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OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Specs: CPU- AMD FX8320 w/ Thermaltake Water 3.0 cooler
MoBo- Asus Sabertooth 990FX
RAM- 4 x 4gb corsair vengeance DDR3
GPU- Nvidia GTX 560Ti
HDD- Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5 TB
SSD- Ocz vertex 3 90 GB
PSU- EVGA bronze 600 Watt
Issue: I built this rig about 3 years ago, and within the past year (that I can recall anyway) I've been having a freezing issue. No mouse or keyboard movement, and no option but to completely force a hard reset. There's no message about it upon recovery, and there's not a single minidump afterwards either. It started out as an intermittent issue until a few months ago. It typically occurred while I was working in programs like Photoshop, After Effects, and Maya which can be pretty intensive at times so I didn't think much of when it occurred. Eventually it got to the point where it would freeze every time I was using the computer, then multiple times a day. It didn't matter what program was running. Anything from League to Chrome could be in use and it would still freeze. Eventually the freezing hit as soon as windows began to load so I couldn't get past the login screen. My boyfriend tried to tinker around with it by checking the RAM and eventually it stopped posting all together. The windows memory diagnostic tool had come back without issue and since it wasn't posting it was decided then that it was most likely a MB issue. I sent it back to ASUS under an RMA. Fast forward to about a month ago when I get my new MB and install it. I'm having the same issue. The BIOS was up to date, and recognizing all of my peripherals. I've been monitoring the temperature and voltages, and everything is completely normal. I was able to run a CHKDSK that took over 12 hours without freezing, but it still would not boot past the loading screen. Safe mode gives me much less of an issue and I can safely browse through it if I need to without lockups. I was able to get into the event viewer while in safe mode, but nothing from before the hard reset seems to be recorded (at time of shutdown a Kernal error is noted). I also disabled startup programs which had no effect. I had the OCZ drive laying so I decided I would reinstall windows onto it thinking that the error might be windows related. I couldn't get the windows disc to install it onto the new drive as the freezing continued. At this point, the only things that had not been replaced in the past 8 months were the RAM, the GPU, and the HDD. I tried unplugging the HDD and just letting windows install on the SSD. Same issue.
Last week I went out and got 2 x 8 crucial sport DDR3 1600 sticks. Tried to boot windows from the HDD. Same issue. I then tried installing windows onto the SSD again. After 2 tries it succeeded. It still froze, but typically not at the start menu. I was even able to get a few drivers installed between freezes.
Today I tried a few more things. I went into BIOS and loaded the default settings, turned off turbo, and toggled my drives to IDE per some suggestions. I was able to get into Safe mode with networking, but as soon as I try to use the internet it freezes. I figured I would try and reinstall some drivers while I could. I deleted the drivers for my graphics card, which has allowed a slight increase in time for the use of windows proper. I also noticed in device manager that my network card drivers aren't installed correctly, so I tried uninstalling them and then reinstalling in regular windows mode. After several attempts due to multiple freezes, the install finally finished, but failed. At this point I'll have to load all necessary drivers onto a flash drive and hope I can install them that way since the internet is the most likely way to cause a crash right off the bat.
At this point I'm going to let it rest until I can think of what else could be causing the issue. Could it really just be a driver issue? Could it possibly be the CPU, GPU, or the PSU? I'm open to any ideas.
Note: I previously had an AMD phenom II x6 w/ stock cooler before a power surge fried my old psu this past summer. Both the CPU and PSU were purchased and installed at the same time.
Specs: CPU- AMD FX8320 w/ Thermaltake Water 3.0 cooler
MoBo- Asus Sabertooth 990FX
RAM- 4 x 4gb corsair vengeance DDR3
GPU- Nvidia GTX 560Ti
HDD- Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5 TB
SSD- Ocz vertex 3 90 GB
PSU- EVGA bronze 600 Watt
Issue: I built this rig about 3 years ago, and within the past year (that I can recall anyway) I've been having a freezing issue. No mouse or keyboard movement, and no option but to completely force a hard reset. There's no message about it upon recovery, and there's not a single minidump afterwards either. It started out as an intermittent issue until a few months ago. It typically occurred while I was working in programs like Photoshop, After Effects, and Maya which can be pretty intensive at times so I didn't think much of when it occurred. Eventually it got to the point where it would freeze every time I was using the computer, then multiple times a day. It didn't matter what program was running. Anything from League to Chrome could be in use and it would still freeze. Eventually the freezing hit as soon as windows began to load so I couldn't get past the login screen. My boyfriend tried to tinker around with it by checking the RAM and eventually it stopped posting all together. The windows memory diagnostic tool had come back without issue and since it wasn't posting it was decided then that it was most likely a MB issue. I sent it back to ASUS under an RMA. Fast forward to about a month ago when I get my new MB and install it. I'm having the same issue. The BIOS was up to date, and recognizing all of my peripherals. I've been monitoring the temperature and voltages, and everything is completely normal. I was able to run a CHKDSK that took over 12 hours without freezing, but it still would not boot past the loading screen. Safe mode gives me much less of an issue and I can safely browse through it if I need to without lockups. I was able to get into the event viewer while in safe mode, but nothing from before the hard reset seems to be recorded (at time of shutdown a Kernal error is noted). I also disabled startup programs which had no effect. I had the OCZ drive laying so I decided I would reinstall windows onto it thinking that the error might be windows related. I couldn't get the windows disc to install it onto the new drive as the freezing continued. At this point, the only things that had not been replaced in the past 8 months were the RAM, the GPU, and the HDD. I tried unplugging the HDD and just letting windows install on the SSD. Same issue.
Last week I went out and got 2 x 8 crucial sport DDR3 1600 sticks. Tried to boot windows from the HDD. Same issue. I then tried installing windows onto the SSD again. After 2 tries it succeeded. It still froze, but typically not at the start menu. I was even able to get a few drivers installed between freezes.
Today I tried a few more things. I went into BIOS and loaded the default settings, turned off turbo, and toggled my drives to IDE per some suggestions. I was able to get into Safe mode with networking, but as soon as I try to use the internet it freezes. I figured I would try and reinstall some drivers while I could. I deleted the drivers for my graphics card, which has allowed a slight increase in time for the use of windows proper. I also noticed in device manager that my network card drivers aren't installed correctly, so I tried uninstalling them and then reinstalling in regular windows mode. After several attempts due to multiple freezes, the install finally finished, but failed. At this point I'll have to load all necessary drivers onto a flash drive and hope I can install them that way since the internet is the most likely way to cause a crash right off the bat.
At this point I'm going to let it rest until I can think of what else could be causing the issue. Could it really just be a driver issue? Could it possibly be the CPU, GPU, or the PSU? I'm open to any ideas.
Note: I previously had an AMD phenom II x6 w/ stock cooler before a power surge fried my old psu this past summer. Both the CPU and PSU were purchased and installed at the same time.
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