Overall drop in reliability

AngryMerchant · Jul 1, 2011

I haven't changed any parts aside from the monitor on this computer in 3 years. And it's really acting up this week. TF2 will corrupt itself on certain servers, Steam is slow and unreliable, firefox is freezing, defragging the computer only made all of the problems worse, and it's had 3 blue screens in 2 days, which is 3 more blue screens than it's had in 3 years. Anti-virus, including malwarebytes doesn't detect anything. I don't know where to start looking for the problem.

I don't know why this is in general hardware, but I'm not saying it can't be a hardware problem.

seronx · Jul 1, 2011

AngryMerchant said:
I haven't changed any parts aside from the monitor on this computer in 3 years. And it's really acting up this week. TF2 will corrupt itself on certain servers, Steam is slow and unreliable, firefox is freezing, defragging the computer only made all of the problems worse, and it's had 3 blue screens in 2 days, which is 3 more blue screens than it's had in 3 years. Anti-virus, including malwarebytes doesn't detect anything. I don't know where to start looking for the problem.

I don't know why this is in general hardware, but I'm not saying it can't be a hardware problem.

I see the problems being in Memory, Power Suppy, Hard Drive

One of those three...

I am more keen on

Hard Drive -> Memory -> Power Supply

_Zod_ · Jul 1, 2011

Run a full error (chkdsk) scan on the hard drive. Run a check on the memory. Do both.

Widjaja · Jul 1, 2011

If the behavior persists after chkdsk as Zod has suggested, download and do an error scan on the problem HDD.
Also check the health in HDTune

Here's the link to HDTune site

AngryMerchant · Jul 1, 2011

I'll do chkdsk when I get up, so don't expect any response for about the next 10 hours.

FordGT90Concept · Jul 1, 2011

What were the BSODs error message? They usually give a pretty good idea of what is causing it. BSODs are usually caused by failing motherboards or RAM. They can also be caused by the CPU if it is being pushed too hard.

AngryMerchant · Jul 1, 2011

I didn't have auto-restart turned off, so I can't see the blue screen until I get another one.

Crap Daddy · Jul 1, 2011

How long since you did a fresh install? Maybe it's time.

techtard · Jul 1, 2011

I had the same problem a while back. Turned out I had a bad sata cable. Spent $0.99 and my system is stable again.

Processor	Intel i5 3570k @ 3.4 GHZ
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77 M
Memory	Corsair XMS 4x 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 PC3 12800
Video Card(s)	EVGA Geforce GTX 970 4GB
Power Supply	Corsair TX650W PSU
Software	Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

System Name	SolarwindMobile
Processor	AMD FX-9800P RADEON R7, 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G
Motherboard	Acer Wasp_BR
Cooling	It's Copper.
Memory	2 x 8GB SK Hynix/HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF
Video Card(s)	ATI/AMD Radeon R7 Series (Bristol Ridge FP4) [ACER]
Storage	TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 1TB + KINGSTON RBU-SNS8152S3128GG2 128 GB
Display(s)	ViewSonic XG2401 SERIES
Case	Acer Aspire E5-553G
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC255
Power Supply	PANASONIC AS16A5K
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival
Keyboard	Ducky Channel Shine 3
Software	Windows 10 Home 64-bit (Version 1607, Build 14393.969)

System Name	Zim
Processor	AMD FX-6300
Motherboard	GA-970A-UD3 (rev. 2.0)
Cooling	AMD Stock with heat pipes
Memory	Corsair CMV8GX3M2A1333C9 2x 8GB Kit DDR3 1333
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti FPB
Storage	Western Digital WD RE4 1TB - Main
Display(s)	HP LP2465 1920x1200
Case	COOLMAX CS-480
Audio Device(s)	Intergrated VIA VT2021
Power Supply	hec X-Power Pro 600
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate

System Name	Darth Obsidious
Processor	Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212+ in Push Pull
Memory	2X4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	ASUS R9 270x TOP
Storage	128GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green
Display(s)	LG IPS234V-PN
Case	Corsair Obsidian 650D
Audio Device(s)	Infrasonic Quartet
Power Supply	Corsair HX650w
Software	Windows 7 64bit and Windows XP Home
Benchmark Scores	2cm mark on bench with a razor blade.

Processor	Intel i5 3570k @ 3.4 GHZ
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77 M
Memory	Corsair XMS 4x 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 PC3 12800
Video Card(s)	EVGA Geforce GTX 970 4GB
Power Supply	Corsair TX650W PSU
Software	Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

System Name	BY-2021
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (65w eco profile)
Motherboard	MSI B550 Gaming Plus
Cooling	Scythe Mugen (rev 5)
Memory	2 x Kingston HyperX DDR4-3200 32 GiB
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro, Seagate Exos X20 TB 7200 RPM
Display(s)	Nixeus NX-EDG274K (3840x2160@144 DP) + Samsung SyncMaster 906BW (1440x900@60 HDMI-DVI)
Case	Coolermaster HAF 932 w/ USB 3.0 5.25" bay + USB 3.2 (A+C) 3.5" bay
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1150, Micca OriGen+
Power Supply	Enermax Platimax 850w
Mouse	Nixeus REVEL-X
Keyboard	Tesoro Excalibur
Software	Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Faster than the tortoise; slower than the hare.

System Name	Old Fart / Young Dude
Processor	2500K / 6600K
Motherboard	ASRock P67Extreme4 / Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3
Cooling	CM Hyper TX3 / CM Hyper 212 EVO
Memory	16 GB Kingston HyperX / 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws X
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti / INNO3D RTX 2060
Storage	SSD, some WD and lots of Samsungs
Display(s)	BenQ GW2470 / LG UHD 43" TV
Case	Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced / Thermaltake Core v31
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar D1/Denon PMA500AE/Wharfedale D 10.1/ FiiO D03K/ JBL LSR 305
Power Supply	Corsair TX650 / Corsair TX650M
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 100 / Rival 110
Keyboard	Sidewinder/ Steelseries Apex 150
Software	Windows 10 / Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Grond
Processor	Ryen 5 3600x PBO ~ 4.4GHz / fabric at 1900
Motherboard	MSI b550 Tomahawk
Cooling	XSPC Raystorm CPU w/ am4 mounting bracket+ 2 RX360 radiator + xspc Razor R9-290 w/ backplate
Memory	32gb Crucial Ballistix @ 3800
Video Card(s)	XFX R9 290 w/ XSPC Razor full cover block and backplate
Storage	WD SN850 1tb-OS, SN750 1tb, Samsung 860 Evo 1tb, WD blue hdd 4tb
Display(s)	Samsung 23" 120hz 3d LCD w/ 3d glasses, using 'lightboost' trick
Case	NZXT H630 white watercooling case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard realtek ALC 1200+ Sennheiser HD 598
Power Supply	XFX Pro 850 XXX semi-modular
Mouse	Logitech G703 Wireless
Keyboard	Steelseries 6 v2
Software	Windows 10 Pro (Had some mystery error on Win7 and decided to go W10)

Overall drop in reliability

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