Hi, i built my PC about 3 years ago now and I've had a problem with it since day one, every now and then the PC will randomly crash leaving the screen receiving no input for the tower.
I have no idea what the problem could be and i now want to upgrade / replace the PC. Problem is that i don't really have enough money to replace the entire PC so i just wanted to replace the part that was broken and get a new graphics card etc. Before i do buy the new parts i wanted to figure out what was causing the problem so that it wont happen once i have the new components.
Things i have tried already:
-Removing each stick of RAM in turn, the crashing still happens.
-Changing cables form HDMI to DVI and vice versa.
-Bench marked the Graphics card multiple times to see if it was that, no crash happened although the crashing tends to happen more often when playing games, but not solely while playing them.
-Cleaned out the PC of all dust etc...
-Tried seeing if any cables were loose.
-Fresh installs of Windows multiple times on different HDDs and SSDs
-Run through some general software checkers to see if the RAM was damaged or the HDD was damaged. All came back negative.
- Updated all drivers.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated as i have reached my limits with it and have no idea what more i could do.
My PC specs are:
MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Sandisk Ultra SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA II Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-120G-G25)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D 500GB SATA 6GB/s 16MB Cache - OEM (0F13178)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black
Akasa AK-CC4007EP01 Nero 3 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Many thanks, Sam.
I have no idea what the problem could be and i now want to upgrade / replace the PC. Problem is that i don't really have enough money to replace the entire PC so i just wanted to replace the part that was broken and get a new graphics card etc. Before i do buy the new parts i wanted to figure out what was causing the problem so that it wont happen once i have the new components.
Things i have tried already:
-Removing each stick of RAM in turn, the crashing still happens.
-Changing cables form HDMI to DVI and vice versa.
-Bench marked the Graphics card multiple times to see if it was that, no crash happened although the crashing tends to happen more often when playing games, but not solely while playing them.
-Cleaned out the PC of all dust etc...
-Tried seeing if any cables were loose.
-Fresh installs of Windows multiple times on different HDDs and SSDs
-Run through some general software checkers to see if the RAM was damaged or the HDD was damaged. All came back negative.
- Updated all drivers.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated as i have reached my limits with it and have no idea what more i could do.
My PC specs are:
MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Sandisk Ultra SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA II Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-120G-G25)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D 500GB SATA 6GB/s 16MB Cache - OEM (0F13178)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black
Akasa AK-CC4007EP01 Nero 3 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Many thanks, Sam.
