Hey folks! This is my first post. I've been a long time lurker on these boards and I've learned a lot here. I'm stumped at the moment though. I could really use some guidance. Situation follows:
Last year, I fried my I7 chip when my H100 cooler quit working. I decided to completely rearrange my machine to an AMD architecture. I'm using the 8350 Black Edition Vishera and the Asus ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 motherboard with 8GB of Corsair Vengence RAM and an Nvidia GTX 560 ti GPU. My power supply is a generic 1000w. I have three 1TB WD HDD's.
The system is stable under normal conditions. I dual boot Mint 16 and Windows 7. The issue occurs while playing Skyrim, Rome Total War (first edition) and Napoleon Total War.
At random times during any of these games, I will hear an audible "POP" or "CLICK" through the head phones and my system will hard freeze. No BSOD. No error message. Just the last frame on the screen and a cold kill to restart.
I am trying to figure out if this is a hardware or software issue.
Has anyone experienced this phenomenon before? How did you troubleshoot it?
Thanks in advance!
Last year, I fried my I7 chip when my H100 cooler quit working. I decided to completely rearrange my machine to an AMD architecture. I'm using the 8350 Black Edition Vishera and the Asus ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 motherboard with 8GB of Corsair Vengence RAM and an Nvidia GTX 560 ti GPU. My power supply is a generic 1000w. I have three 1TB WD HDD's.
The system is stable under normal conditions. I dual boot Mint 16 and Windows 7. The issue occurs while playing Skyrim, Rome Total War (first edition) and Napoleon Total War.
At random times during any of these games, I will hear an audible "POP" or "CLICK" through the head phones and my system will hard freeze. No BSOD. No error message. Just the last frame on the screen and a cold kill to restart.
I am trying to figure out if this is a hardware or software issue.
Has anyone experienced this phenomenon before? How did you troubleshoot it?
Thanks in advance!