Computer freezing several times a day. No BSOD.

Larry365 · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:44

Just to let you guys know, turned out to be one of my hdd's that had failed. 1TB cav black for those of you interested. It would seem I am still able to access the data on the drive.. its just hit or miss whether or not it funks up. Backing up now, setting up RMA, buying another 2TB hdd, setting up raid5! I do not want to have something like this happen again. I am lucky the data can still be accessed.

Thanks again for all the advice!

xpcpu · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:55

at least its sorted now. i had the same problem thats why i said check the drive

Larry365 · 16 Apr 2012 at 20:59

xpcpu said:
at least its sorted now. i had the same problem thats why i said check the drive

Yeh, I read through the forum again and reminded myself of you advice, though I used speedfan instead of of HDtune. Tests showed red across the board.. bad times.

Thanks again

djkav · 16 Apr 2012 at 23:04

Do these things not get reported to the event logs?

Larry365 · 17 Apr 2012 at 05:56

nah, nothing was showing on event logs at all.

bledd · 17 Apr 2012 at 09:36

Hard drive problems usually pack Event Viewer in the System tab

Larry365 · 17 Apr 2012 at 15:00

Ok. Even with the fault HDD removed, it would appear I still have the problem. This morning I came down to find the computer stuck in the lock screen. The mouse was moving but they keyboard was completely unresponsive (caps wouldn't enable etc.) and nothing could be clicked. I have checked the event viewer again and as far as I can tell, nothing relevant is showing. See below a print screen; maybe someone can see something I can't.

bnpnu70 · 21 Apr 2012 at 23:15

Try resetting BIOS to factory defaults (just a try..). If your system has lots of dusts, clean with a air dust remover and clean the heat-sinks and verify that the fan has less noise.

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Larry365 · 6 Jan 2013 at 16:06

Just to close this thread in case anyone comes across it for answers to a similar problem, it was the GPU all the time. HIS 5870. Started causing bluescreens etc, finally got a log I could do something with. To give credit to HIS, I was refunded nearly the whole amount for my card, way above then current value. Decided to pocket the cash and buy a £20 5450 as I dont have much free time for gaming any more. (this was in May 2012)