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Total lockup/freezing issue on new build
Hi all,
About two months ago I bought myself an upgrade for my battered old pc. All was working well until about 2 weeks ago when suddenly I started experiencing random freezing, I'm not just talking about no mouse, I mean, full on lockup, sound on loop and unable to turn num lock on and off, bad times. It can freeze anywhere from while windows is loading to when browsing Overclockers to playing a game. Its very perculiar.
I have tried all sorts, from re-seating the RAM and CPU to updating all drivers and am thinking about clean install of windows.
I have been reading somewhere that a shabby PSU could be the problem, I have been wondering about this as mine came 'free' with my case, so it can't be owt clever.
By the way I have enough cooling, side fan blowing onto CPU then a rear case fan sucking air out.
Also Event Thing in windows shows nothing expect for when I have done a hard reset.
Anyway I'm just after some ideas as to what it could be because its driving me mad!
My specs are below:
- AMD Phenom II x4 955
- Asus M4A785TD-V EVO Mobo
- 4GB Micron DDR3 RAM
- ATI Radeon 4670
- 1x LG DVD RW
- 1x 500GB Seagate Drive (SATA)
- 1x 250GB WD Drive (SATA)
- Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
The power supply is: EZCool 500W Socket 775 ATX500 JSP??
If you need any more info please ask, I'm totally stuck.
ALSO I can run XBMC for hours watching films but if I go to play a game it simply just freezes after a few minutes of gameplay.