Frustrating issue.

NinjaMuffinz · 19 Sep 2012 at 23:24

Hey guys. I have just re-built my computer and I'm getting a really frustrating problem. I get random crashes, some times they're frequent, some times they're far apart. It's not like any crash I've had before. Windows just locks up, unable to move my mouse or Alt+Ctrl+Del and a weird sound comes over my speakers at max volume, it sounds like loads of static, but worse? When this happens I have to reboot.

All my drivers are up to date, temps seem fine. Should I just re-install Windows?

I don't get any BSOD's and nothing shows up in the event viewer that seems out of the ordinary, any suggestions on how to get to the bottom of it?

NinjaMuffinz · 19 Sep 2012 at 23:59

2 Sticks, I've ran memtest, no errors :|

NinjaMuffinz · 20 Sep 2012 at 00:13

ASUS M5A78L LE Mother board
AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition CPU
Kingston RAM 4GB - Unsure of exact model, bought them a year or 2 ago
Saphire HD 7770 Ghz Edition
Corsair H60 Cooler
Not sure about HDD, Hitachi is the model
HAF 922 Case

NinjaMuffinz · 20 Sep 2012 at 00:13

Oh, and I'm using a USB soundcard, Numark DJ IO

NinjaMuffinz · 20 Sep 2012 at 00:18

I've reinstalled them 3 - 4 times. It doesn't just happen when I'm gaming, it can happen when I'm reading reddit, or watching youtube :| Should I try an older driver or the BETA one?

NinjaMuffinz · 20 Sep 2012 at 00:27

Damn. I was hoping to avoid that haha. I think that will be my best bet too, I'm thinking maybe I installed a 32-bit version of a driver, if I did could that be the reason?

NinjaMuffinz · 20 Sep 2012 at 00:42

It's a fresh install though. I think I'm having a driver conflict or issue. I've just updated my soundcard driver because I think that was a 32bit driver. If that doesn't fix it, I'll nuke the hard drive and reinstall everything in the morning. I was overclocked, I went back to stock straight away when it started happening.

NinjaMuffinz · 20 Sep 2012 at 11:59

Nope, no wifi card. I'll have a look at system restore.

NinjaMuffinz · 20 Sep 2012 at 12:35

I'm starting to think it might be a heat issue. Last night it happened as I was watching Netflix, I rebooted, it kept happening again every 15 minutes or so. The weird thing is, I've been playing Guild Wars 2 and Deus Ex all day and it only happened once. Then late at night it was more frequent.

When I rebuilt, I added a H60 and the HD 7770 and put everything in a new case. All the fans are working, Maybe it's because my PC is under my desk?

NinjaMuffinz · 20 Sep 2012 at 13:01

Can you recommend a tool that will monitor temps? Preferably one that will output them to a log of some sort? If such a tool exists haha

NinjaMuffinz · 20 Sep 2012 at 13:16

I'm now pretty sure it's a heat/hardware issue. I'm going to double check everything is seated properly, actually do some cable management

and clean and then reapply thermal compound a bit better. I'll then move my computer out of the little hole under my desk it's in and then see if that helps

Thank you everyone for your replies!