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Title: pc crashes
Post by: S on March 25, 2013, 01:32:55 pm
Hi, past few days I've been having some weird pc crashes. It started when i plugged in my new monitor, but that doesn't seem to be the problem as I've plugged in my old one and the same crashes happen. I formatted  my hdd because I thought some program was interfering, but the crashes still continued on a fresh w7. The crashes got less after I've installed the Nvidia beta drivers. They're pretty random, sometimes I can play games with no problems and sometimes there are periods where my pc will freeze when I open google chrome. It just freezes like if there was a blue screen, but there isn't one. The sound (if any) loops and nothing can be done except to do a hard reboot. My cpu and gpu temps are both under 30 when idle, so it can't be an overheating issue. Anyone knows how to fix this, or which component might cause this?
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: [AK47]Zetterberg on March 25, 2013, 01:35:25 pm
(http://www.pristone.hu/images/pc_crash.png)

Here you go!  >:D


BTW. I had same problem when i bought a new laptop. I installed different drivers for all hardwares, but i dont know which driver was the problem.
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: [AK47]Tommy_Vicious on March 25, 2013, 02:40:15 pm
it may be a RAM or PSU problem

do a MEMTEST  to see if you get errors.
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: [FSR]Ush on March 25, 2013, 02:55:02 pm
Plug in and out RAM
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: [MAF]Karlis on March 25, 2013, 02:56:57 pm
do a MEMTEST  to see if you get errors.
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: [MAF]Aj_Lajk_Bir on March 25, 2013, 03:17:55 pm
sorry for offtopic but:
do you know any good and free program to check pc temperatures for all pc parts?
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: [AK47]Tommy_Vicious on March 25, 2013, 03:33:29 pm
Hwmonitor
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: S on March 25, 2013, 04:33:19 pm
sorry for offtopic but:
do you know any good and free program to check pc temperatures for all pc parts?

openhardwaremonitor

the memtest showed 0 errors, i also forgot to mention that my monitor often loses signal, sometimes picking it up again but mostly just staying black
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: [AK47]Tommy_Vicious on March 25, 2013, 04:41:14 pm
remember that the memtest takes up to 8-10 hours to complete

if monitor lose signal imho there's something wrong with gpu or psu
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: S on March 25, 2013, 04:46:27 pm
remember that the memtest takes up to 8-10 hours to complete

how many passes should i let it do?
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: [AK47]Tommy_Vicious on March 25, 2013, 04:59:41 pm
remember that the memtest takes up to 8-10 hours to complete

how many passes should i let it do?

It depends  how many modules you are testing. Single modules for me, minimum 3-5 passes each. If it's basic stability testing on a fresh build, 1-2 passes with all modules installed. Horrible stability issues or "gremlins" where you can't find the issue, 10+ passes or even overnight if needed.

if there are any errors  you should see it already at first pass
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: ivanduk on March 25, 2013, 06:12:50 pm
i was also losing monitor signal in the last 2 weeks, and yesterday my computer kept restarting itself over and over and suddenly stopped working. any suggestions on what it might be? i think it could be the power supply
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: McD0n3ld on March 25, 2013, 06:44:58 pm
How old are your components? maybe something has died. Eventually happens
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: S on March 25, 2013, 07:01:31 pm
mine? gpu 4 months rest almost 2yrs

will do more memtest passes tonight
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: ivanduk on March 25, 2013, 08:29:58 pm
sorry for hijacking your thread fastcake :( 2 years old here btw
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: [LSR]Jalicno on March 25, 2013, 11:35:33 pm
If your monitor show no signal message  there is fault with video card.

Weak PSU or faulty PCI-E slot on motherboard could result video card stop responding too...

GPU idle temp doesn't means anything cause video card has it self VRam whose temperature/stability you can't test

So my suggestion is to borrow from friend or from 2nd PC video card in whose stability you are sure 100% to test PC in general,if everything works smooth you know what caused problems,if crashes remain there is PSU and in worst scenario Motherborad.
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: S on March 26, 2013, 08:49:55 am
after i ran the memtest this night (10 passes 0 errors) my monitor would get no signal at all, i rebooted at least 15 times and then opened my pc up to check if there was something wrong, i found some major dust all over the motherboard (including pci-e slot) and a little bit on my card, cleaned it all off and it started normally again. im gonna try see what happens today

i forgive you ivan :0
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: [MAF]Snoopy on March 26, 2013, 09:21:10 am
DUST Y U MUST MAKE PROBLEMS
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: S on March 26, 2013, 07:41:55 pm
solved, evil dust
Title: Re: pc crashes
Post by: ivanduk on March 26, 2013, 09:23:51 pm
solved here too, power supply overheated and broke, thank god i had my warranty so they just had it replaced