Computer hanging and other problems

JamesH85

JamesH85

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Hello guys,

I really didn't know where to put this post but I'm in need of some desperate help because my pc is sending me round the bend. Up until recently it has worked fine for many year and been rock solid.

I've started to encounter a few different problems all at the same time.

So the problems are:
World of Warcraft launches to a black screen and then windows displays an error to say that the game is not responding.

Twitch/YouTube will load streams/video, I could be watching for any random.amount of time then all of a sudden the video won't load and just hangs.

Spotify and a few other programs won't load and windows says it encountered an error with the app.

The only thing that fixes these things is a restart of the pc.

Could anyone suggest anything to try?
I've updated firmware on both my dad's this morning, made sure all drivers are up to date and ran windows update to make sure that is up to date too. Could there be a conflict or something? Is there a way to check if a certain component is failing or is corrupted?

I have download the crucial and Samsung software for my ssd's and both packages say both drives are in good health.

Grateful for any help anyone can give as this is really frustrating.

Thanks
 
Wintoys10 could have also updated itself broken.
Though hardware fault in some part is very likely.
Can't say what part might be culprit, because haven't found working crystal ball.
 
Other than manufacturers software for a sad how can you check of it's faulty like or corrupted? Could ram be causing it, should I check with mem test?

Forgot to.mention I'm on Windows 7.
 
My money would be on a corrupted driver, misbehaving anti-virus, browser or something along these lines, especially since it fixes itself when the PC is restarted.

Memory faults usually lead to BSODs and data corruption, it is possible, but that wouldn't be resolved be restarting since the software would stay broken. No harm in running memtest.

Broken graphics cards don't usually refuse to launch games or hang with a video, it's more likely to be shown with dodgy pixels, lines, colours and freezes.

Did you change anything with your PC recently, even if it seems unrelated? Moving it, new USB device, new anti-virus, etc?
 
I'd be tempted to update to Windows 10 then run a fresh reinstall as that should atleast rule out any driver issues.

What's the PC specs?
 
I52500K
g65 p67a MOBO
16 GB ddr3 ram
Crucial m4 128gb ssd
samsung evo 512gb ssd

Now that it's been mentioned the recent hangs have only been happening since i moved the USB devices and installed my new headset.
 
Well things got interesting, my brand new corsair wireless RBG headset is the thing crashing everything on my PC, every time i plug the dongle in everything goes to one big mess. How on earth can i fix this?

Gutted as this is my first wireless purchase and i always swore by wired devices.
 
If u have time, u can try fresh windows install, then install your headset and then u will learn if it works or not.

If u added new device on old windows with considerable amount or extra software there is always a good chance for a conflict.

The easiest way to rule out software conflicts is to start fresh installations.

If that doesn't work, then chanses are u have a fault y item.

Or just try different usb ports. Y try them all first.
 
Ok so after further investigation this morning, I have discovered that it's none of the USb ports and it's actually the iClue software that comes with anything corsair wireless, it must be conflicting with my OS?
 
Not surprising, RGB software seems to be a buggy mess. Funnily enough, the reason I suspected a usb device is cos joysticks and gamepads use to break games in the exact same way.
 
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