Random computer crashing

Bobybobp · 9 Apr 2013 at 16:32

Hello i have just started getting this problem with my pc yesterday, it starts off by slowing everything down, for example i will be on you tube and the video will crash then it will get worse and worse until the entire screen has frozen up. The first time it happened i pressed my reset button and when the pc turned back on i got some sort of error saying that i needed to have the correct media for the boot. I then turned it off by the button and turned it back on and it was fine. But i still get the random crashing. This problem doesn't seem to happen while on games or anything its mainly just when browsing.

Any help is appreciated

My specs:
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

phil-k · 9 Apr 2013 at 16:36

I have had randon freezing/shutdowns, blue screens and restarts when one of the power cables to my GTX580 had worked slightly loose

BuToNz · 9 Apr 2013 at 16:38

Sounds like SSD/RAM issues (Had a lot of these today!), check both of those first.

troops · 9 Apr 2013 at 16:40

Sounds like it may possibly ssd related, check to see if your drive has the latest firmware.
Thats what i would check first

wazza300 · 9 Apr 2013 at 16:40

try setting cpu vcore voltage response to fast in the bios and manually type 100 into the bclk/pci clock

enable x.m.p/profile1 if your memory supports it

Bobybobp · 9 Apr 2013 at 16:45

Thanks for all the quick responses but i have barely any idea how to do any of them

Can you explain how to do it please

wazza300 · 9 Apr 2013 at 16:46

at startup press delete to enter the bios,look in m.i.t section and change what I said above

look in the motherboard manual and it will say how to set those settings

you might need the latest bios aswell but try that later and only flash with qflash and a memory stick

Bobybobp · 9 Apr 2013 at 16:59

OK i went into the m.i.t section and the voltage settings but there was no cpu vcore voltage response

wazza300 · 9 Apr 2013 at 18:01

ok set cpu/pcie clock to 100 don't use the other settings just the 100

then set vcore response to fast and pwm phase control to extreme

again just change those two settings

Bobybobp · 14 Apr 2013 at 16:49

I havent yet done those two things but i encountered a new problem which seems to be something to do witht he crashing, while playing gta 4 my computer froze and the screen turned into this multicolored mess of pixels and it was making a beeping sound. I then reset the pc and the computer was saying that the operating system was missing. Dont know whether that helps or not?

Bobybobp · 14 Apr 2013 at 18:36

And i have changed the response setting now, the cpu/pcie was already at 100 as well. now i will just play the waiting game to see if it crashes again.

wazza300 · 14 Apr 2013 at 19:30

it just means it crashed badly and corrupted the cmos,sometimes it wont detect your hdd ect on reboot

Bobybobp · 15 Apr 2013 at 07:50

I changed the settings now and it still is crashing, before crashing my pc starts to freeze up like say ill be stuck on facebook, then it wont let me close the page then if i press anything nothing will happen and then the mouse will finally freeze up causing me to need a restart.