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BSOD and Computer Lockups - Failing Components?
Hi, my PC has been acting very obnoxiously as of late. Occasionally (2 - 3 times a week), my PC will just crash and go to a BSOD - I'm sorry, it hasn't done it in a week surprisingly, I will wait for the next one to give you the code. Upon restarting, sometimes it will boot from my secondary HDD and I will have to change the boot order in my BIOS. It will also hang at the Windows splash screen for about 10 minutes before fully starting up. Other times, my PC boots up just fine which leads me to believe its a failing component (hopefully just a HDD issue?).
Another issue, which is more consistent than the others, is that my PC will just randomly hang for 3 - 15 seconds before resuming. It happens while gaming primarily(or maybe I just notice it more while gaming), although other programs lock up as well.
I ran a memtest and found no errors, I ran checkdisk and it found no errors, I'm not sure what the next step should be.
Brief recap of symptoms/TL:DR:
-Occassional/Frequent BSOD (have to write down code next time)
-HDD Boot order randomly changing during reboot (HDD detection issue?)
-Occasional/Frequent long boot time (windows 7 splash screen for 10 minutes)
-Frequent 'hangs' (3 - 15 seconds of complete lockup, then back to normal. Windows doesn't completely lockup, but programs do.)
-Program inconsistency/crashes. Skype locks up for a moment, then continues. Occasional program crashes, etc. Music will randomly stop playing for a moment, then continue.
Thank you for your help!