Hi,
So I used OC genie to OC my CPU and ever since my computer now occasionally freezes and the monitor turns black. What happens sometimes is that my cursor freezes and won't move, but still remains visible. Other times the cursor becomes invisible and can't be moved (I assume because I try clicking on things and nothing processes).
Sometimes when this happens my cursor also turns a kind of flickering (it doesn't actually flicker, but is like a messed up yellow color) yellowish and red color and gets stuck on the cursor icon that appears when you're highlighting stuff (the I shaped thing). What eventually happens is that my monitor goes black and then says "No signal detected". However this has only happened when I try to open Speedfan to check the CPU temps while this whole freezing thing is going on. Or else it seems like the freezing thing can start and stop for a very long time. I've pressed the OC Genie button again, and my CPU is back at the stock 3.3ghz, but this still happens.
Things that are different with my system since this started, in order:
Installed Origin, BF4, CPU-Z.
I updated GPU drivers.
Overclocked CPU with OC Genie.
Created a custom automatic fan profile in MSI Afterburner. Upped my case fan speeds to 80% from 60%.
Uninstalled Spybot and Tea Timer. Uninstalled DS TOOL (software that lets you use a PS3 controller on your PC).
However this all started happening after the OC. These other things were done earlier. Temps are all good, and were even good with the OC on the CPU.
So far it's only happened after my computer has been on for a couple of hours. It hasn't happened in a game.
My specs:
i5 2500k
GTX 560 ti
MSI P67 - GD65
4 gigs ram 1600 mhz
Thanks. I'm just really puzzled.
So I used OC genie to OC my CPU and ever since my computer now occasionally freezes and the monitor turns black. What happens sometimes is that my cursor freezes and won't move, but still remains visible. Other times the cursor becomes invisible and can't be moved (I assume because I try clicking on things and nothing processes).
Sometimes when this happens my cursor also turns a kind of flickering (it doesn't actually flicker, but is like a messed up yellow color) yellowish and red color and gets stuck on the cursor icon that appears when you're highlighting stuff (the I shaped thing). What eventually happens is that my monitor goes black and then says "No signal detected". However this has only happened when I try to open Speedfan to check the CPU temps while this whole freezing thing is going on. Or else it seems like the freezing thing can start and stop for a very long time. I've pressed the OC Genie button again, and my CPU is back at the stock 3.3ghz, but this still happens.
Things that are different with my system since this started, in order:
Installed Origin, BF4, CPU-Z.
I updated GPU drivers.
Overclocked CPU with OC Genie.
Created a custom automatic fan profile in MSI Afterburner. Upped my case fan speeds to 80% from 60%.
Uninstalled Spybot and Tea Timer. Uninstalled DS TOOL (software that lets you use a PS3 controller on your PC).
However this all started happening after the OC. These other things were done earlier. Temps are all good, and were even good with the OC on the CPU.
So far it's only happened after my computer has been on for a couple of hours. It hasn't happened in a game.
My specs:
i5 2500k
GTX 560 ti
MSI P67 - GD65
4 gigs ram 1600 mhz
Thanks. I'm just really puzzled.