computer freazing

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  1. duffman0411

    duffman0411 Geek Trainee

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    ok so i recently put new ram into my desktop computer,
    the specs are
    cpu: AMD phenom II 1090t 6 core
    ram: 2x Strontium 4GB DDR-3 1333MHz
    gpu: sapphire ati HD 6970
    hard drive: 2x 500gb sata drives,

    ok so now the problem,
    the computer had been running smooth for almost a year i put in the new ram chips and ever since then i have been having troubles, first one of my 500gb hard drives died,
    then i had a blue screen,
    occupationally i have crackly sound when listing to music or watching vids on you tube
    and when i am playing games, ie, skyrim, gtaiv my whole computer freezes causing me to restart the whole system,
    i have ruled out the ram, (it is working perfectly)
    and the GPU is fine also,
    so any idea what the problem would be would be FANTASTIC
    thank you
    -Thomas
     
  2. Ghostman 1

    Ghostman 1 Mega Geek

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    Have you scanned for a VIRUS ? Also I would run scan/disk to check for errors..
     
  3. duffman0411

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    yep i have done both,
    also have done ram and GPU
     
  4. Ghostman 1

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    Pull all the ram out, install one chip , and test,, remove that ram chip and install another, testing 1 by 1... You will have to test each and every piece of hardware..
     
  5. edijs

    edijs Programmer

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    My fathers computer recently had a similar problem (i.e. sudden restarts, BSODs and freezing). Reason was a dying PSU, so maybe try to get a good working PSU and test it out for a few days.

    But if you've noticed that the problems started when you installed the new RAM, then maybe running memtest and/or lowering the RAM clock in BIOS could help shed more light on whether the RAM isn't actually faulty.
     
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  6. duffman0411

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    ok so I lowered the clock speed of the ram in the bios and it has fixed all problems,
    thanks for all the help :D
     

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