Specs -
Windows 7 64 bit
ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
SAPPHIRE 100283-3L Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
4 gbs of ram
I built the computer myself and feel confident to handle most things.
Over the past month, my computer has been locking up after 15 min or so.
It started mostly while playing games but happens during non graphic intense stuff like surfing the web.
If the computer is cold (didn't try to use it for over a day) it will start, load Windows and works great for 15 minutes or so. Then it just stops. Sometimes it BSODs, sometimes it just locks up and doesn't restart. Other times, it stops sending information to the monitor.
At this point, when I try to power off and on the computer a few different things have happened.
1) Freezes on the Bios screen
2) Computer turns on and fans spin but there's no other noise like the hard drive. No information sent to the monitor.
3) Gets past the bios screen but locks up on a black screen with a blinking cursor.
4) tries to load windows but freezes in the process. It froze during Windows updates, for example.
I have done some things but am lost as to what is next. Here's what I've tried -
Windows 7 64 bit
ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
SAPPHIRE 100283-3L Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
4 gbs of ram
I built the computer myself and feel confident to handle most things.
Over the past month, my computer has been locking up after 15 min or so.
It started mostly while playing games but happens during non graphic intense stuff like surfing the web.
If the computer is cold (didn't try to use it for over a day) it will start, load Windows and works great for 15 minutes or so. Then it just stops. Sometimes it BSODs, sometimes it just locks up and doesn't restart. Other times, it stops sending information to the monitor.
At this point, when I try to power off and on the computer a few different things have happened.
1) Freezes on the Bios screen
2) Computer turns on and fans spin but there's no other noise like the hard drive. No information sent to the monitor.
3) Gets past the bios screen but locks up on a black screen with a blinking cursor.
4) tries to load windows but freezes in the process. It froze during Windows updates, for example.
I have done some things but am lost as to what is next. Here's what I've tried -
- reinstalled Win 7
- Swapped video cards
- ran memtest - all ok
- ran a hard drive test - all ok
- unplugged and undid the battery to the mother board, resetting it.
- I saw the temps shortly before it froze and the CPU was running at 118F while the MB was in the 80s.