Unstable system - what tools to test?

craptakular · 2 Jan 2013 at 15:41

I have built a spare computer for when I return to my parents to visit, However it seems to blue screen on world of tanks once every couple of days and I have had lockups and crash to desktops in Arma 2.

What tools can I use to test cpu, memory and gpu? I want to test them independantly to hopefully identify the culprit.

Craig321 · 2 Jan 2013 at 15:44

Run FurMark, if that makes it lock up then it's probably the GPU overheating or broken.

CPU: Prime95 (although if that fails it could indicate a problem elsewhere such as motherboard/RAM, so probably not that useful in your case)
Memory: memtest86+

j6m · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:30

WhoCrashed?

wazza300 · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:32

list your components and current cpu,memory voltages

crashing in games usually point to memory or cpu memory controller voltage not enough

craptakular · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:36

Wazza how can I check volts?

CPu-z, GPU-z?

I haven't looked at all this jazz ina few years now.

wazza300 · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:37

reboot and press delete at startup to enter the bios,it will tell you in there

you need to say what motherboard and cpu and memory your using

j6m · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:38

Oxy said:
how can I check volts?

BIOS is a good place to start, though it won't tell you what's going on when the system is under load.

Symptoms of failing PSU?

craptakular · 2 Jan 2013 at 18:43

hehe think I may have found the potential problem, a few years back I must have overclocked the ram, I have turned the timings to the standard setting and selected the correct 1.65v for them.

I'll see how I go and report back!