PC Freezing randomly.

[ZaratanCho]

Hope someone can help me out here.
The windows event log shows first time it happened was in july last year. Then it has only happened like once a month. Now it happens more often but it can be 5 days with no freeze or it can freeze two days in row.
The error. You can see there was no freeze from 19.2. up to 4.3.

Details:

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- System
- Provider
[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
[ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}
EventID 41
Version 2
Level 1
Task 63
Opcode 0
Keywords 0x8000000000000002
- TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2015-03-09T19:23:32.846014500Z
EventRecordID 88896
Correlation
- Execution
[ ProcessID] 4
[ ThreadID] 8
Channel System
Computer Moya
- Security
[ UserID] S-1-5-18
- EventData
BugcheckCode 0
BugcheckParameter1 0x0
BugcheckParameter2 0x0
BugcheckParameter3 0x0
BugcheckParameter4 0x0
SleepInProgress false
PowerButtonTimestamp 0

I have tried some things and will test the ram today. I will be looking at the temps to see if it's overheating but i doubt it.

 

[Tony]

Hmm several things can cause this issue. Overclocked CPU or GPU, a bad driver, overheating CPU (check temps and make sure all fans are still working properly), faulty RAM, dying PSU, buggy software, etc.

Do you notice any trends or patterns? Are you stressing your PC out when it occurs or is it completely random?

 

[ZaratanCho]

Hmm i have not overclocked anything. Seems to happen more often when i am playing Hearthstone(and destroys my arena run) which i don't do very often. Also when playing warcraft 3 with tunngle, which i rarely do as well. I don't remember ever freezing while playing Exanima for example. Might just be luck.

I tried disabling sound drivers(Nvidia HD Audio/Nvidia virtual audio device). I use realtek hd audio. I haven't really changed any drivers since i have this pc though, as far as i remember.

Hopefully it is not the ram, will be watching the temps and see how it goes.

Edit: dxdiag info

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Time of this report: 3/9/2015, 23:13:00
Machine name:
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
Language:
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: To be filled by O.E.M.
BIOS: BIOS Date: 04/08/13 13:20:22 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor (6 CPUs), ~3.5GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8156MB RAM
Page File: 3375MB used, 12936MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 760
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1187&SUBSYS_36151458&REV_A1
Display Memory: 3754 MB
Dedicated Memory: 4027 MB
Shared Memory: 3822 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (59Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: Acer V223W
Monitor Id: ACR0027
Native Mode: 1680 x 1050(p) (59.954Hz)
Output Type: HD15
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 9.18.0013.4752 (English)
Driver Version: 9.18.13.4752
DDI Version: 11
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 2/5/2015 23:01:44, 17253848 bytes

 

[tiny lampe]

Hi,

sorry to intrude but since I'm experiencing something similar I thought I would post in this thread rather than opening a new one.

First: my desktop if 4 years old. Second: I experienced the problem I'm about to describe in other games besides the combat beta. So it's not game-specific. Third: the problem happens very occasionally. Last Summer I played the combat beta almost everyday for a month and I only experienced the problem twice. Last weekend I played the demo for two days and I also experienced the problem twice.

Problem: it starts with sound lag. The sound turns into some sort of elongated digital noise. If you go to 1:26-1:27 and 2:06 in this video, you can hear an example:

If I try to keep playing despite the sound lag, the noise gets longer and louder. At some point I start to experience general lag and, soon afterwards, I get a blue screen of death or the computer simply restarts itself. Upon restarting, I get notification of the following error message: BCCode: 124

All this happened with the default drivers the PC came with. I tried installing newer drivers but those created several graphical glitches when playing the combat demo so I reverted to my old ones.

Do you think this problem can be related to the hardware?
I have an i7930 not overclocked. 6GB of RAM and a 58701GB with default drivers. The computer is as I said 4 years old.

Thank you in advance for any help!

 

[Parco]

it does sound like a overheating problem or a problem with the RAM. i think you should hope its the RAM, its the easiest to replace and not so expensive either. if you have multiple RAM cards try picking out everyone but one and test if the computer is running fine with it.

@tiny lampe try install bluescreenview http://download.cnet.com/BlueScreenView/3000-2094_4-10965136.html it should help finding what software causes the bluescreen.

 

[ZaratanCho]

Ran memtest for 12 hours no errors.

Temps seem to be fine for now.