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couple of months ago my computer had a meltdown, ended up putting a new mobo and graphics card into it. seemed to work. after the first use i get a message telling me windows is fake. ok, updated, rearranged memory (added another 2, taking me from 6 to 8), retry, ok works. next time i turn it on, fake again. ok i can deal with this, not a problem. nothing major going on.
what i can't deal with is the fact it now randomly crashes with unknown exception errors and messages about referenced memory, can't be written/read, etc. the errors seem to vary and it happens randomly but always after it has been on for a couple of hours, i can sit and play me3 for an hour fine, if i go longer it plays up. i thought it was gaming but then just now it did it whilst uninstalling photoshop, and frankly it seems to do it as and when it wants. no consistency to the cause or the errors. is it possibly the hard drive? it's about 4 years old, could be done.
also, after a while, when the problems start, random keys will stick like i will be typing and aaaaaaaall of a suddddddden things like thiiiis start to happen. the cpu temp is running at around 55 average, graphics at 38 (when not playing anything). so i don't think it is that. i dunno. pretty soon i will have replaced every part of the machine and just wished i'd bought a new one.
any ideas?
what i can't deal with is the fact it now randomly crashes with unknown exception errors and messages about referenced memory, can't be written/read, etc. the errors seem to vary and it happens randomly but always after it has been on for a couple of hours, i can sit and play me3 for an hour fine, if i go longer it plays up. i thought it was gaming but then just now it did it whilst uninstalling photoshop, and frankly it seems to do it as and when it wants. no consistency to the cause or the errors. is it possibly the hard drive? it's about 4 years old, could be done.
also, after a while, when the problems start, random keys will stick like i will be typing and aaaaaaaall of a suddddddden things like thiiiis start to happen. the cpu temp is running at around 55 average, graphics at 38 (when not playing anything). so i don't think it is that. i dunno. pretty soon i will have replaced every part of the machine and just wished i'd bought a new one.
any ideas?