I'm looking for some troubleshooting help. I've had this computer built for a long time (since September 2010) and just recently my computer has become unstable and is suffering from resets and crashes fairly often. It feels like a hardware problem to me but I've not changed any hardware since last year when I upgraded my graphics card and powersupply. I've already taken these steps to try and diagnose:
Run speedfan and prime95 to load up the cpu to check temperatures.
Run GPU-Z and furmark to load up the gpu and check temperatures.
Run memtest.
I have not managed to create a crash using any of these stress-tests.
My graphics card is an nvidia GTX970 which was only bought Jun 2015 and my PSU is a Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold which was also bought in Jun 2015.
My CPU is a Core I7 950 @ 4.00Ghz (same overclock settings since I bought it as a bundle in September 2010). Running windows 7 pro.
Ways that the system crashes are:
Hard restarts (probably the most common)
Cannot write to memory address error.
Freeze
DX error followed by reset.
Twice now after a restart it has hung on the bios post screen after listing my hard drives whilst saying "detecting IDE drives". (I have no IDE devices installed).
I'm not sure what to try next so any suggestions would be gratefully received.
Run speedfan and prime95 to load up the cpu to check temperatures.
Run GPU-Z and furmark to load up the gpu and check temperatures.
Run memtest.
I have not managed to create a crash using any of these stress-tests.
My graphics card is an nvidia GTX970 which was only bought Jun 2015 and my PSU is a Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold which was also bought in Jun 2015.
My CPU is a Core I7 950 @ 4.00Ghz (same overclock settings since I bought it as a bundle in September 2010). Running windows 7 pro.
Ways that the system crashes are:
Hard restarts (probably the most common)
Cannot write to memory address error.
Freeze
DX error followed by reset.
Twice now after a restart it has hung on the bios post screen after listing my hard drives whilst saying "detecting IDE drives". (I have no IDE devices installed).
I'm not sure what to try next so any suggestions would be gratefully received.