About a year ago I put together a new build comprising of an i7-13700KF, 7900 XT, 32GB RAM, etc., mainly for 4K gaming. I've been really happy with the performance in games, but throughout the whole time I've suffered fairly regular crashes in Windows 11.
Oddly the computer is largely stable in 3D games, which I can play for hours at a time without issue, but simply watching a Youtube video in Firefox or even scrolling down a webpage can cause the computer to totally lock up, requiring a hard reset. Often when this happens I have to manually re-enable the graphics card device in Device Manager for things to go back to normal, which seems a little strange. Just now while watching a video it locked up so badly that even the reset button didn't appear to work; I pressed it several times, and then after maybe 20 seconds the whole PC switched off![Eek! :eek: :eek:](/styles/default/xenforo/vbSmilies/Normal/eek.gif)
I've done all the usual stuff in terms of updating drivers (and BIOS), and I'm not running any overclocks or undervolting as far as I know. Prime95 seems pretty stable, as does FurMark and other 3D benchmarks, so I can only assume that it's RAM (which I have tested with MemTest), motherboard or software![Confused :confused: :confused:](/styles/default/xenforo/vbSmilies/Normal/confused.gif)
Any ideas people have for how to pin down the problem would be gratefully received, as it's getting pretty annoying now with multiple crashes per day. Thanks!
EDIT - Here's an example of a web page which causes a hang somewhat reliably: https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-414
Oddly the computer is largely stable in 3D games, which I can play for hours at a time without issue, but simply watching a Youtube video in Firefox or even scrolling down a webpage can cause the computer to totally lock up, requiring a hard reset. Often when this happens I have to manually re-enable the graphics card device in Device Manager for things to go back to normal, which seems a little strange. Just now while watching a video it locked up so badly that even the reset button didn't appear to work; I pressed it several times, and then after maybe 20 seconds the whole PC switched off
![Eek! :eek: :eek:](/styles/default/xenforo/vbSmilies/Normal/eek.gif)
I've done all the usual stuff in terms of updating drivers (and BIOS), and I'm not running any overclocks or undervolting as far as I know. Prime95 seems pretty stable, as does FurMark and other 3D benchmarks, so I can only assume that it's RAM (which I have tested with MemTest), motherboard or software
![Confused :confused: :confused:](/styles/default/xenforo/vbSmilies/Normal/confused.gif)
Any ideas people have for how to pin down the problem would be gratefully received, as it's getting pretty annoying now with multiple crashes per day. Thanks!
EDIT - Here's an example of a web page which causes a hang somewhat reliably: https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-414
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