Hi,
I've recently been having problems with my system where it keeps randomly freezing, and I was hoping someone here might be able to help me out.
Typically, I can use my computer fine for a day or two, then at some point, completely at random, my system freezes and I'm unable to do anything else. I get no error message or BSOD: I just get a frozen image on my screen and looping audio from the past second or so.
My system won't reboot after this happens: if I try restarting then it goes into an infinite loop of powering up for a couple of seconds (lights appear on the case and fans start up) followed by shutting itself down and then trying to power up again, etc. The only way to fix this is to open up my case and clear the CMOS, where upon booting I get an error message in the BIOS that overclocking failed and all my settings have been reset to default (even though I never overclock my computer). After this I've got a couple of days before this happens all over again.
I'm pretty sure I can rule out all my other parts, since I've connected everything else to an old motherboard and CPU I have (which runs fine).
I would really appreciate any help on this matter - I'm hoping that I can simply replace whatever faulty component I have to save cash.
Thanks
I've recently been having problems with my system where it keeps randomly freezing, and I was hoping someone here might be able to help me out.
Typically, I can use my computer fine for a day or two, then at some point, completely at random, my system freezes and I'm unable to do anything else. I get no error message or BSOD: I just get a frozen image on my screen and looping audio from the past second or so.
My system won't reboot after this happens: if I try restarting then it goes into an infinite loop of powering up for a couple of seconds (lights appear on the case and fans start up) followed by shutting itself down and then trying to power up again, etc. The only way to fix this is to open up my case and clear the CMOS, where upon booting I get an error message in the BIOS that overclocking failed and all my settings have been reset to default (even though I never overclock my computer). After this I've got a couple of days before this happens all over again.
I'm pretty sure I can rule out all my other parts, since I've connected everything else to an old motherboard and CPU I have (which runs fine).
I would really appreciate any help on this matter - I'm hoping that I can simply replace whatever faulty component I have to save cash.
Thanks