Problem with my computer :S

Jarrod

Jarrod

Jarrod

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Specs are as in my signature, but, every now and then, no matter what I'm doing, browsing or gaming, my computer just freezes (whatever audio is playing at the time just loops really fast) and then either turns off or just stays there looping the audio.

I've removed all overclocks and voltages are back to stock and it still does it. It's only been doing it since I installed my AMD cards/drivers, I never had the problem when I had my nvidia GTX 460.

Help :S
 
Ahah!

the problem is caused by MSI afterburner. i know this because i had the same problem and researched it. the game freezes and you hear a buzzing sound coming through the speakers and the only thing left to do is shut down your pc right?
disable MSI afterburner completely before you run the game.
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Just found this and it described my problem exactly, uninstalled Afterburner, will post back if I crash again!
 
So uninstalling Afterburner fixed the looping sound just before it crashed, but now it just freezes and restarts with no sound. Might try a windows re-install.
 
It's a 700W PSU, I forget the brand but it is a cheapy. However it cant be the brand as my pc crashes when on the desktop, or 1 hour into playing battlefield 3.

I'm using my motherboards integrating sound chip, "Realtek High Definition Audio"... driver version "6.0.1.6526".

Will wait few more hours see if I can find anything, if not, will re-install Windows.
 
You may well be pushing the limits of your PSU. An overclocked i5-2500K and overclocked dual 7850's will surely be testing a cheap unbranded power supply. As tricknickyuk says, it's not necessarily when things are at full load when errors may occur. Can happen at any time. Have you tried removing one of the video cards at all?
 
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shadow_boxer said:
You may well be pushing the limits of your CPU. An overclocked i5-2500K and overclocked dual 7850's will surely be testing a cheap unbranded power supply. As tricknickyuk says, it's not necessarily when things are at full load when errors may occur. Can happen at any time. Have you tried removing one of the video cards at all?
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I will try that today :). But I just cant see it being the PSU as for the first few days of having these cards there were no problems, then when I started overclocking/benchmarking I ran into some problems.

I guess it could be the PSU though... but if it was the PSU wouldn't it just power off and not crash first?
 
Taken one of the cards out.. still will re-install windows though as it could be a problem with the drivers (crossfire might be causing problems), if it still does it after the re-install I know it's the PSU.
 
My hunch was right, it was a driver problem (yay! no more money needs to be spent!), re-install fixed the issue, no crash in 2 hours of benchmarking :).
 
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