Solved Hardware Check

[TONPumper]

Recently, my computer has seemed a bit slower and just last night while watching a YouTube video, the video froze, the monitor went black and came back on but the video was black and the buttons in FF did not load properly. I researched the error online and many people were stating that the issue could be with the PSU. I had this error before at my old apartment, but it seemed to be caused by my graphics driver because when I updated it, the problem was fixed.

I am paranoid that my hardware is getting old and that I will have to do research to find compatible equipment--I don't want to spend money on hardware that works fine. The problem is I don't know the signs or how to tell which hardware needs replaced and which hardware I can keep. I just purchased my CPU last year so I don't think it would be causing an issue, but if my MOBO is the problem, I may need to get a new CPU.

 

[GokAy]

Is this happening every time, once a day or just happened once?

 

[Boozad]

First off can yo ufill in your system specs as linked in my signature, at the moment we have no idea what hardware you have. Following that there is a list of stress and diagnostic tests detailed below, feel free to perform them at your own convenience if you wish.

   Warning

:warn: If you're overclocking your system, revert back to stock clocks now. :warn:

   Note

Test the system once the overclock is removed before continuing with the steps outlined below.

Part One: CPU Stress Test
Part Two: MemTest86+ RAM Diagnostic
Part Three: Hard Drive Diagnostics
Part Four: GPU Stress Test

ONE

 CPU TEST

:ar: Run Prime95 to stress test your CPU. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/100352-hardware-stress-test-prime95.html

   Warning

Your CPU temperatures will rise quickly while under this stress test. Keep a keen eye on them and abort the test if overheating occurs.

TWO

 RAM TEST

:ar: Run MemTest86+ to analyse your RAM. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

   Note

MemTest86+ needs to be run for at least 8 passes for conclusive results. Set it running before you go to bed and leave it overnight. We're looking for zero errors here. Even a single error will indicate RAM failure.

THREE

 HDD TEST

:ar: Run SeaTools to check the integrity of your HDD. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/313457-seatools-dos-windows-how-use.html

   Note

Do not run SeaTools on an SSD as the results will be invalid.

:ar: Run chkdsk http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

FOUR

 GPU TEST

:ar: Run Furmark to stress test your GPU. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/100356-video-card-stress-test-furmark.html

   Note

Run Furmark for around 30 minutes.

   Warning

Your GPU temperatures will rise quickly while Furmark is running. Keep a keen eye on them and abort the test if overheating occurs.

 

[TONPumper]

Is this happening every time, once a day or just happened once?

It just happened that one time. I haven't had a chance to test it recently.

I've updated my system info to the best of my knowledge.

 

[GokAy]

To be honest I wouldn't worry much about it until it happens again soon. Otherwise Boozad's advice is what I would do.

 

[TONPumper]

What's the average lifespan of each piece of hardware? (CPU, RAM, HDD, MOBO, PSU, GPU)

 

[Boozad]

There's no real answer for any of those to be honest.

 

[TONPumper]

Should I post the results from each test when I get a chance to run them?

 

[Boozad]

You can yeah, someone will let you know if all is good.

 

[TONPumper]

So last night when I got home from work, I went to "wake" my display, but when I moved the mouse or pressed a key, nothing happened; the monitor display remained off. I had to do a hard reboot and everything was fine.

 

[TONPumper]

I reconfigured my nVidia control panel to let the application decide which settings to use and all is fine for now.

 

[TONPumper]

Where does the Memtest86 save logs? The test showed a total of 14 errors on my RAM.

 

[Boozad]

MemTest86 or MemTest86+?