New Computer Freezes

[Oscar2603]

Hi there,

I built a gaming PC a few weeks ago and its usually running smoothly. About 2 weeks ago the computer completely froze in a game although it was on for about 8 hours (downloading and gaming). The speakers made a buzzing noise and it completely locked up forcing me to shut it off by holding down the power button. It never happened until last night and this morning. Yesterday it was on for about the same time as before, maybe longer and it was exactly the same. It also happened about an hour ago after being on for 2 hours so I put this up. It only ever freezes when I'm in that certain game (iRacing). The GPU is factory overclocked at 1000mhz. Its 24 degrees celsius here and the tower itself is under a table. Is it a heating issue? Should I take the side panel off for a few days while it is hot outside? I'm also using the Windows CPU gadget and the CPU is usually in between 3% and 15% on the dial. Any help is appreciated

Thanks,

Oscar

 

[tiny voices]

Opening the side panel will likely make heating worse. A closed case has better airflow than an open one.

Wwhat are your load temps for CPU and GPU?

 

[Onus]

Test your RAM, one stick at a time. Reseating your RAM and graphics card may also help.

 

[ZippyPeanut]

I wish I could offer you some good advice, but, alas I cannot. I had the exact same problem with a custom CyberPower machine that I bought five years ago. This problem is the herpes of the PC population: it's not fatal, but it will NEVER go away. I tried EVERYTHING: new memory, flashed the BIOS, updated drivers, new PSU, registry fixes, every diagnostic test know to humankind, blah, blah, blah. The problem started a week after getting the computer and never went away. It still does it! There are a lot of other threads about this problem. Almost all of them fail to find a solution. My solution, eventually, was to retire the old machine and get a new one. (The sad thing was, when the computer worked, it worked great.) If there is a solution to this mysterious and seemingly unfixable problem, I'd sure love to know it.

Good luck with this.

 

[Oscar2603]

Opening the side panel will likely make heating worse. A closed case has better airflow than an open one.

Wwhat are your load temps for CPU and GPU?

GPU: between 40-53 degrees
CPU: between 38-45 degrees

This is what its like under HD High Quality
+ It might make a differance that the weather has gone up by about 7-9 degrees in a week. Its only ever frozen when it is sweltering warm inside and out. I've done a bit more gaming and it is running smoothly and I've updated the Display Driver so that could fix it (wait and find out)

 

[tiny voices]

Those temps are perfectly fine. You are not overheating.

 

[Oscar2603]

I will test it out tonight and if there is still a problem I will report back here.

Thanks a million for the help aswell!

Oscar

 

[Oscar2603]

Hi guys. After about an hour of full load gaming the computer reset itself. When I went into Chrome it froze for about 10 seconds and it beeped the amount of times I clicked the mouse. Its very strange since it only acts weird in this game. Does anyone know what could be the problem?

Thanks