1) Freezing
2) Does not reboot when requested to, it just gets stuck in shutdown mode
3) When select shutdown it won't (have to shut it down from the tower)
4) Awful noise coming from speakers sometimes when it freezes
Now this is happening more often then not, twice a day some days
There is not much on my PC and have pretty much nothing running in the background.
any ideas on why this is happening would be greatly appreciated
(2014-02-09 13:28)Saphira Wrote: [ -> ]4) Awful noise coming from speakers sometimes when it freezes
Is the noise just the thing you were listening to, but slowed right down?
if it is i may have had a similar problem with and old laptop.
Not exactly sure how i fixed that but i know for a fact it doesn't do that anymore
You could also try a virus scan if you haven't already
I had a similar problem a few months ago with my PC. The SSD that held my windows and that kinda stuff was slowly dying, so it might be your SSD/HDD fading away.
Does it work normally for a bit and then freeze? Does it come back after the freezing?
By the sounds of what you have said, you are having a similar problem to what i had, occasionally, the laptop would seemingly freeze and the audio (if there was any) continued but extremely slowed down and very loud, although after maybe 2 minutes it would sometimes go back to normal.
Not quite sure how this problem was solved but it has had a big cleanup of everything on there recently and now it works fine.
Other than that i cant think of anything else i could suggest to help :/
I had this exact same issue with my PC as Howlin will remember. I couldn't find a fix unfortunately, I restored the computer and that postponed the problems for a while but I ended up buying a new motherboard and CPU and that solved the error :/ it was an expensive one, but every diagnostic I did proved no result, the computer just appeared to slowly overload and freeze in the way you described.
Is your computer over clocked at all? Because my conclusion was that my CPU was dying as I believe that noise that you here when it freezes is an overload error on the CPU, so if you do not have a sound card especially, it just locks up. If it is over clocked, try and turn it down a little and hopefully it might fix its self overtime. For me the freezing started accelerating and became more and more frequent :/
I also noticed that it would only ever freeze if I was on desktop, if I was in a game like BF4 or LFS, it never froze. Have you noticed that?
I've had the same problem as you Saphire. I had Windows 7 and once or twice a month it would freeze and a screeching sound would play though my headset and I would have to force it to turn off on the back of the tower.
Also this Saphire:
(2014-02-09 14:20)LuckyLuke Wrote: [ -> ]I also noticed that it would only ever freeze if I was on desktop, if I was in a game like BF4 or LFS, it never froze. Have you noticed that?
It was something to do with one of my RAM sticks locking up because it was faulty. I took this out and it never happened again. Obviously something else could be locking your system up in your case but that's what my case was.
Try running Memtest86+ >>Link<< Make sure you have a USB stick so you can run this. Here's a Video you can follow on your Phone for help:
Have you recently physically cleaned it? Maybe its just the fans that are clogged up that are unable to provide proper cooling and causes freezing. Its as simple as buying an air-can and dusting the fans/heatsinks while the computer is closed and unplugged.
I dont think its virus/software based as its random. It can happen anytime and without any pattern then its an hardware issue. As Luke and Josh said, it might be your hard drive/memory.
Start with dusting your computer then have it looked by a professional. They will find the faulty part and it will be less costly than to replace the whole computer
I have no idea Pat, im not very technical with PC's, problem still there and Tom as of yet can not figure out why the PC is doing it..
Tom suggested a complete Windows install and a reformat, so he shall be doing it when free.
Thanks guys for all the help and info, very much appreciated
Right...
Got new graphics card Geforce 650
And still having problems,, massive FPS drops from 130 to 8 game literally studders, then it rights itself after about 45 seconds.. I have no idea what is going on
(2014-03-09 11:31)Saphira Wrote: [ -> ]Right...
Got new graphics card Geforce 650
And still having problems,, massive FPS drops from 130 to 8 game literally studders, then it rights itself after about 45 seconds.. I have no idea what is going on
