Random Freeze in newly built PC

[rookie399]

Hello there peeps. So, I finally went around and built my new pc around 2 days back. Did go through a lot of difficulties due to my stupidity, but in the end, its working fine now, except for the fact that it randomly freezes, i.e the screen. The CPU runs fine. I have updated to the latest graphics card driver and it was working fine yesterday night, played for like 2 hours at very high settings, but while shutting down it hung up. Haven't overclocked it at all. SFC Scan now seems alright. It doesn't seem to be a overheating issue as the temps are always around 50c.


My Specs -
AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 Ghz
Gigabyte 970A-DS3P
Asus R7 260X 2 GB
2GB G.Skill RipjawsX
Corsair CX430 [ik, but didn't have enough money]

Errors I found in event viewer

Any help would definitely be appreciated.

Thanks
- H$N

 

[Alpha3031]

Could be the psu not supplying enough power

 

[rookie399]

Could be the psu not supplying enough power

Won't be, as PCpartPicker.com lists it as compatible and 430 watts is kinda enough for that kind of build.

 

[Alpha3031]

ram usage?

 

[0ffice]

ASUS Radeon R7 260X uses maximum power consumption of 150watts.
AMD FX-6300 Power comsumption: Up to 227Watts (Avg 102)

This brings you to a theoretical peak of 377 SO FAR.
Add in wattage pulled from RAM, HDD etc, and you can very easily cap your 430watts limit.
I would say PCpartpicker could be wrong on this one.
I would reccomend going at least 100-200watts over what the theoretical maximum your computer can use, leaving room for upgrades and a safe overhead.

 

[0ffice]

Another theory: Did you do a fresh windows installation on the build or carry across a HDD from a previous build?
Having multiple/incorrect motherboard drivers installed can cause freezes/hanging on shutdown.

Also, your event viewer log pictures are thumbnails, I can't read them. Can you please post the direct link to the full size image?

 

[rookie399]

Another theory: Did you do a fresh windows installation on the build or carry across a HDD from a previous build?
Having multiple/incorrect motherboard drivers installed can cause freezes/hanging on shutdown.

Also, your event viewer log pictures are thumbnails, I can't read them. Can you please post the direct link to the full size image?

No, its a fresh install and I'll update the images.

 

[0ffice]

Another theory: Did you do a fresh windows installation on the build or carry across a HDD from a previous build?
Having multiple/incorrect motherboard drivers installed can cause freezes/hanging on shutdown.

Also, your event viewer log pictures are thumbnails, I can't read them. Can you please post the direct link to the full size image?

No, its a fresh install and I'll update the images.

Just a quick side note, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2328240 to fix your CAPI2 event log problem.

 

[0ffice]

Also, 2GB seems very low for a modern system. Is this a typo or are you actually running 2GB?

If it were me, I would be running Performance Monitor with the following counters:

Memory -> %Commited bytes in use + Pages/sec
Power Meter -> Power + Power Budget
ProcessorPerformance -> Frequency + Percentage + Power



The results from this within PerfMon should let you know what you need to look at next.
Just ensure you are running this while doing some tasks that stress your computer a bit.

 

[rookie399]

Also, 2GB seems very low for a modern system. Is this a typo or are you actually running 2GB?

If it were me, I would be running Performance Monitor with the following counters:

Memory -> %Commited bytes in use + Pages/sec
Power Meter -> Power + Power Budget
ProcessorPerformance -> Frequency + Percentage + Power



The results from this within PerfMon should let you know what you need to look at next.
Just ensure you are running this while doing some tasks that stress your computer a bit.

Well Yes, I am using 2GB just so I could setup the new pc, as the 2x4gigs are on their way. Could it be an issue if the RAM I am using isn't compatible with the motherboard?

 

[0ffice]

Also, 2GB seems very low for a modern system. Is this a typo or are you actually running 2GB?

If it were me, I would be running Performance Monitor with the following counters:

Memory -> %Commited bytes in use + Pages/sec
Power Meter -> Power + Power Budget
ProcessorPerformance -> Frequency + Percentage + Power



The results from this within PerfMon should let you know what you need to look at next.
Just ensure you are running this while doing some tasks that stress your computer a bit.

Well Yes, I am using 2GB just so I could setup the new pc, as the 2x4gigs are on their way

I noticed that your motherboard has 4 slots, so you'll have a total of 12GB when they arrive - More than sufficient!
The bare minimum for a 64bit windows 7 system is 2gb, so you're currently just sitting on the minimum specifications.

Task manager will also tell you how much of your RAM you are currently using - if it's near-peaking frequently, this will point to the core of your issue. (Open Task Manager and view 'Memory' under Performance)

The only thing to ensure after that is that when you put the new RAM in, it goes in the following format:
1212 (one being the new 4gb stick and 2 being the 1gb/2gb current stick/sticks).

 

[0ffice]

Also, 2GB seems very low for a modern system. Is this a typo or are you actually running 2GB?

If it were me, I would be running Performance Monitor with the following counters:

Memory -> %Commited bytes in use + Pages/sec
Power Meter -> Power + Power Budget
ProcessorPerformance -> Frequency + Percentage + Power



The results from this within PerfMon should let you know what you need to look at next.
Just ensure you are running this while doing some tasks that stress your computer a bit.

Well Yes, I am using 2GB just so I could setup the new pc, as the 2x4gigs are on their way. Could it be an issue if the RAM I am using isn't compatible with the motherboard?

Your motherboard will only allow DDR3 RAM, DDR1 or 2 will not fit in the sockets.
The motherboard will also allow 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz ram. If you fitted RAM that runs at a higher clock than this, it will simply bottleneck to the maximum allowed (IE; running 2133mhz ram will run at 1866).

 

[rookie399]

Also, 2GB seems very low for a modern system. Is this a typo or are you actually running 2GB?

If it were me, I would be running Performance Monitor with the following counters:

Memory -> %Commited bytes in use + Pages/sec
Power Meter -> Power + Power Budget
ProcessorPerformance -> Frequency + Percentage + Power



The results from this within PerfMon should let you know what you need to look at next.
Just ensure you are running this while doing some tasks that stress your computer a bit.

Well Yes, I am using 2GB just so I could setup the new pc, as the 2x4gigs are on their way. Could it be an issue if the RAM I am using isn't compatible with the motherboard?

Your motherboard will only allow DDR3 RAM, DDR1 or 2 will not fit in the sockets.
The motherboard will also allow 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz ram. If you fitted RAM that runs at a higher clock than this, it will simply bottleneck to the maximum allowed (IE; running 2133mhz ram will run at 1866).

The one I have is G.Skill DDR3 RipJawsX @ 1600Mhz. Hence it being compatible, I don't know what could be the issue. This is just giving me such a headache

 

[0ffice]

Have you tried the Performance Monitor thing I suggested? It would point you in the right direction as to which piece of hardware is being stressed.
No-one will be able to say 'Oh yes, this is whats wrong with it' without some research going into it your end to narrow it down.

 

[0ffice]

To put it into perspective about the 2GB ram you have, my work laptop is currently running windows 7 64bit enterprise.
According to Task Manager, I am using 2.8GB of RAM with just a virtual machine 2 instances of chrome, and a few work related pieces of software. My work laptop has only 4GB of RAM.

 

[rookie399]

To put it into perspective about the 2GB ram you have, my work laptop is currently running windows 7 64bit enterprise.
According to Task Manager, I am using 2.8GB of RAM with just a virtual machine 2 instances of chrome, and a few work related pieces of software. My work laptop has only 4GB of RAM.

Yes, it shows like 900mb of Ram being used

 

[0ffice]

You need to be doing variety testing, really try and stress it out while using the Performance Monitor counters.

Using the performance monitor counters I suggested WILL tell you immediately if its the RAM, PSU or processor.
You can't just put the counters on and see what the first thing they say is. You need to have them open while performing a variety of things, from playing video games to playing HD video. If you're not willing to do that then there is no more help I can provide.

 

[rookie399]

You need to be doing variety testing, really try and stress it out while using the Performance Monitor counters.

Using the performance monitor counters I suggested WILL tell you immediately if its the RAM, PSU or processor.
You can't just put the counters on and see what the first thing they say is. You need to have them open while performing a variety of things, from playing video games to playing HD video. If you're not willing to do that then there is no more help I can provide.

That's the thing. It will suddenly freeze, hence how can I find out if I cannot see the monitors...

 

[rookie399]

Ok, so I did a system format. Have installed almost all the drivers except the graphics card driver and it seems to run perfectly fine now. Is it an issue with the graphics driver?

 

[rookie399]

You need to be doing variety testing, really try and stress it out while using the Performance Monitor counters.

Using the performance monitor counters I suggested WILL tell you immediately if its the RAM, PSU or processor.
You can't just put the counters on and see what the first thing they say is. You need to have them open while performing a variety of things, from playing video games to playing HD video. If you're not willing to do that then there is no more help I can provide.

Did a clean format and now have installed the latest drivers, i.e 14.4. Worked all day fine without any hang whatsoever. But recently it did hang up on me. I found this log in the event viewer -

'Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events cannot be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected."

But I'm pretty sure whatever was causing issues last time isn't causing it now.

How can I fix it? Help in anyway would be appreciated.

 

[Alpha3031]

Looks like a CPU fault.

 

[rookie399]

Looks like a CPU fault.

Cannot be because I do not experience any hard lockups/freezes in safe mode.

 

[Alpha3031]

Found solution: Google search returned Link HERE
EDIT link doesn't work
EDIT fixed
Man I love google