Steam crashes computer

[MrGaminger]

Whenever I start steam (I don't have it set on boot when windows does), My computer crashes I don't have any warning's or anything my computer just freezes sometimes it instantly freezes or sometimes it'll freeze it in about 2 minutes but never longer, I've re-installed steam and it doesn't seam to be corrupt, it's on my second drive and everything else on my second drive works fine so I don't know

[Volbet]

Is it a problem that as come with time or did it come immediately? 

I know Steam puts a light stress on the GPU, so it might be a loss power cable.

[TechTheWorld]

What are your system specs?

[MrGaminger]

3770k (slight over clock)

asus sabertooth Z77

Hd Radeon 7770

8gb ram, anything else needed? 

 

also it's been happening for 1-3 days Origin works fine whats on the same drive 

[Volbet]

Does the games in Origin work?

[MrGaminger]

Yeah the games work fine on Origin.

[Volbet]

Do you have any of these programs running on your computer: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289

These programs might interfere Steam

[MrGaminger]

No, I'm not using any of them, what I'm aware of

[Volbet]

Have you tried putting your computer into safe mode to see if the same thing happens?

[MrGaminger]

No, that's one thing I haven't tried

[MrGaminger]

just tried it and it doesn't freeze but turns my computer stupidly lagy

[Volbet]

If you have the possibility I would recommend you to reinstall your OS and format the drive you have Steam on. I sound like it could be a problem with some programs and/or drivers. You could also try reinstalling all of your drivers to make sure they are up to date. 

[MrGaminger]

I have two drives and all my drivers are on my SSD e.c.t so is my OS, Steam is on a completely different drive and I have checked that everything's up to date, and I could but it would course great hassle because my SSD is a 120gb and my 2ed drive is a 1TB and it would make a huge hassle to wipe the drive