I've been out of this game for a few years. Forgive my rustiness, but I have a big problem I shouldn't be ignoring / coping with any longer. My system specs are up to date.
My custom build desktop from 2011 now, is having random freezes. There is no discernible pattern I can find, no hardware or software leads. I tried looking into the log a while ago, but couldn't find anything. ("Life's" been happening.) If there is sound playing, it will simply turn into a grinding-like brrrzzzz of whatever the last note of sound output was. There is no getting out of this freeze, and I have always had to just hit the reset case button. Gif's will freeze, the cursor won't budge, my spinning Avast icon freezes where it's at, the clock stops. But then no sign of anything abnormal in the log, other than not liking how it was shutdown/restarted. Admittedly, this has been going on for months. Sometimes it's good for a few days, sometimes I have barely been doing anything for a few minutes.
I know there is no quick fix or good enough clues in this, but I am finally ready to start tackling this problem. I'd like some ideas of where to even begin...
My custom build desktop from 2011 now, is having random freezes. There is no discernible pattern I can find, no hardware or software leads. I tried looking into the log a while ago, but couldn't find anything. ("Life's" been happening.) If there is sound playing, it will simply turn into a grinding-like brrrzzzz of whatever the last note of sound output was. There is no getting out of this freeze, and I have always had to just hit the reset case button. Gif's will freeze, the cursor won't budge, my spinning Avast icon freezes where it's at, the clock stops. But then no sign of anything abnormal in the log, other than not liking how it was shutdown/restarted. Admittedly, this has been going on for months. Sometimes it's good for a few days, sometimes I have barely been doing anything for a few minutes.
I know there is no quick fix or good enough clues in this, but I am finally ready to start tackling this problem. I'd like some ideas of where to even begin...
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1AMD Phenom II x6 1090T Black Edition 3.2GHzPatriot G ‘Sector 5’ Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 16...
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- OS
- Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II x6 1090T Black Edition 3.2GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3
- Memory
- Patriot G ‘Sector 5’ Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1600MHz
- Sound Card
- (onboard) Realtek® ALC 892 8-Channel High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ViewSonic VX2253 22"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- Transcend SSD720 2.5" SATAIII 64GB SSD; Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB 64MB 3.5" HDD
LG WH10LS30 10X Blu-ray Burner with LightScribe
- PSU
- CORSAIR TX Series 950W ATX12V 80 Plus Bronze
- Case
- Cooler Master HAF X NVidia Edition; 5 Green LED Fans!
- Cooling
- CORSAIR A70 120mm Dual-Fan
- Keyboard
- Verbatim 97472 Mini Wireless Slim
- Mouse
- bundled Verbatim 97472 Wireless
- Antivirus
- Avast
- Browser
- Chrome
- Other Info
- Ultraportable/Desktop Replacement Laptop:
circa Oct 2006,
Dell XPS M1210,
Windows 7 Professional 32-bit,
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz,
3.25 (4) GB of RAM,
NVidia GeForce Go 7400,
500GB Seagate Momentus 7200RPM HDD
