- Oct 21, 2018
- 6
- 0
- 10
I don't really know where to start from...
I'm here because the crashes are really frustrating me.
My PC was bought in 2011. A very basic desktop sold by Walmart.
But this year I've upgraded a few things.
Bought a new GPU, couple of new RAMs, a new PSU, new HDDs and a new SSD.
Took me a while to study and search about those things because I didn't want to mess up and waste money. But apparently I messed up anyways.
The purpose was to play on the computer I already had, instead of buying a new Console.
Ever since those upgrades have been installed (and it was all at once) my computer crashes. It used to crash even when I was doing something on Office and the only thing open was Word and a Browser.
The crash consists in: the screen goes some random color (usually the color Windows is using) and the sound gets messed up. Becomes irresponsive. I don't know if it's still working behind that screen or what... I shut it down holding the computer cabinet power button until it shuts off. Then I turn it on again and it starts as if nothing ever happened.
The OS is always updated, clean, I mean... I think it's related to hardware. I use "chkdsk /f", I defragment my drives, I use DiskCleanup, I keep my drivers updated from official sources...
Lately it has only crashed while I was playing Battlefield 4. That's the only game I play. I put the Video/ Graphics settings to low and it takes a little longer to crash. Maybe an hour. If I play on Medium or if I dare to play on High it takes about 20 minutes.
If someone is reading this, is there anyway I can help you to help me?
I don't see a button for me to upload an image, so I am going to paste links to them.
https://imgur.com/a/EjCkzLm
I'm here because the crashes are really frustrating me.
My PC was bought in 2011. A very basic desktop sold by Walmart.
But this year I've upgraded a few things.
Bought a new GPU, couple of new RAMs, a new PSU, new HDDs and a new SSD.
Took me a while to study and search about those things because I didn't want to mess up and waste money. But apparently I messed up anyways.
The purpose was to play on the computer I already had, instead of buying a new Console.
Ever since those upgrades have been installed (and it was all at once) my computer crashes. It used to crash even when I was doing something on Office and the only thing open was Word and a Browser.
The crash consists in: the screen goes some random color (usually the color Windows is using) and the sound gets messed up. Becomes irresponsive. I don't know if it's still working behind that screen or what... I shut it down holding the computer cabinet power button until it shuts off. Then I turn it on again and it starts as if nothing ever happened.
The OS is always updated, clean, I mean... I think it's related to hardware. I use "chkdsk /f", I defragment my drives, I use DiskCleanup, I keep my drivers updated from official sources...
Lately it has only crashed while I was playing Battlefield 4. That's the only game I play. I put the Video/ Graphics settings to low and it takes a little longer to crash. Maybe an hour. If I play on Medium or if I dare to play on High it takes about 20 minutes.
If someone is reading this, is there anyway I can help you to help me?
I don't see a button for me to upload an image, so I am going to paste links to them.
https://imgur.com/a/EjCkzLm
There is ALOT of dust by the looks of that picture (unless its somehow distorted), the first thing i would do is clean out the PC with an air duster. Typically freezes and crashes are as a result of thermals getting too high or power problems and dust like that is likely responsible for crazy high thermals. To test this you can download a program called "HWInfo64" (its free) and let it run in the background while you play a couple of minutes of BF4, ALT+TAB out before it freezes if you can and check the Max temps on the CPU and GPU and let me know what they come back as please ? I need to know temps and how long you were playing for.
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram