Strange PC Crashes, I need help and suggestions please!

[AeTheCrash]

Hi guys, im having annoying problems lately with my computer, after using my computer for a while usually 12/14hours of work and also for the past days it only crashes at around 4 am but during the day it runes smooth, the monitor would just go black and the pc restarts, sometimes it will restart with no problems, and other times, it does the double beep sound, and hangs on there. If I move my one stick of ram to another port on the mobo it would work, but the next day it would crash again, and i have to keep swapping the ports quite frequently.
Strangely it only happens when im on youtube or surfing on the net or if i leave my pc there on witout using it but, if im playing or running any applications like After Effects it will not crash.
I tried changing my ram with other ones that i had (3 sticks) nothing, my PSU is quite new.


My specs:
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 (KFA2 edition)
CPU: AMD Phenom 955 X4 (3.2Ghz)
PSU: Corsair CX 500
Mother board: ASUS m4a78

Thank you in advance

 

[YoYo155]

I would run Memtest86+, following this tutorial | http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

Pay close attention to Part 3 of the tutorial if errors are found.

 

[Dude]

AeTheCrash, welcome to sevenforums. Have a look in your event viewer and see if it shows the errors you see at around 4am.

:ar:http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/226084-event-viewer-open-use-windows-7-a.html

 

[AeTheCrash]

I would run Memtest86+, following this tutorial | http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

Pay close attention to Part 3 of the tutorial if errors are found.

I have already did this, i have 2 sticks of RAM which are faulty, now im using a third one of mine, but i dont know this problem is killing me. Could it be PSU? MOBO? Overheating? CPU? GPU? thanks

AeTheCrash, welcome to sevenforums. Have a look in your event viewer and see if it shows the errors you see at around 4am.

:ar:http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/226084-event-viewer-open-use-windows-7-a.html

Thanks! I have ran this now, it says that all the shutdowns were from a source: Kernel Power

 

[Dude]

Have a look here too

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/220165-troubleshooting-steps-windows-7-a.html

 

[AeTheCrash]

Have a look here too

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/220165-troubleshooting-steps-windows-7-a.html

nothing seems to work! Can it be overheating? I havent cleaned dust off my pc for a long time, 2/3 years, i only used a hoover but it wont suck in all the dust

 

[YoYo155]

It definitely can be over-heating!, don't use a vacuum cleaner
(I assume that is what you meant when you said a hoover )
It can cause static build-up and you really don't want to zap and kill a chip.

With what you described I'm leaning towards GPU overheating rather than the CPU side, but clean them both!

 

[Dude]

Use canned air. You should download speccy and give a screenshot of your temps

:ar: Speccy

:ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

 

[AeTheCrash]

So on speccy it says that the GPU temp is: 61 °C but whats confusing me even more is the fact that 99.99% of the crashes occur when my pc isnt working so much, like on google chrome or even leaving my pc there without touching it

 

[YoYo155]

61° C, at idle is pretty high.
You should clean it regardless of the occasional crash.

Does it bugcheck?

make sure your PC is configured correctly | http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/174459-dump-files-configure-windows-create-bsod.html

 

[AeTheCrash]

61° C, at idle is pretty high.
You should clean it regardless of the occasional crash.

Does it bugcheck?

make sure your PC is configured correctly | http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/174459-dump-files-configure-windows-create-bsod.html

at the time it was 61 i was running a game actually, if im not playing like right now the temp is 48, i will do. By the way, its not a BSOD that im getting, it just freezes for like a second or less, the screen goes black and i hear a sound just like when a car is out fuel and trying to start up. Sometimes it restarts by itself other times i have to move the ram to another port

 

[YoYo155]

It sounds like a driver is acting up.

Can you please upload the MSINFO32 file?

1. Start> RUN> "MSINFO32" without the quotes then hit [Enter].
2. In "MSINFO32" go to, File> Save> name it your user-name and upload.

 

[AeTheCrash]

There you go!


I hope its driver more than something like gpu or mobo :/

 

[YoYo155]

When the hang/crash occur do you happen to have Lol client running in the background?
If so try:

A complete shutdown.
Boot, when you get into the Windows environment
don't launch anything related to league of legends.
If it is set to run automatically disable it and try again.
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[AeTheCrash]

When the hang/crash occur do you happen to have Lol client running in the background?
If so try:

A complete shutdown.
Boot, when you get into the Windows environment
don't launch anything related to league of legends.
If it is set to run automatically disable it and try again.
​

Sometimes, yesterday i was only on google chrome, that was the only program open

 

[YoYo155]

Try rolling back your drivers to a more stable release, I suggest 314.22 | Drivers | GeForce

When installing, Choose "Clean Install"
Deselect, The 3D Vision and HD Audio options
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[AeTheCrash]

Try rolling back your drivers to a more stable release, I suggest 314.22 | Drivers | GeForce

When installing, Choose "Clean Install"
Deselect, The 3D Vision and HD Audio options
​

Thank you! I will try that out, so i just have to unistall my current driver cclean it, then install this one? So do you think its a software issue more than a hardware?

 

[YoYo155]

Try rolling back your drivers to a more stable release, I suggest 314.22 | Drivers | GeForce

When installing, Choose "Clean Install"
Deselect, The 3D Vision and HD Audio options
​

Thank you! I will try that out, so i just have to unistall my current driver cclean it, then install this one? So do you think its a software issue more than a hardware?

You never know until you have control on your variables.

 

[AeTheCrash]

Try rolling back your drivers to a more stable release, I suggest 314.22 | Drivers | GeForce

When installing, Choose "Clean Install"
Deselect, The 3D Vision and HD Audio options
​

Thank you! I will try that out, so i just have to unistall my current driver cclean it, then install this one? So do you think its a software issue more than a hardware?

You never know until you have control on your variables.

what do you mean by that? im very bad at this kind of stuff xD

 

[YoYo155]

Thank you! I will try that out, so i just have to unistall my current driver cclean it, then install this one? So do you think its a software issue more than a hardware?

You never know until you have control on your variables.

what do you mean by that? im very bad at this kind of stuff xD

Lol all I meant was you have to try it first, then come to a conclusion