Hello all, I have scoured hundreds of threads but am still at a loss.
I have recently purchased a new computer and installed WoW. Everything plays fine, however randomly the game will freeze. My monitor will turn black, followed by no signal. All other programs seemingly also stop, although I am only basing this on the fact that my music player halts as soon as the monitor turns off.
Since I first posted this on another forum I have changed the PSU even though temperatures and other readings were normal. The problem still exists and is VERY random. The last few days it hasn't happened at all, today possibly 10+.
Different problems occur. Most of the time it is a black screen, then the computer will freeze. Other times, it will black screen but still have sound coming from it. No alt+F4 or other responses work. Also, today I had a white screen, followed by a lock up.
GPU temperatures are at 50 degrees whilst running, otherwise it's 25. GPU usage is roughly 35%, so it doesn't seem to be temperature related. My main game is WoW, however this problem occurred once when I played Killing Floor also, but only once.
I'm sort of at a loss now. After a PSU change the problems persist, and with the temperatures being so low on the GPU I have been told it's apparently not that. I thought the community here would probably have more ideas about the problem. Just for reference I have added my specs below, thankyou in advance for helping if you can!
Case InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) AMD A6-3670K APU (2.7GHz, 4 Cores) & AMD Radeon™ HD 6530D Graphics
Motherboard ASUS® F1A55-M LK R2.0: FM1 A-SERIES, SATA 3.0GB/s, Windows 8 Ready!
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7850 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
O/S Windows 7 SP1
Side note: I am running Catalyst 12.8. The PC is less than four weeks old and after a PSU change it still locks up.
TL;DR Black screen lock ups whilst playing games. Sometimes different coloured crash screens, always the same lock up of system. GPU temperatures safe.
I have recently purchased a new computer and installed WoW. Everything plays fine, however randomly the game will freeze. My monitor will turn black, followed by no signal. All other programs seemingly also stop, although I am only basing this on the fact that my music player halts as soon as the monitor turns off.
Since I first posted this on another forum I have changed the PSU even though temperatures and other readings were normal. The problem still exists and is VERY random. The last few days it hasn't happened at all, today possibly 10+.
Different problems occur. Most of the time it is a black screen, then the computer will freeze. Other times, it will black screen but still have sound coming from it. No alt+F4 or other responses work. Also, today I had a white screen, followed by a lock up.
GPU temperatures are at 50 degrees whilst running, otherwise it's 25. GPU usage is roughly 35%, so it doesn't seem to be temperature related. My main game is WoW, however this problem occurred once when I played Killing Floor also, but only once.
I'm sort of at a loss now. After a PSU change the problems persist, and with the temperatures being so low on the GPU I have been told it's apparently not that. I thought the community here would probably have more ideas about the problem. Just for reference I have added my specs below, thankyou in advance for helping if you can!
Case InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) AMD A6-3670K APU (2.7GHz, 4 Cores) & AMD Radeon™ HD 6530D Graphics
Motherboard ASUS® F1A55-M LK R2.0: FM1 A-SERIES, SATA 3.0GB/s, Windows 8 Ready!
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7850 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
O/S Windows 7 SP1
Side note: I am running Catalyst 12.8. The PC is less than four weeks old and after a PSU change it still locks up.
TL;DR Black screen lock ups whilst playing games. Sometimes different coloured crash screens, always the same lock up of system. GPU temperatures safe.
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