PC Randomly Freezes. [Solved]

[icewolf461]

Hi. My PC randomly freezes and the only way to power it off is via the PSU switch. I did SFC scans and swapped out the old RAM with new one but it still freezes. I also scanned for viruses and ran CCleaner. I don't get any errors at all, it just freezes. I'm completely stumped, any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

PC Specs:
GPU: EVGA GTX 650 1GB
CPU: Intel E5400 @ 2.7Ghz
RAM: 2.50 GB
Motherboard: ASROCK G31M-GS R2.0
PSU: ThermalTake TR2 600W
HDD: WD 160 GB
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro

Nothing is overclocked.

EDIT: I also noticed that when it freezes, the HDD light stays on or is off; doesn't blink.

 

[Tradesman1]

Try raising DRAM and vCore (CPU) voltages, each about +0.05

 

[icewolf461]

Try raising DRAM and vCore (CPU) voltages, each about +0.05

Hi. Thanks for the reply. How do I go about doing that? In the BIOS setup? If so, the options are greyed out. Is it because it is set to Auto?

 

[Tradesman1]

Yep, in the BIOS in manual mode

 

[icewolf461]

Yep, in the BIOS in manual mode

Hey. I don't see a manual option to change the voltage. Apparently what I saw was to change clock speed.

EDIT: I found an option to change DRAM voltage but not vCore.

 

[icewolf461]

Sometimes it freezes on desktop startup or at boot. Never saw it freeze while gaming though.

EDIT: It just froze while gaming.

 

[icewolf461]

I will try ASROCK OC Tuner and report back.

EDIT: I can't manually set it +0.05. It goes in higher intervals for DRAM. I don't see a vCore setting. Only DRAM, NB, VTT and +1.5 Voltages.

 

[icewolf461]

Its on auto so I don't know what to raise it by.

http://m.imgur.com/xXDrVEv

 

[Tradesman1]

DRAM to 1.55

 

[icewolf461]

DRAM to 1.55

There isn't a 1.55 option in the screenshot. only Auto, 1.794+.

 

[Tradesman1]

My bad, try 1.8

 

[icewolf461]

My bad, try 1.8

No freezing as of yet. I will continue to try it out for a while then pick your answer as best solution!

 

[Tradesman1]

Keep me updated

 

[icewolf461]

It still froze, just took longer.

 

[icewolf461]

Hey. Turns out the system registry got corrupted so I had to reinstall Windows. It works now but thanks for the help.

 

[Tradesman1]

No worries

 

[icewolf461]

Well that repair guy didn't know shit lol. Still froze with new Windows. Bought new HDD, still froze. So I bought a combo of an AMD motherboard, AMD processor and DDR3 RAM. (My first AMD setup ) So everything is fine...since I just bought a new part for everything. x.x Just keeping you guys in the loop. It was most likely one of those 3. (Leaning more towards motherboard, since its my 3-4th motherboard purchase.

 

[Tradesman1]

Well, glad to hear up and running, now you can have some fun