Question About Hardware Problem

KingSaber

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So I have been having some random freezes. The system can work perfectly fine playing video games for hours at a time and then randomly freeze watching some light weight videos. I originally thought it may be a software problem until it froze on the bios screen earlier tonight. The way its freezing points me to a video card or powersupply problem. First the display freezes. Then the screen turns off and goes black. Then the fans turn off with the keyboard lights turning off at the very end.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
i5-2500k
Motherboard
P67 Performance Fata1ty
Memory
Corsair Vengeance
Graphics Card(s)
7970 Sapphire OC with boost
Hard Drives
Western Digital Black
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Google Chrome
Update I reseated ram and the video card. I have a card coming in tomorrow from the factory to replace a 470 GTX that does happen to overheat with furmark. So hopefully everything works tomorrow. Otherwise I will probably replace the powersupply and mobo.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
i5-2500k
Motherboard
P67 Performance Fata1ty
Memory
Corsair Vengeance
Graphics Card(s)
7970 Sapphire OC with boost
Hard Drives
Western Digital Black
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Google Chrome
Just curious; have you figured out why the video card is over heating?
That would be good to know before installing another card.
Could you insert your case (tower) in your system specs.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home made Desktop
OS
Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
CPU
Intel i7-6800K @ 4.3
Motherboard
ASUS X-99 Deluxe II
Memory
Corsair Platinum 16 gig @2400
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 1070 OC
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus 27" LED LCD/VE278Q
Screen Resolution
1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Hard Drives
INTEL SSD 730-240 Gb Sata 3.0/
PSU
EVGA Platium 1200W
Case
Phanteks Luxe Tempered Glass 8 fans/ one radiator
Cooling
XSPC/ Water Cooled CPU
Keyboard
Das 4 Professional
Mouse
Logitech M705/MX Anywhere 2-S
Internet Speed
100 mbits
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials/ Malwarebytes Premium 3.0/ SAS
Browser
I.E. 11 default/Firefox/ ISP Time Warner Cable/Spectrum
Other Info
LG BluRay Burner/
Sound system-KLipsch-THX/
Icy Dock ssd Hot Swap bays.
Just curious; have you figured out why the video card is over heating?
That would be good to know before installing another card.
Could you insert your case (tower) in your system specs.
I have a haf 912 with some sp120's blowing at 2350 rpm.
The 470 gtx is refurbished and has always done this. By the time I found out it was to late to return it. I put the 7970 in. The temps are fine so I dont think the card is getting overvolted. It usually takes a long time for the freeze to show up. I will probably replace the powersupply if it freezes like this again later down the road. I also ran prime95 for about 30 minutes with 60C max with no freezes. So this problem is pretty wierd.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
i5-2500k
Motherboard
P67 Performance Fata1ty
Memory
Corsair Vengeance
Graphics Card(s)
7970 Sapphire OC with boost
Hard Drives
Western Digital Black
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Google Chrome
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