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Did they test the PSU under a load, that is with w7 booted?
Oh, never mind, you tested it back at post #57.
I know next to nothing about games and how they effect hardware. I have seen Steam, for one, cause issues though.
Have your tried disabling the other two audio devices, as an experiment?
Well mate I don't know what it may be. Without looking back, you have done these:
Checked HDDs with a test utility
Run memtest86+
Run Furmark to check the GPU
Disabled audio, each in turn, 3 of them
Checked out the PSU
Update GPU drivers
Swapped GPU for a test
Run Prime96 to test the CPU
Cleaned dust out
Run through Greg's troubleshooting steps
All I can think of, and it's just a shot in the dark, is too remove all PSU and data cables and reconnect them to confirm all are fully seated. You could even do that with the RAM sticks too.
You mentioned ASUS EC, I had that come up on a Z77 board I'm testing. I installed some Corsair cooler software and it gave the option to disable it for the reasons you saw. Type ASUS EC in the start Search field and see what you get, I got this which seems to relate to wireless adapters.
What were the results of the diagnostics install steps I took the time to write out for you, then never heard a word back?
Ive done pretty much everything except sfc scandisk, the last time i did that it took me 3 weeks just to get my computer to reboot because it did something to the hard drive. I pretty much also did the last step with only the SSD was brand new and the other HDDS unplugged and still did the issue.
There is no SFC in the steps I gave you here:
But there's no way SFC should affect your HDD and I've never seen it have the problems you suggest. If so then you have serious problems which may need to be resolved before continuiing. Is there a thread for this, where we were helping your resolve SFC issues for 3 weeks?
True, if any disk scan messed up the drive, the drive must be on its last legs as Suspected earlier.
Sorry for not being on guys, these last 2 months have been nothing but bad luck, now my car radiator is leaking and its gotta be replaced!
Anyway i think whoever said it could be audio drivers might be on to something, i did uninstall and reinstall the drivers after restarting my computer but the issue still persisted. While i went to my mums my dad did the same tests however they ended up going over 1 hour+!
It got me thinking that it could be out of 2 things now.
1. The USB sound card i use that i got from a plantronics headset to clear up static when i record videos or 2, the USB port i use from the motherboard could be damaged. I'm currently doing tests now to see if that's the case. If it is the sound card and its a hardware issue from that, i imagine i could get a replacement and if its software i could try seeing what might cause the crash because uninstalling didn't seem to help. But if it is the Motherboard USB port then i guess i can go get it sent off to be replaced. I will let you's know later
What I meant was to run with only one audio driver for testing, disable two of them in rotation. You have 3 I think, Plantronics, Realtek, and maybe an HDMI one for the GPU card.