Hello tom'shardware,
I am having problem with my old/new built computer and it is driving me crazy. So hopefully some experts can help me out here.
I built this system last year and it kept freezing. The whole system freeze, no BSOD, it usually freeze when it tried to at particular point where it tried to load a screen in my game. And so i have to do hard reboot.
I suspect it is my hardware problem, so recently i bought a new motherboard thinking that it might solve the problem but apparently it can not:
Here is my built:
CPU: AMD Phenom IIX4 955
Mobo: Asus M5A97 LE R2
Graphic card: Radeon HD 5770
RAM: 4GB no brand name.
PSU: Thermaltake 430 watt
Cosair Liquid Cooling
HD: Seagate 500 GB
CPU Temp ranging between 3X Idle state - to 5X-6X on workload
GPU temp ranging from 29-30 Idle state - 5x on gaming.
Here are some methods that I used but none seem to be working:
I ran Memtest 86+ for 9 passes, 10 hour straight, 0 error => RAM can't be the issue
I ran SeaTools for all the test, all passed => HD can't be the issue
Mobo can't be the issue because it happens to the old Mobo and happen on this one too, I don't think I am that unlucky to get 2 defective units
The last guy is GPU, this seems to be the culprit but i am not really sure.
As I play game there is a scene where is just black out my screen and reboot. No mini_dump file, no BSOD, just crash.
So I increase my CoreEngine and Memory of my GPU using CCC and SmartDoctor. It passed that screen without issue. But that only fix the in-game problem
I also experience many crashes and freeze when computer stay idle too. Sometimes, when i just log in, it boot up to the window logo then crash, sometimes it successfully load the icons on Desktop but then still crash.
This is a clean installing window, because since i switch new mobo, i have to reinstall a fresh window, fully reformatted the HD too
I don't know if window is the issue?
I am really frustrated, it has been a week and i can not fully have my computer functioning. Someone please helps!
I am having problem with my old/new built computer and it is driving me crazy. So hopefully some experts can help me out here.
I built this system last year and it kept freezing. The whole system freeze, no BSOD, it usually freeze when it tried to at particular point where it tried to load a screen in my game. And so i have to do hard reboot.
I suspect it is my hardware problem, so recently i bought a new motherboard thinking that it might solve the problem but apparently it can not:
Here is my built:
CPU: AMD Phenom IIX4 955
Mobo: Asus M5A97 LE R2
Graphic card: Radeon HD 5770
RAM: 4GB no brand name.
PSU: Thermaltake 430 watt
Cosair Liquid Cooling
HD: Seagate 500 GB
CPU Temp ranging between 3X Idle state - to 5X-6X on workload
GPU temp ranging from 29-30 Idle state - 5x on gaming.
Here are some methods that I used but none seem to be working:
I ran Memtest 86+ for 9 passes, 10 hour straight, 0 error => RAM can't be the issue
I ran SeaTools for all the test, all passed => HD can't be the issue
Mobo can't be the issue because it happens to the old Mobo and happen on this one too, I don't think I am that unlucky to get 2 defective units
The last guy is GPU, this seems to be the culprit but i am not really sure.
As I play game there is a scene where is just black out my screen and reboot. No mini_dump file, no BSOD, just crash.
So I increase my CoreEngine and Memory of my GPU using CCC and SmartDoctor. It passed that screen without issue. But that only fix the in-game problem
I also experience many crashes and freeze when computer stay idle too. Sometimes, when i just log in, it boot up to the window logo then crash, sometimes it successfully load the icons on Desktop but then still crash.
This is a clean installing window, because since i switch new mobo, i have to reinstall a fresh window, fully reformatted the HD too
I don't know if window is the issue?
I am really frustrated, it has been a week and i can not fully have my computer functioning. Someone please helps!