My Desktop Computer with a Windows 7 64bit System freezes randomly an estimated 1-2 times a day, depending on the usage. The moment it freezes, nothing works anymore. I can´t move the mouse, use CTRL-ALT-DEL or anything similar and have to reboot the computer. As I’m doing my work on it, that is unacceptable.
System Specs:
- AMD FX 4100 Quad Core
- Motherboard: ASRock Extreme3 R2.0
- Windows 7 64 bit (fresh install)
- DirectX 11
- 8GB RAM (2x Kingston KVR1333D3N9/4G)
- NVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti
- Main Programs installed: SQL Server 2012, Visual Studio 2012, Office 2013, Adobe Acrobat
I´ve been having this problem for over a month now and can´t find the error. What I´ve done up to now:
- Fresh Windows 7 64bit install
- Updated BIOS to latest Version
- Exchanged both RAM-sticks with new DDR3 RAM (2x Micron
MT8JTF51264AZ-1G6) - Changed the BIOS settings for the RAM-sticks to manual, according to
the settings suggested by motherboard manufacturer - Updated the GeForce driver
- Updated LAN-, USB- and audio-drivers
- Checked the Windows error-log and found nothing relevant (Event-ID
41, Category-ID 63 = System rebooted unexpectedly; Event-ID 6008 =
system was unexpectedly shut down)
I think that was it and I haven’t missed out on anything. My system is still freezing randomly. I bought the computer a year ago and experienced no problems until I reinstalled a fresh copy of Windows 7 on my main partition. All problems have occurred since then.
Have I missed out on anything? I would greatly appreciate any help, as this error is turning out to be very annoying and time consuming.
Best Answer
I would check using a SMART tool the condition of your hard drive.
I would also look to see what programs are running and may use MSCONFIG to remove what is not necessary. This may result in at least narrowing it down to a software issue.
Make sure Task Scheduler is not doing anything at funny times!
Remove your machine from the network for a while to see if it due to an update (or some network activity).
It could be faulting RAM (although I would suspect this to result in a BSOD). It could be the CPU...
Do a system repair using the original Windows DVD.
If the system was OK but only recently playing up, think about what changes you made. Either roll back (system restore) or uninstall the drivers/software etc to see if that resolves the issue.
Either way, make sure you are backing up!