Recent content by Darvolin

Turns out it was a huge amount of dust build up on my CPU fan. I did not notice it because it is a sideways blowing heatsink. Figures it was something so simple! All I can say to anyone reading this thread is to very closely monitor your temperatures close to crash times even if you think your...

So after removing some appliances that could be causing the issue and replacing a very old surge protector the issue still persists. It could still be the bad power in my home but now I am thinking CPU overheating could possibly be the issue as you guys have suggested. I am not sure why the...

Thanks for the responses! @Eximo Don't worry I've got a return label already, I appreciate the heads up. The temperatures I'm seeing are honestly even lower than expected. My processor seems to stay under 50C while running Prime95 Blend test but I will run it for a longer period of time...

Just like the title says I have been struggling for months to determine the cause of my computer lockups. First off, the symptom: regularly while under heavy load my computer will suddenly completely lock up ie: whatever was on the display at the time gets frozen there, audio from the speakers...

I feel silly for having turned to the community only to discover my own answer hours later but nonetheless here is my solution after trying many things... The optional AMD driver for my setup was the problem. I rolled back to their latest stable release and was fine.

I feel silly for having turned to the community only to discover my own answer hours later but nonetheless here is my solution after trying many things... The optional AMD driver for my setup was the problem. I rolled back to their latest stable release and was fine.

I have recently run into quite a frustrating issue with my computer. I will post my PC specs below. Essentially the problem is as follows... So long as I have video streaming open in any web browser (even if it is paused) my entire display (consisting of two monitors) has a rhythmic moment of...

Called ASUS, despite my understanding that PCI slots were backwards compatible, they say the card isn't functioning properly because the card is slotted for 3.0 and my mobo is 2.0.

Here's my specs.. + a 700w OCZ power supply I was previously using a GTX 465 with no issues but since installing this GTX660-DC2-2GD5 it's been never-ending. I first had issues with fallout 4 crashing as soon as it had finished loading my save file. I was able to isolate this issue to the...