PC Freezing

Forum discussion tagged with PC Freezing.
  1. SamBlips

    Question PC Freezing for 5-8 Minutes then WiFi Driver Goes Missing

    Ever since mid-December 2023, my PC I built in July 2023, began having these stuttering freezes that lasted 5-8 minutes, with the PC chugging every 2 seconds and the audio as well. And when the stuttering stops, I see the RGB lights on my Keyboard, Mouse, and RAM sticks light up even though I...
  2. B

    Question Displays freezing randomly, stuck without a solution :(

    Good morning, I am struggling to find solutions to pc stability issue i'm having. Trying to figure out of it's software or hardware. Perhaps someone could have another look ? The issue: PC Displays will randomly freeze and become unresponsive. Sometimes displays turn black right away...
  3. S

    Question Computer freezes during specific events.

    I would play a game (specifically Valorant) and after a specific number of rounds passes (2), my game freezes, and all I can do is hold down my power button to shut it down. This also happens sometimes specifically when I go on Amazon Prime Video's site.
  4. W

    Question PC freezes constantly and can't shut down

    PC Specs: i5 12400f Gigabyte B660 DS3H AX DDR4 WIFI Corsair Ballistic DDR4 2x8GB RAM MSi GTX 1060 3GB Crucial P2 m.2 1TB EVGA supernova G650 This is a somewhat new build with some parts (PSU and GPU) reused from my old PC and was built around April this year. I've pretty much had some kind of...
  5. Micro420

    [SOLVED] OC i7 4790k on H81M Plus mobo ?

    I brought my PC around 8 months ago and the previous owner told me there was an overclock on the CPU an i7 4790k and I tested it it was fine for the game's I played mainly (Realm Royale,Rogue company and fortnite). Now lets fast forward till a couple of weeks ago I started playing apex and my...
  6. K

    [SOLVED] Issues with Rx5700xt? or is it something else in my system?

    Hi, im a first time poster on the forum but I always come here when im having PC issues and there's usually a solution here. I'm having Issues with a PC i've recently built, when playing games like Warthunder, R6 siege, GTA V, BF4, Generation zero and even Minecraft (with shaders) quite often...
  7. F

    [SOLVED] pc freezes after new build

    Hello everyone, I just built my new pc, well I upgraded my CPU GPU and PSU and also got a liquid cooling system CPU: i7 9700k GPU: ASUS ROG STRIX 2070 SUPER MB: z370 gaming plus (I did the bios update) PSU: Raidmax 735W anyways Im pretty sure I plugged everything in well but my PC freezes...
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    Question PC freezing and crashing

    So yesterday i thought it was i good idea to do some overclocking, but then my pc crashed twice when launching csgo but i got in without crashing the third time. But then today when i was going to play sims it crashed everytime i tried launching, so i went in bios to reset all oc.. But it is...
  9. D

    Question My memory usage is going 100% can anybody help?

    So I was just minding my own buisness, then suddenly my whole laptop froze. I did a hard reset and turned it on again. For a few seconds it froze once again. Another hard reset this time I open Task Manager. I saw that my Memory being used is going up at 100% then freezing my laptop. I couldn't...
  10. ineuw

    Cannot activate a new build.

    Purchased a GIGABYTE GA-B250-HD3 MB with an Intel Pentium Processor G4560, and a Ballistix Sport LT 8GB Single DDR4 2400 (Gray). Assembled the system without any problems since this is not my first hardware assembly. The power supply is a 500 Watt EVGA, purchased two years ago, and I assume...
  11. S

    VTX3D HD 5750 1GB pci 2.1 on pci 1.1 slot?

    hello I have K9AG Neo2-Digital it has pci 1.1 will this graphics card work on it https://www.box.co.uk/VTX3D-HD-5750-1GB-GDDR5-(V2)-PCI-Express_1071095.html now im using Nvidia geforce gt 220 it is pci 2.0. yes i know this pc is quite old but it's enough for me I dont really play much games on...
  12. G

    Computer restarts when playing games

    Hi, my computer restarts when I play any game. it happens once or twice a week usually when playing WoW or Overwatch. my specs are AMD FX-6300 8 gigs of ram 1050ti 750w EVGA Bronze Power supply. the power supply was an upgrade after assuming the issue was that, it still restarts with the...
  13. R

    Good upgrade for 1k?

    Hi all, I want to give some background. I made a post last year that is no longer relevant. I bought my pc in 2008 originally for 1000. These are the specs it came with and the upgrades I put in up to 2016. i7 920 Windows Vista -> Windows 7 -> Windows 10 1TB had drive Hitachi? -> 2TB Seagate...
  14. C

    i need a Motherboard with USB3 connections compatible with Intel i7-870 CPU

    Hello Comunity. I need some help from the Experts. This is my Problem. I bought a "Gaming" HP Desktop from a guy at the Facebook Store. I will not post the Price because I think is a joke now after what happened to the computer but Anyway Here are the Specs: Motherboard:Unknown(Factory)...
  15. Mason Methot

    New PC build, no post, no USB power

    My tech teacher bought new PC parts for a build, and ordered me and someone else to build it. We did everything correctly, nothing wrong, not many components. We powered it up and all the fans lit up and started spinning. Motherboard RGB lights lit up and the hard drives span. Everything worked...
  16. M

    Graphics Card Help

    So I built a PC at the end of May (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Lvds6h) but used my previous graphics card (MSI GTX 770) due to other graphics cards being revealed (1070,1080 etc). I thought I would wait until prices drop or until all the flagship graphics cards come out for this year...
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    Laptop restarts after few minutes

    Hi guys! I have a problem with my laptop, I don't know why but if I don't use it for 4-5 minutes it restarts itself and it's pretty annoying. Any ideas how to solve it? I have Windows 8.1. Update: The laptop works just fine, no fan blocked, no memory loss, nothing. Everything is fine, both...
  18. Chimi02

    Looking for a gaming headset 100-200dollars

    Im getting a new headset, i´ll be playing alot of csgo and other fps games so i´ll need 5.1 or 7.1 I was thinking buying HyperX Cloud 2 but then I started thinking, is they good enough? Otherwise i was looking at the Logitech g35 and g930 but i readed that the 7.1 was not really 7.1 and some...
  19. S

    ahci ide mix

    Not sure whether to post here or motherboards. I have a Asus Sabertooth 55i with 5 hard drives. I do NOT have a RAID setup. I want to add a 250 or 500gb SSD and make it the boot drive. The existing drives/operating system was installed with BIOS set to IDE, not AHCI (seems like maybe I...
  20. C

    C650 video mystery

    My Toshiba c650-01t well the video driver quits responding while watching videos..Itll get choppy slow right down then freeze.Then I get a message that the video driver quit responding.As for the os..it does it with win 7,8, the new technical preview,ubintu..I dunno its a mystery..trying...
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    Monetary value of GTX 780 compared to the 970

    My 780 is faulty and the retailer that sold me my prebuilt computer are willing to replace it. I have asked if they would be able to replace it with a 970. As far as I am aware, the 970, while a superior product actually costs slightly less. I see also that they now use it as standard in...
  22. D

    My New Amazing Alienware

    Hey guys, I just recieved my new super-gaming Alienware laptop in the mail. The total cost was about $5,000, this including 32gb of 1600ghz of ram to replace my old ram (the memory chip broke) and also Dell's premium keyboard and mouse combo for an extra $60 (to get extra fps). I just wanted to...
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    Computer short circuit.

    Hey, So today my computer short circuited. The short circuit was a connection between a bitfenix alchemy led strip and the power supply. The rear end of the strip by manufacturer default is not covered with anything and has bare connections (for linking multiple strips which I think is a bit...