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| System Name | Clunker |
|---|---|
| Processor | i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz 1.288vcore (45x100) |
| Motherboard | AsRock z77 Extreme4 |
| Cooling | Antec Khuler 620 |
| Memory | 2 x 8gb Corsair vengeance @ 1866mhz |
| Video Card(s) | Asus GTX 670 Direct CUII |
| Storage | 1x Samsung 850 Evo 256GB SSD 1x 140gb 7200rpm Seagate HDD |
| Display(s) | 21" Samsung 205BW |
| Case | A frankensteined Thermaltake XaserIII |
| Power Supply | 650W XFX PSU |
| Mouse | Logitech g403 |
| Keyboard | £5 Genuis thing - terrible |
| Software | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit |
I've been having a problem recently where my pc will just freeze up and emit a high pitched scream/beep through the speakers - but only occasionally, when i'm watching videos in my chrome browser. There is also no bsod of any sort.
It doesn't do it when i'm playing graphically intensive games, or anything else for that matter.
Specs are as follows-
- i5 2500k running at 4.6ghz
- AsRock z77 extreme4
- 8gb Corsair vengeance 1866mhz
- Asus GTX670 Direct CUII 2gb
- Viper modular 600w PSU
Ive done...
- Memtest - left it on overnight, with no errors.
- Prime95 stability test - no errors for 4 hours.
Various benchmarks with no crashes or errors.
Temps are all good. CPU at 33c idle and 62c 100% after an hour of stress testing (using Khuler 620). GPU runs about 50c idle and 68c full load.
All of the drivers are completely up to date, I've just done a completely fresh windows 7 64bit install.
I have 3 culprits i've kind of narrowed it down to.
*The first being the HTML 5 player and chrome - apparently this can cause this problem? I disabled it but it still happened, so don't think it could be that.
*The second is the psu. There seems to be a fair bit of fluctuation on the 12v rail, and a small bit on the 3v rail. Under stress testing conditions the rails fluctuate as follows... 3v - 3.360 - 3.376, 5v- sticks at 5.135, 12v - 11.986 - 12.038 - 12.091.
*The third is what looks like a burnt out chip on my mobo, its a tiny, tiny 3 pin chip - 2 in, 1 out. Ive traced the rails from the chip and it looks to be inline with one of the usb headers for the plugs that attach ports on a case. Now, the system still boots with this chip burnt out, and doesn't return any errors in stress testing/gaming. I did have it connected up, but assume the old cable must have shorted it out. All other usb ports on the mobo work - but im wondering if this would interfere with anything, but wouldnt show up in stress tests? Or is it literally just a regulating chip for this external header and being burnt out has no effect on the system, other than it simply not working.
Any input would really be appreciated, cheers!
It doesn't do it when i'm playing graphically intensive games, or anything else for that matter.
Specs are as follows-
- i5 2500k running at 4.6ghz
- AsRock z77 extreme4
- 8gb Corsair vengeance 1866mhz
- Asus GTX670 Direct CUII 2gb
- Viper modular 600w PSU
Ive done...
- Memtest - left it on overnight, with no errors.
- Prime95 stability test - no errors for 4 hours.
Various benchmarks with no crashes or errors.
Temps are all good. CPU at 33c idle and 62c 100% after an hour of stress testing (using Khuler 620). GPU runs about 50c idle and 68c full load.
All of the drivers are completely up to date, I've just done a completely fresh windows 7 64bit install.
I have 3 culprits i've kind of narrowed it down to.
*The first being the HTML 5 player and chrome - apparently this can cause this problem? I disabled it but it still happened, so don't think it could be that.
*The second is the psu. There seems to be a fair bit of fluctuation on the 12v rail, and a small bit on the 3v rail. Under stress testing conditions the rails fluctuate as follows... 3v - 3.360 - 3.376, 5v- sticks at 5.135, 12v - 11.986 - 12.038 - 12.091.
*The third is what looks like a burnt out chip on my mobo, its a tiny, tiny 3 pin chip - 2 in, 1 out. Ive traced the rails from the chip and it looks to be inline with one of the usb headers for the plugs that attach ports on a case. Now, the system still boots with this chip burnt out, and doesn't return any errors in stress testing/gaming. I did have it connected up, but assume the old cable must have shorted it out. All other usb ports on the mobo work - but im wondering if this would interfere with anything, but wouldnt show up in stress tests? Or is it literally just a regulating chip for this external header and being burnt out has no effect on the system, other than it simply not working.
Any input would really be appreciated, cheers!
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