Hey everyone,
So I'm really stuck with this issue of my computer randomly freezing on me for no apparent reason. My computer was about 7 years old (homebuilt) when the graphics driver started to crap out on me, so I decided it was time to go ahead an rebuild the tower.
Before the rebuild, I started getting random freezing for no reason, and it would be at times when I wasn't even at the computer. I would be doing mundane tasks and it would freeze, or I would start the computer, it would boot up to Windows, then freeze.
Here's everything I upgraded:
The only things left that I didn't replace are the PSU and HDD. Currently I have a Corsair 550W PSU and a Seagate 500GB HDD. I ran a HDD check and it came back fine, but it's either that or the PSU, but I'm really stumped. I even upgraded Windows from 8.1 to 10, and it's still freezing randomly with no errors.
I'm leaning towards it being the PSU, but I wanted to get some second opinions on how I can go about testing this out before I drop some cash for a new one. Is there a way to test to see if the PSU is failing? Or could it possibly be the HDD?
Thanks for the help!
So I'm really stuck with this issue of my computer randomly freezing on me for no apparent reason. My computer was about 7 years old (homebuilt) when the graphics driver started to crap out on me, so I decided it was time to go ahead an rebuild the tower.
Before the rebuild, I started getting random freezing for no reason, and it would be at times when I wasn't even at the computer. I would be doing mundane tasks and it would freeze, or I would start the computer, it would boot up to Windows, then freeze.
Here's everything I upgraded:
Mobo
Memory
CPU
GPU
Fans
Tower
The only things left that I didn't replace are the PSU and HDD. Currently I have a Corsair 550W PSU and a Seagate 500GB HDD. I ran a HDD check and it came back fine, but it's either that or the PSU, but I'm really stumped. I even upgraded Windows from 8.1 to 10, and it's still freezing randomly with no errors.
I'm leaning towards it being the PSU, but I wanted to get some second opinions on how I can go about testing this out before I drop some cash for a new one. Is there a way to test to see if the PSU is failing? Or could it possibly be the HDD?
Thanks for the help!