Intermittent freezes and occasional BSOD's over last 6 months

Arc · 01 Oct 2012

jake13 said:

PC froze again this weekend. Rebooted. Never got a BSOD. Waiting for it to happen again and hoping for BSOD.

What were you doing that time when it froze?

Bont expect a BSOD, they are not any good :)

Reseat the RAM, SATA and Power cables, clean the edges of those with cotton cloth. It may work freely then.

jake13 · 01 Oct 2012

Will try your recommendations tomorrow. I was not at the computer at the time it crashed. Screen was black and would not respond to keyboard or mouse to bring back to life [Typical of what I usually see]. No programs were running at the time. (when I walk away for the day, I clear all open apps except a Sensor Panel from AIDA64 that I've been using to track down possible heat issues leading to this problem) Had to reboot.

No problems so far.

jake13 · 02 Oct 2012

Froze again last night while I was away. This morning I opened it up and did as requested above. Fingers crossed.

Arc · 02 Oct 2012

jake13 said:

Froze again last night while I was away. This morning I opened it up and did as requested above. Fingers crossed.

Dont worry. If it freezes without a crash, the situation is comparatively better I hope :)

jake13 · 05 Oct 2012

BSOD while working this morning. Not doing much except CS6 DW, iTunes & Outlook. Seemed to point to ATI Driver. Here is the SF Diag. Dump. Thanks for all your help.

Arc · 06 Oct 2012

Jake, It is a VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (116).

Follow the thread STOP 0x116: VIDEO_TDR_ERROR troubleshooting, it describes what to de for a stop 116, in detail.

But , there are updates for your ATI display card, after April, that you are using. Start from updating the display driver.