My pc is dead :(

[Bramdebrommer]

Hello all,

I have an old pc, fx6300, asrock 970 pro3 r2.0, r9 380, 2x4gb hyper x fury 1600mhz.

 

The problem is it freezes after 10mins to a few hours of normal use or just idling. Also, sometimes it doesnt happen for a few days, after which it freezes a lot again. Everything becomes unresponsive and the screen stays on displaying the last image. Also the sound stops and buzzes. The lights, fans etc stay on. I have already swapped PSU, case, tried each memstick separately in each slot, different HDD, reseating, clean install.

 

I think that either the motherboard or CPU is dead. I dont think(or want) the gpu to be dead. I tried a different mobo and cpu and the system didnt really freeze anymore, but it was for a few days and didnt really use the pc that much. It did bsod, but i think that was memory incompatibility. I upped the voltage and the bsod's went away.

 

Do you guys think i should replace the mobo, cpu or perhaps the gpu?

 

Tnx!

 

(Fyi, the pc was a gift, for which i used my old parts. So it not working properly is really annoying.)

Edited October 7, 2019 by Bramdebrommer

[Bananasplit_00]

4 minutes ago, Bramdebrommer said:

and didnt really use the oc that much

so you have an overclock and problems? first step is to get rid of the OC

[DoctorNick]

Have you updated bios? Worth a shot. https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970 Pro3 R2.0/#BIOS

What about memtest does it pass? Have you tried with only one stick?

Check if your memory is in A1 B1 slots:

[Bramdebrommer]

6 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

so you have an overclock and problems? first step is to get rid of the OC

Sorry, it should have been pc, not oc

 

[Bramdebrommer]

6 hours ago, DoctorNick said:

Have you updated bios? Worth a shot. https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970 Pro3 R2.0/#BIOS

What about memtest does it pass? Have you tried with only one stick?

Check if your memory is in A1 B1 slots:

Yes, both 

 

[Bramdebrommer]

Just now, Bramdebrommer said:

Yes, both 

 

Memory is in the proper slots, also tried different slots and single slot

[C17H23NO2]

Might be a "broken" windows install. Consider reinstalling windows and see if that works out. 
Maybe it got even more confused by all that hardware swapping. 

[Bramdebrommer]

4 hours ago, C17H23NO2 said:

Might be a "broken" windows install. Consider reinstalling windows and see if that works out. 
Maybe it got even more confused by all that hardware swapping. 

I've put a clean windows install on this pc and all the updated drivers etc. Twice already. I really think its a hardware problem. Just trying to figure out which part would be the likeliest to show these symptoms, so i don't have to replace everything.