- Nov 24, 2017
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Hello, as indicated by the title, I am stumped looking for a solution to an issue with my pc:
Before posting my issue here are the specs if needed.
Ive had the pc for almost 5 years now, and i havent had a hitch. This issue arose about the beginning of this year; the computer will freeze completely after no more than 10 minutes of inactivity (but never while i am using it) and will respond to 0 feedback, all on screen images remain frozen and no progress bars or anything is seen moving.
The computer will not ALWAYS do this instead it sometimes BSOD'S with one of the two error codes; MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION and CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT.
I do not get any dumps created even though the settings are set specifically to do so, and my pagefile settings are also appropriate.
I have updated all drivers; gfx, sound, chipset, network, etc as directd through other articles, and the issue persists.
I have not made any changes to my hardware nor even installed any new software, for (believe it or not) at least a year. and have ran several virus scans, while finding a few PUPs, didn't actually solve the issue.
The temperatures on all my devices remain fine, even during gameplay or other intensive use
The weird part about this is I've been playing really only two games since this happened (and before a while too); minecraft and garrys mod. While I played minecraft without opening gmod for some time this issue would not happen AT ALL! however on approx. the 3rd day of playing GMOD without launching minecraft, this issue started once again.
Recently as well as of about a week ago my 3rd monitor has been flickering (only this monitor; no other noticable flickering on others) and cutting temporarily to black. This could be due to the age of the monitor but it is also leading me to believe my graphics card is the issue.
SMART status is fine for all devices except one drive which is simply used for extra data (bad sectors appears yellow in crystaldiskinfo)
Again i unfortunately do not have any dumps to provide because they refuse to be created.
I am relatively pc part savvy however this time i am 110% stumped.
To me based on the circumstances it can be the Psu, the gpu card, the CPU,
Or the motherboard. (Or my luck something foolish like the cd drive or the card reader.) But again, im clueless! Lol.
Hopefully i provided all necessary info.
I appreciate any and all help. Thanks!
Before posting my issue here are the specs if needed.
Ive had the pc for almost 5 years now, and i havent had a hitch. This issue arose about the beginning of this year; the computer will freeze completely after no more than 10 minutes of inactivity (but never while i am using it) and will respond to 0 feedback, all on screen images remain frozen and no progress bars or anything is seen moving.
The computer will not ALWAYS do this instead it sometimes BSOD'S with one of the two error codes; MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION and CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT.
I do not get any dumps created even though the settings are set specifically to do so, and my pagefile settings are also appropriate.
I have updated all drivers; gfx, sound, chipset, network, etc as directd through other articles, and the issue persists.
I have not made any changes to my hardware nor even installed any new software, for (believe it or not) at least a year. and have ran several virus scans, while finding a few PUPs, didn't actually solve the issue.
The temperatures on all my devices remain fine, even during gameplay or other intensive use
The weird part about this is I've been playing really only two games since this happened (and before a while too); minecraft and garrys mod. While I played minecraft without opening gmod for some time this issue would not happen AT ALL! however on approx. the 3rd day of playing GMOD without launching minecraft, this issue started once again.
Recently as well as of about a week ago my 3rd monitor has been flickering (only this monitor; no other noticable flickering on others) and cutting temporarily to black. This could be due to the age of the monitor but it is also leading me to believe my graphics card is the issue.
SMART status is fine for all devices except one drive which is simply used for extra data (bad sectors appears yellow in crystaldiskinfo)
Again i unfortunately do not have any dumps to provide because they refuse to be created.
I am relatively pc part savvy however this time i am 110% stumped.
To me based on the circumstances it can be the Psu, the gpu card, the CPU,
Or the motherboard. (Or my luck something foolish like the cd drive or the card reader.) But again, im clueless! Lol.
Hopefully i provided all necessary info.
I appreciate any and all help. Thanks!
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