PC Problems

[HighTech Media]

Hello to all! Before anything, these are my PC specs!

 

AMD FX 4100 @3.8Ghz

8GB Corsair V RAM

128GB Samsung ssd

1TB WD 

Nvidia Geforce GTX760

MSI G46-970A Motherboard

H100i Cooler

 

I've had this build for quite a while now, two years and a couple of months to be exact. I never had any problems with this computer,

well taken care of physically and internally. Viruses rarely almost never an issue, there WAS a thunderstorm one time and it did shut

down all my electronics but this problem has happened before that. My computer runs smooth, fast, performance is great, ive had Windows 7

8,8.1, and now 10 and its been great! The problem I am having with this pc is that It will randomly sort of lag, then freeze completely. It does this

once or twice a day while the computer has been on for long hours. It started off as something rare, now its daily; any thoughts on what the problem

is? I feel switching the motherboard and cpu should fix it but im no expert   Thank you so much for reading! 

 

 

 

[Guest]

it sounds like you may need to:

 

A. dust it out

B. Re-Apply Thermal Compound (Overheating)

C. Make sure your RAM is seated properly

D. Make sure you  SSD isn't suffering from bit-decay. (If it is, replace it, fast.

[HighTech Media]

it sounds like you may need to:

 

A. dust it out

B. Re-Apply Thermal Compound (Overheating)

C. Make sure your RAM is seated properly

D. Make sure you  SSD isn't suffering from bit-decay. (If it is, replace it, fast.

I recently, a few days ago dusted it out. I did forget to mention, I have two ram sticks, black corsair vengance, both are fine, but one of them, I accidentally took off the black piece; heatsink idk what its called. I tried to put it on permanently but i cant so its kinda just hanging there. I have changed the same 100i out twice, I have never applied thermal compound since it comes with some already! and what do you mean by bit-decay? whats that? 

[koolkyle]

I would say it's either the cause of the thermal compound is really cheap, or you took off the heat shield on the RAM and it's overheating. You might want to run memtest86+.  Is a fan blowing hot air onto your RAM?

[HighTech Media]

I would say it's either the cause of the thermal compound is really cheap, or you took off the heat shield on the RAM and it's overheating. You might want to run memtest86+.  Is a fan blowing hot air onto your RAM?

It's not, but the inisde of my pc feels room temp. 

[Fgtfv567]

I recently, a few days ago dusted it out. I did forget to mention, I have two ram sticks, black corsair vengance, both are fine, but one of them, I accidentally took off the black piece; heatsink idk what its called. I tried to put it on permanently but i cant so its kinda just hanging there. I have changed the same 100i out twice, I have never applied thermal compound since it comes with some already! and what do you mean by bit-decay? whats that? 

Wait, did you re-apply more thermal compound? You're not supposed to reuse the same stuff after you take the CPU block off. As for the RAM, did you take the heatsink off?

Download HWmonitor and tell us your exact temps

[Fgtfv567]

It's not, but the inisde of my pc feels room temp. 

Follow your topics on the top right corner so that you know when people reply 

[HighTech Media]

Wait, did you re-apply more thermal compound? You're not supposed to reuse the same stuff after you take the CPU block off. As for the RAM, did you take the heatsink off?

Download HWmonitor and tell us your exact temps

I never added any thermal compound, when the stock cpu cooler was removed I cleaned off the thermal compound since the H100i came with some already. Later months I removed the 100i cause I was dusting everything and I stiwched PC cases, I placed the cooler block back with the same compound on it, was that a mistake? Im sorry I actually am new to building, not much experience The heatsink fell off on accident one time, I tried re applying it to the ram stick but it wont stick, I put some electrical tape on the outside, just a small bit to hold the heatsink tight, but its still just hanging there 

[Fgtfv567]

I never added any thermal compound, when the stock cpu cooler was removed I cleaned off the thermal compound since the H100i came with some already. Later months I removed the 100i cause I was dusting everything and I stiwched PC cases, I placed the cooler block back with the same compound on it, was that a mistake? Im sorry I actually am new to building, not much experience The heatsink fell off on accident one time, I tried re applying it to the ram stick but it wont stick, I put some electrical tape on the outside, just a small bit to hold the heatsink tight, but its still just hanging there

Yeah, go buy some new thermal compound and reapply it (use about the size of apea or grain of rice.

For the ram, I'd talk to the manufacturer and see if you can get a new module. Don't rip ram heatsinks off anymore...