random freezing

100%scottish · 11 Aug 2014 at 23:33

Had a few random freezes the last couple of days. Always happens in game (battlefield 3, mw3 and even gta san Andreas). Most likely cause of this? Gpu is a gtx 560 Ti dcu II with no overclock. CPU is a q9550 oc to 3.4ghz. I have kept the ram at 801mhz but left the vram on auto. Any suggestions or theorys welcome thanks

Digital X · 11 Aug 2014 at 23:41

What are the temps of the cpu and gpu when gaming?

100%scottish · 11 Aug 2014 at 23:45

Temps are normal, 55 - 65 for cpu and 50 - 60 for gpu, when it happens I have been holding the power button just incase. Have ran prime for 30 mins or so with no errors (too impatient to let it run longer)

Digital X · 11 Aug 2014 at 23:46

If you're using the latest nvidia drivers, try rolling them back to older versions, and use a clean installation.

100%scottish · 11 Aug 2014 at 23:52

Not updated in a while, the version I am on has always been fine... Should I set the VRAM voltage and test? If so what should I set it too?

100%scottish · 12 Aug 2014 at 00:16

this is what it looks like after prime for 15 mins, if the pic doesn't work use this link

http://speedy.sh/n6U5y/Untitled-2.jpg

100%scottish · 12 Aug 2014 at 00:17

sorry guys, here is the pic

Danny75 · 12 Aug 2014 at 00:34

Is Rapid Mode enabled on the SSD?

100%scottish · 12 Aug 2014 at 00:45

Danny75 said:
Is Rapid Mode enabled on the SSD?

don't think so, how do I check?

Efour · 12 Aug 2014 at 06:46

look in event log for any errors referring to Iastor.sys

100%scottish · 12 Aug 2014 at 09:38

Ok will check later today. Last night I turned off all overclocking and the same thing is happening

lude1962 · 12 Aug 2014 at 10:33

is hdd light on when it freezes ?

100%scottish · 12 Aug 2014 at 17:58

lude1962 said:
is hdd light on when it freezes ?

case doesn't have one, I was advised today that this kind of freezing is usually a sound card issue so I have disabled the on board in the bios and added an Audigy to test.