Windows7 64bit-Freezing after 20 minutes of uses, attached msinfo32

[ekenny]

Hello to all,

I have a custom built computer that is about 3 years old. In the last few months it has started freezing on me randomly. At first, as best I can remember it froze while working on emails a few months ago. In recent weeks it has become more and more frequent. I ran a full scan with Norton and im virus free. Have not done any malware scan as of yet. I had received an error regarding my Nvidia 9500 GT, I installed the newest driver and it did not help. I am writing to you now in safe mode.

I have attached an msinfo32 file. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Eoin

 

[gregrocker]

Work through these Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7.

Report back results on each of the steps as there may be more needed.

 

[AddRAM]

Hard drive could be going. it is 3 years old.
Does it do it in safe mode ?

 

[ekenny]

Work through these Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7.

Report back results on each of the steps as there may be more needed.

Thanks for your response, I will run through this as soon as I find the time. Cooking the turkey this year.

Regards,

Eoin

 

[ekenny]

Hard drive could be going. it is 3 years old.
Does it do it in safe mode ?

I could see that I guess. I have been thinking of making the switch to solid state for a while now.

One think I would like to add though, I have got an error message before when the screen goes black and then comes back on. I the bottom right is a quick popup that a problem with the nvidia driver caused an issue, I troubleshoot, installed new driver and nothing. Still having the freezes. This blank screen issue does not happen every time my comp freezes. Maybe 4 times total so far, but a recent issue.

Thanks

Eoin

 

[gregrocker]

Try rolling back to previous Nvidia (display?) driver.

They should all be cued in Device Manager>Display>Driver>Update Driver>Browse>Let Me Pick.

Make sure you're checking optional Windows UPdates after enabling Automatically get recommended drivers and updates for your hardware