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| Thread ID: 124419 | 2012-04-25 21:20:00 | Windows freezing | Mike (15) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1271936 | 2012-04-27 03:51:00 | Ís the PC under load when it freezes? | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1271937 | 2012-04-27 04:18:00 | Ís the PC under load when it freezes?Doesn't seem to make a difference (sometimes yes, sometimes no) Cheers, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 1271938 | 2012-04-27 04:52:00 | Well, I would check memory and certainly try a decent PSU.... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1271939 | 2012-04-27 05:33:00 | Windows 7 Pro. Been running fine, then yesterday (while we were out) it froze - completely, pressing num-lock key wouldn't even make the light go off-and-on. Restarted, then about 15 minutes later it just froze again. Does it all the time now, anywhere from a couple of minutes to a couple of hours, even with the PC just sitting there with nobody using it (its just on). I have a friend who recently had this problem. Exact same thing. Ran a mem test, ram checked out ok. He had this problem for about a month until one day he lost video card signal when using a dedicated card and some USB ports stopped working. Got a new motherboard problem hasn't come back ever since. Note that video card not working and usb ports failing can be caused by a bad psu. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1271940 | 2012-04-27 07:42:00 | I had Win7 blue screen on me this morning. Been getting issues since the latest update of Flash, but this is the first time it extended further than Firefox. Have just updated the video drivers and will have to wait and see if it's sorted or not. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1271941 | 2012-04-28 23:37:00 | OK now I'm stumped. I moved the computer out so I could open her up, so nothing plugged in other than monitor, keyboard, mouse, network. I'm watching temps while running the flash game (had 2x sessions open at the same time, CPU maxed out). CPU temps got to 64C max, GPU temp got to 48C max. Drives all cooler than that. Loaded up Dues Ex Human Revolution, maxed out every video setting I could find, had that running for about 5 minutes (can't do anything because my GPU can't cope with those settings)... but it hasn't crashed yet. Uptime so far 1 hr 15 mins. So to me it indicates it might be PSU as nothing plugged into it... that said, I don't think there was really much plugged into it anyway - printer and a few USB cables for camera and phone etc. (without these devices attached anyway). Can't see anything else that was plugged in. I just can't get it to crash now... Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 1271942 | 2012-04-29 00:45:00 | Just froze again - wasn't doing anything (wasn't even being used, I was in another room). Was up for approx 2 hours. grrrr Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 1271943 | 2012-04-29 03:05:00 | Just froze again - wasn't doing anything (wasn't even being used, I was in another room). Was up for approx 2 hours. grrrr Mike. A failing PSU drops its power on the rail at times, just as much as it can fail constant power under load, get a new PSU |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1271944 | 2012-04-29 20:31:00 | get a new PSUOK I'll get a new PSU (since I needed one anyway it's the first thing I'll try) :) Any brand to get or stay away from? Pricespy list Hyena, Aywan, X-Case, A-Power, Cooler Master, Huntkey, PowerCase, iCute, Enermax, Aerocool, Gigabyte... and then they start getting out of my price range :) Cheers, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 1271945 | 2012-04-29 21:41:00 | Stay away from Hyena | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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