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General => Help & Resources => Topic started by: S on March 25, 2013, 01:32:55 pm
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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?
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(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.
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it may be a RAM or PSU problem
do a MEMTEST to see if you get errors.
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Plug in and out RAM
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do a MEMTEST to see if you get errors.
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sorry for offtopic but:
do you know any good and free program to check pc temperatures for all pc parts?
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Hwmonitor
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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
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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
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remember that the memtest takes up to 8-10 hours to complete
how many passes should i let it do?
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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
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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
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How old are your components? maybe something has died. Eventually happens
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mine? gpu 4 months rest almost 2yrs
will do more memtest passes tonight
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sorry for hijacking your thread fastcake :( 2 years old here btw
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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.
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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
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DUST Y U MUST MAKE PROBLEMS
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solved, evil dust
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solved here too, power supply overheated and broke, thank god i had my warranty so they just had it replaced