Not sure if this is the correct forum section to put this in, but I don't know what piece of hardware might be the problem (and thus cannot post in a more specific forum section).
Several weeks ago, my system began showing signs of instability; signs that have not abated no matter what I've tried to do. On occasion during startup, the system will hang after booting into windows, but before windows can load any programs (mouse is unresponsive, and even the keyboard will not toggle the numlock/capslock lights). If the system does not hang during bootup, it has a chance to hang during a game, or when I'm simply browsing the web. First the image will freeze, then a few seconds later the audio is corrupted (endlessly repeating a single fraction-of-a-second of audio), and then the screen goes blank (sometimes black, sometimes grey).
I have tried to pursue this problem on the software side with no luck. I even reformatted and reinstalled windows (Windows 7 64-bit), but this has not solved the problem. This leads me to conclude that it must be a hardware issue, but I don't know enough about hardware problems to trace down which bit of hardware it might be.
Several weeks ago, my system began showing signs of instability; signs that have not abated no matter what I've tried to do. On occasion during startup, the system will hang after booting into windows, but before windows can load any programs (mouse is unresponsive, and even the keyboard will not toggle the numlock/capslock lights). If the system does not hang during bootup, it has a chance to hang during a game, or when I'm simply browsing the web. First the image will freeze, then a few seconds later the audio is corrupted (endlessly repeating a single fraction-of-a-second of audio), and then the screen goes blank (sometimes black, sometimes grey).
I have tried to pursue this problem on the software side with no luck. I even reformatted and reinstalled windows (Windows 7 64-bit), but this has not solved the problem. This leads me to conclude that it must be a hardware issue, but I don't know enough about hardware problems to trace down which bit of hardware it might be.