - 850 WATT