Help please! PC freezing problems...

[GGscott999]

Hi guys, im not sure what is wrong with my pc as it recently started to freeze up and then I would have to power off my pc to restart to get the pc going again. I recently changed my motherboard to fix a stuttering problem. It was not freezing when i had the stuttering problem if that helps at all.

 

PC Specs -

 

Gpu - GTX 670

Psu - Corsair CX750M

Motherboard - Asus P8Z77-VLX

Ram - 8Gb

Cpu - i5-3570k 3.40GHz

Hard drives - two 500gb

Operating System - Windows 7

 

Any help is much appreciated Thank you.

[LukeRanger]

Hi GGscott999,

 

I will need a little more information before I can begin to help you with your problem. Have you overclocked the system at all or taken any component beyond its factory limits? In most cases similar to yours it is a simple matter of making sure that you have the correct and latest drivers installed. Check on your motherboard manufactures website and download any drivers that you may not have. To check this I suggest that you right click my computer and choose manage, from there click device manager and ensure that no yellow exclamation marks appear, if there are any download the corresponding driver from the manufactures website. 

 

In some cases these symptoms can also arise if you have an older bios version, it is worth checking on the manufactures website to see if a later version of your motherboards bios has been released. Flashing/updating a bios isn't something that is required often or something that is used commonly to solve issues so I recommend you follow the steps above first. Please respond with your findings and I will attempt to aid you further once I have some more information. Best of luck.

 

- Luke

[LogicalDrm]

In what situations this freezing happens? in general or while under load ie. gaming? This could be temp issue, gpu driver issue, well even hdd issue. Was the previous mobo same model/chipset as one you are on now?

 

@LukeRanger, welcome to our happy forum community!