This is really frustrating. I built a gaming PC back in January and it worked like a charm until a few weeks ago. Now it'll randomly freeze (screen locks up, audio loops for a few seconds which sounds like buzzing then goes silent, I have to force-reset). Before I wiped my computer, it would occasionally freeze during a game. It got worse and worse, so I ran every diagnostic I could. Prime95 caused no problems when running for half an hour, furmark did the same. I ran memtest86 for 4 passes and got TONS of errors and replaced the RAM.
Even after replacing the RAM, the computer still freezes. Since I was planning on upgrading my CPU anyways, I replaced my CPU and motherboard. That didn't fix anything, I was still freezing. See, the computer would freeze if I was downloading something big or applying a big update (upgrading to Windows 10, etc). So I decided to try using only one hard drive at a time; I installed fresh installations of Windows 8 onto my Kingston SSDNow 120GB and my WD blue 1TB. Even when only one is plugged in at a time, the computer would still freeze just as frequently. So I replaced my PSU since my old one was junk and I needed a new one anyways. Didn't fix anything.
I even did unorthodox things like plugging my computer in on a different circuit in the house, running the computer on a fresh installation without the GPU using the on-board graphics or replacing the RAM AGAIN from a working computer but that didn't fix anything.
I've dropped a lot of money on this and I just can't figure out what's going on.
What's weird is I installed Ubuntu for a bit onto the SSD and left the 1TB hard drive empty and it didn't seem to freeze at all, even after hours of use.
My setup when this started was a Gigabyte GA-990FX-UD3 mobo, EVGA 600B PSU, AMD FX-8350, GTX 970, 1 8GB stick of Kingston HyperX fury RAM, Kingston SSDNOW 120GB and WD Blue 1TB hard drive. I now have a Z97x-Gaming 3 mobo and an i5-4690k CPU, 1 8GB stick of Corsair Vengeance RAM along with an XFX XTR 650W PSU.
I have a Hyper T4 cooler so overheating is definitely not a problem. For other accessories I have a Sentry 3 fan controller, a 5.25" media dashboard and a generic DVD burner. I also have a PCI wifi card.
What could be going wrong? Could BOTH my SSD and HDD have a problem which causes them to freeze? Could my PSU have damaged both my motherboards/CPUs? Could a poltergeist be haunting me?
Even after replacing the RAM, the computer still freezes. Since I was planning on upgrading my CPU anyways, I replaced my CPU and motherboard. That didn't fix anything, I was still freezing. See, the computer would freeze if I was downloading something big or applying a big update (upgrading to Windows 10, etc). So I decided to try using only one hard drive at a time; I installed fresh installations of Windows 8 onto my Kingston SSDNow 120GB and my WD blue 1TB. Even when only one is plugged in at a time, the computer would still freeze just as frequently. So I replaced my PSU since my old one was junk and I needed a new one anyways. Didn't fix anything.
I even did unorthodox things like plugging my computer in on a different circuit in the house, running the computer on a fresh installation without the GPU using the on-board graphics or replacing the RAM AGAIN from a working computer but that didn't fix anything.
I've dropped a lot of money on this and I just can't figure out what's going on.
What's weird is I installed Ubuntu for a bit onto the SSD and left the 1TB hard drive empty and it didn't seem to freeze at all, even after hours of use.
My setup when this started was a Gigabyte GA-990FX-UD3 mobo, EVGA 600B PSU, AMD FX-8350, GTX 970, 1 8GB stick of Kingston HyperX fury RAM, Kingston SSDNOW 120GB and WD Blue 1TB hard drive. I now have a Z97x-Gaming 3 mobo and an i5-4690k CPU, 1 8GB stick of Corsair Vengeance RAM along with an XFX XTR 650W PSU.
I have a Hyper T4 cooler so overheating is definitely not a problem. For other accessories I have a Sentry 3 fan controller, a 5.25" media dashboard and a generic DVD burner. I also have a PCI wifi card.
What could be going wrong? Could BOTH my SSD and HDD have a problem which causes them to freeze? Could my PSU have damaged both my motherboards/CPUs? Could a poltergeist be haunting me?