Symptoms: Random crashes, freezes, hangs.
I've seen BSODs for just about everything I can think of, USB, Unspecified, Generic (Could be anything), Memory Failures, the works.
These crashes happen at random intervals... sometimes immediately, and sometimes after 2 days.
Currently, I can load windows (7, pro), but I get the loading circle if I hover over the start menu or tray, and no desktop items launch/open. Right clicking does nothing (but hey, the mouse moves!).
I've had crashes while trying to load windows, I've had crashes mid bios,
I've had crashes mid gaming, and crashes while watching the Daily Show.
Sometimes it thinks that Windows 7 is the issue and needs to be repair-installed.
Sometimes it thinks that it can't load anything, and needs a file from the Motherboard disc.
Sometimes it just refuses to load the bios at all.
Sometimes explorer.exe needs to be killed and restarted after booting up.
Always, it takes a really, really, silly long time to shut down (or restart).
Sometimes it freezes in mid crash dump during a BSOD. (Usually at 50 or 90%)
My temporary fixes have been clearing the CMOS occasionally, reverting to a backup of windows, running startup repair, or just simply leaving the computer off (switch in the back off) for about a minute.
These tend to fix anything and everything the computer thinks is currently wrong with itself... for a little while.
Sounds like it could be overheating, no? It's not, I've actually reached in and touched the components to prove to myself that the instruments are reading correctly, and nothing is outrageously hot.
Brand new graphics card, all tests clean.
2 full double sweep tests of 8gb (4x2gb) memory, clean both times (they were done almost a month apart).
I've done hard drive disk checks, I've done multiple virus checks both boot time and standard, with malwarebytes as a secondary and avast as primary, totally clean. (I also know antivirus kung fu, and no services, startup stuff, or processes look out of place (which doesn't mean it's 100% certainty, nothing ever is)).
Plenty of space on either hard drive (90gb free on the 300gb, and 1.23tb free on the 1.5tb).
And finally, notably, it freezes on the Windows XP install on the 1.5tb harddrive as well. Which screams hardware issue to me... and if it's not the CPU... not the GPU... not the RAM... not the HD... not the PSU... not the built in Soundcard... it's gotta be...?
Replacing motherboards is a hassle, so I am trying to delay the inevitable by hoping it could be anything else.
I've seen BSODs for just about everything I can think of, USB, Unspecified, Generic (Could be anything), Memory Failures, the works.
These crashes happen at random intervals... sometimes immediately, and sometimes after 2 days.
Currently, I can load windows (7, pro), but I get the loading circle if I hover over the start menu or tray, and no desktop items launch/open. Right clicking does nothing (but hey, the mouse moves!).
I've had crashes while trying to load windows, I've had crashes mid bios,
I've had crashes mid gaming, and crashes while watching the Daily Show.
Sometimes it thinks that Windows 7 is the issue and needs to be repair-installed.
Sometimes it thinks that it can't load anything, and needs a file from the Motherboard disc.
Sometimes it just refuses to load the bios at all.
Sometimes explorer.exe needs to be killed and restarted after booting up.
Always, it takes a really, really, silly long time to shut down (or restart).
Sometimes it freezes in mid crash dump during a BSOD. (Usually at 50 or 90%)
My temporary fixes have been clearing the CMOS occasionally, reverting to a backup of windows, running startup repair, or just simply leaving the computer off (switch in the back off) for about a minute.
These tend to fix anything and everything the computer thinks is currently wrong with itself... for a little while.
Sounds like it could be overheating, no? It's not, I've actually reached in and touched the components to prove to myself that the instruments are reading correctly, and nothing is outrageously hot.
Brand new graphics card, all tests clean.
2 full double sweep tests of 8gb (4x2gb) memory, clean both times (they were done almost a month apart).
I've done hard drive disk checks, I've done multiple virus checks both boot time and standard, with malwarebytes as a secondary and avast as primary, totally clean. (I also know antivirus kung fu, and no services, startup stuff, or processes look out of place (which doesn't mean it's 100% certainty, nothing ever is)).
Plenty of space on either hard drive (90gb free on the 300gb, and 1.23tb free on the 1.5tb).
And finally, notably, it freezes on the Windows XP install on the 1.5tb harddrive as well. Which screams hardware issue to me... and if it's not the CPU... not the GPU... not the RAM... not the HD... not the PSU... not the built in Soundcard... it's gotta be...?
Replacing motherboards is a hassle, so I am trying to delay the inevitable by hoping it could be anything else.