I have tried EVERYTHING!!....

[AmazingMazer]

My specs:

 

Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP Motherboard

GTX 760 GPU

i5 4670k @3.40 GhZ

8GB of DDR3 RAM

1TB Solid state hybrid drive

Running Windows 8.1 64 bit

Corsair TX 650 PSU

 

OK, so I just built my gaming PC with the help of my rather experienced friend and about one month into having it, I would experience freezes every few hours with no clear reason. The problem would be very inconsistent with timing as well, it could happen every 7 hours, or 7 minutes. I looked at my files to make sure everything looked good, and it was ok. When the problem still happened, I figured it was a software problem and I wiped my computer. This did not fix it and it continued to freeze, even in bios. Next, thinking it was a motherboard problem, I spent 4 hours on the phone with Gigabyte trying to diagnose the problem,I sent it in, and 3 week later I got back a new motherboard and the problem continued. I even tried a NEW motherboard after that one, and it still froze. Next, I check my CPU socket and pins, it looked fine. My temps were a little high so I tried more and a better brand of thermal paste AND replaced the CPU cooler. It still froze. Then, one at a time, trying to isolate the problem, I swapped out my PSU, RAM, GPU, CPU, and Hard Drive. Still, it kept freezing. I was totally stumped on the problem. Thinking it could be a messed up polarity, I disconnected all the non-essential ones. It still did it. Thinking the case could be shorting it out, I ran it on a test bench. It still froze. I switched RAM and RAM slots to no avail. I made sure that my RAM was compatible with my Motherboard. I switched SATA cables as well. I cleaned my components of dust, switched outlets, and power cables as well. I have tried 3 different monitors as well. I tried a higher wattage PSU, and same problem. I have reset the BIOS, cleared the CMOS, checked for the latest CPU, GPU, and BIOS drivers and updates, as well as windows updates. I have no idea what to do now. It has been almost a month and a half and I have taken the computer apart at least 10 times. What am I missing? What could it be? Could it be 2 problems? I have also tried a different keyboard and mouse, as well as 3 different headphones. It even froze without any USB devices plugged in at all. I freezes in safe mode, too. I ran the PC on a different outlet in another room so I am pretty sure that means it is on a different circuit and it still froze after about 9 hours. Also it did it with a back up UPS too and it still froze, so I guess that means it is not my power. I called gigabyte, intel, logitech, Microsoft, and corsair too. they all said that it wasn't really their fault because I had swapped out the parts and it still happened. I also tried switching the power cables to the computer with another one and also the HDMI cable and I ordered another DVI cable off amazon and tried that one too along with a different VGA cable. It has also frozen without Ethernet cable plugged into it. I don't think it is a compatibility issue because of the parts I have swapped out. It has been 2 months now and I still have no idea what is wrong.Please help!

[nixproducer]

*cough *cought http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/136976-i-have-tried-everything/?view=findpost&p=1819750

[Freaky_spider]

STOP THE BLACK TEXT, TAKE NOTICE OF PEOPLE WITH NIGHT THEME!!

[nixproducer]

STOP THE BLACK TEXT, TAKE NOTICE OF PEOPLE WITH NIGHT THEME!!

he copied and pasted it from his first topic

[needmorewood]

probably some sort of softawre thing or hard drive thing

[LOST TALE]

Have you isolated every single piece and the problem persisted?

 

Or do you have a piece that was kept during all ur testing.

[AmazingMazer]

I tried swapping the hard drive, and the only thing I haven't swapped out for a different brand is the mobo, only 2 new ones of the same model. Everything else I have tried.

[acercon]

does it just shut down at ramdom times if that is it when u start your pc go in to boot menue and chose whichever drive you install your os on then it should work

[ig33ku]

Did you actually change the ram sticks with another pair or just swap slots?

[Tsuki]

I hate when people say theyve tried "everything"... clearly not, or it would be fixed by now..

 

although you've tried more than i would have.  ive got no ideas