Random BSOD or freezing

[Dandruff_Loves_You]

just bought a bunch of stuff and i keep getting BSOD or it will just lock up. i have tried windows 7 and 8 and the same issue persists, however it did not BSOD on windows 8, just locked up at the login screen. this seems to be happening at random times.

 

asrock 970 performance fatality mobo

AMD FX 9370 @ 4.4Ghz 8 core CPU

8GB PNY DDR3

8GB Crucial DDR3

EVGA GTX 980

750W EVGA 80+ gold PSU

Plexor M.2 128GB PCI SSD

Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD

Seagate 1TB SSHD

 

i cannot contact any manufacturer yet because i received the parts on friday and was not able to have the system up and running until the evening.

[CoolaxGaming]

First of all, an FX with a 980?...

 

Also check your temps and report back. Like run a test when you start the comp and when it crashes, record em

[Enderman]

windows event viewer tells you why

[Liamcal]

I had been under the impression that my BSoDs were random as well. Then I thought about it. What are you doing every time one strikes? 

 

Playing games? Maybe. That's what I was doing. But my computer plays games well. What could it be? Just ask yourself that.

 

It turns out that it was from me Alt+Tab ing out of games (which were fullscreen) and going into Google Chrome. Since Alt+Tab ing immediately pulls away processing power from the program, and launches most of it into the new program that is open, (in this case Chrome), it can have bad effects. Especially since Chrome is so RAM heavy.

 

So basically I was bricking my computer with excessive Alt+Tab ing. Have you been Alt+Tab ing?

 

Also try monitoring your RAM usage on a second monitor (if you have one.) See if some processes are eating up your RAM.

[EdwinX]

Try only running one RAM kit, take the PNY out and then try.

[Dandruff_Loves_You]

First of all, an FX with a 980?...

 

Also check your temps and report back. Like run a test when you start the comp and when it crashes, record em

temps are fine. nothing gets to over 60C when it freezes. temps are not the issue.

[Dandruff_Loves_You]

Try only running one RAM kit, take the PNY out and then try.

i have tried each one separately as well as them together. the problem persists

[CoolaxGaming]

temps are fine. nothing gets to over 60C when it freezes. temps are not the issue.

Try with one ramstick. If it crashes, try the other. Test the system with each ramstick sepreatly

 

nvm, trying to think of something

[Dandruff_Loves_You]

I had been under the impression that my BSoDs were random as well. Then I thought about it. What are you doing every time one strikes? 

 

Playing games? Maybe. That's what I was doing. But my computer plays games well. What could it be? Just ask yourself that.

 

It turns out that it was from me Alt+Tab ing out of games (which were fullscreen) and going into Google Chrome. Since Alt+Tab ing immediately pulls away processing power from the program, and launches most of it into the new program that is open, (in this case Chrome), it can have bad effects. Especially since Chrome is so RAM heavy.

 

So basically I was bricking my computer with excessive Alt+Tab ing. Have you been Alt+Tab ing?

 

Also try monitoring your RAM usage on a second monitor (if you have one.) See if some processes are eating up your RAM.

i get BSOD from updating windows, from starting games, from browsing the internet and it will freeze just sitting idle.

[EdwinX]

i get BSOD from updating windows, from starting games, from browsing the internet and it will freeze just sitting idle.

Are you sure that everything is plugged in correctly? My friend almost had the same issues by not enough power going to his CPU, I believe he forgot to connect the 8-pin connector for the CPU.

[Liamcal]

i get BSOD from updating windows, from starting games, from browsing the internet and it will freeze just sitting idle.

Yeah, that sure is weird. Check the bottom of your case. I used to get BSoD's daily for over a year because I was an idiot and didn't prop up the bottom of my case. (The vent for the GPU was on the bottom and was blowing right into the carpet. Could be something silly like that.

[Dandruff_Loves_You]

 

windows event viewer tells you why

 

what do i look for in event viewer?

[Dandruff_Loves_You]

 

Yeah, that sure is weird. Check the bottom of your case. I used to get BSoD's daily for over a year because I was an idiot and didn't prop up the bottom of my case. (The vent for the GPU was on the bottom and was blowing right into the carpet. Could be something silly like that.

my case has feet on it and is sitting on a wooden table. as far as i can tell everything is plugged in correctly and airflow is not obstructed.

[Liamcal]

 

my case has feet on it and is sitting on a wooden table. as far as i can tell everything is plugged in correctly and airflow is not obstructed.

Ah, sorry, man. That's all I got. I hope the issue gets resolved. There are some great people on this forum who can help you our more than I can.

[Enderman]

   

what do i look for in event viewer?

you look for the error which caused the BSOD or shut down

 

then you google it and find the solution, because there are tons of people who have had the same problem

[Dandruff_Loves_You]

 

you look for the error which caused the BSOD or shut down

then you google it and find the solution, because there are tons of people who have had the same problem

can you please give a little more instruction? the last time it BSOD it made three events, a warning, a critical and an error. they are very general and say things like "the previous system shutdown at 1:27:49 pm on 2/22/2015 was unexpected"

[Enderman]

 

can you please give a little more instruction? the last time it BSOD it made three events, a warning, a critical and an error. they are very general and say things like "the previous system shutdown at 1:27:49 pm on 2/22/2015 was unexpected"

you should be able to click on them and see the details or crash dump files

 

could you take a screenshot?

[Dandruff_Loves_You]

http://i.imgur.com/Ej8tP0G.png