Windows 7 Brief Freezes

Tonux · 17 Sep 2011 at 23:22

Hey everyone, sorry if this is the wrong section of the forum for this, feel free to move it if needed.

So my Windows 7 install is less than 2 months old, after I had a hard drive fail and had to reinstall. I have been having a problem which I have only noticed in the past 4-5 days. Every 5 minutes or so, the whole system will freeze for about half a second. I can easily notice this when listening to music, playing games or watching videos. Everything freezes, video and audio. I know this is not a big deal, and I’m not having a big problem with it, but I’m wondering if this could maybe get worse, or show that a piece of hardware is failing.
Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks!
Tonux

Specs:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU: Pentium Dual-Core E5200 @ 2.50GHz
RAM: 4GB
GPU: nVidia GTX 470
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-P43-ES3G
(Think that’s it, let me know if you need more info)

Tonux · 17 Sep 2011 at 23:30

Running NOD32 scan now, will let you know if anything turns up.

Thanks!
Tonux

Tonux · 18 Sep 2011 at 13:03

Ok, so a couple of things came up in the scan, and have been cleaned out, that may have helped, no freezes yet. I have event viewer up, which section should i look in?

Thanks!
Tonux

Tonux · 19 Sep 2011 at 07:07

So the scan came up with a couple of things, clean them out. Freezes still happen :/. Brief look at Event Viewer does not show anything, I don't think its a Hard Drive problem.

--Tonux

Tonux · 19 Sep 2011 at 23:29

Besides the odd 100% spike, nothing is running that high. I'm gonna order in some compressed air and Arctic Silver 5 and redo the CPU.

Thanks!
--Tonux

Tonux · 20 Sep 2011 at 07:13

I have had an idea. I was wondering if it could be a CPU stability issue? And that I should under clock it. The temps are never high (no higher that 45/50C). Any good CPU stability testing programs?

Thanks!
--Tonux

Edit: Also, its getting noticeably worse.

Tonux · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:25

It happens every 5 mins or so, I don't think it is NOD32. Gonna run memtest, will let you know what the results are.

Thanks!
--Tonux

Tonux · 22 Sep 2011 at 06:39

Hey,

Just some updates, ran memtest on both my sticks of RAM, passed no problems. Also did a chkdsk on both HDDs, and that came up fine.

Thanks!
--Tonux

Tonux · 22 Sep 2011 at 16:56

When the GPU is running at 100%, the temp shoots up to 90C (65C on idle). I know thats high, even on idle, but stability tests show that its stable.
Anyway of checking to see if any drivers are bad? Or should i just re-install everything?

Thanks
--Tonux

Tonux · 22 Sep 2011 at 19:21

Ok Arctic Silver 5 should be here soon, should be enough for both CPU and GPU. Its the stock EVGA GTX470 heat sink, hope that will be ok.

Thanks!
--Tonux