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New build freezing up

jem.graham
By jem.graham
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Build a new pc yesterday, all seemed well.

Was on Battlefront before and it just froze. No alt-tab, no response of any kind. Even the reset button didn't work.

Happened again while on reddit, that should rule out overheating.

I've not overclocked anything.

PC:

6600k

H110iGT

Z170-A

Crucial DDR4 16GB

GTX 970

EVGA 650W

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All in all, you're computer sounds like a good one. The biggest things I would suggest trying are A. making sure you have all the correct drivers installed, but I'm sure you've done that... and B. Try pulling a stick of ram out, using them in different slots, or just down-clocking it a bit. It might be a long shot, but I've had all sorts of strange problems with a slow stick of ram before.

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All in all, you're computer sounds like a good one. The biggest things I would suggest trying are A. making sure you have all the correct drivers installed, but I'm sure you've done that... and B. Try pulling a stick of ram out, using them in different slots, or just down-clocking it a bit. It might be a long shot, but I've had all sorts of strange problems with a slow stick of ram before.

I think I got all the drivers installed. I'm not a novice but I don't really know if I need to install the chipset driver, or if its like the bios updates. I'll try the ram switch.

Thanks a lot, Happy new year :D

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I think I got all the drivers installed. I'm not a novice but I don't really know if I need to install the chipset driver, or if its like the bios updates. I'll try the ram switch.

Thanks a lot, Happy new year :D

Definitely install the chipset driver, that could cause a myriad of problems... Hope you get the issue figured out, Happy new year!

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Build a new pc yesterday, all seemed well.

Was on Battlefront before and it just froze. No alt-tab, no response of any kind. Even the reset button didn't work.

Happened again while on reddit, that should rule out overheating.

I've not overclocked anything.

PC:

6600k

H110iGT

Z170-A

Crucial DDR4 16GB

GTX 970

EVGA 650W

which evga psu specifically?

RIG #1 : 4670k @4.4 / 1.25v vcore. @ 4.5 / 1.3v vcore/ 1.95v vccin. MSI GAMING 4G GTX 970 @1540/3700 1.275v BIOS MOD. 16GB Kingston HyperX Savage RAM 2400mhz. MSI GAMING 5 Z97 MOBO. Fractal Design Define S. Dark Rock Pro 3. 850 EVO 250GB Seasonic M12II 620w
RIG #2: 4790k @ 4.6 / 1.25v vcore. EVGA SC ACX 2.0 980 SLI. 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400mhz. Asus MAXIMUS VII Hero Z97. Fractal Design Define R5. NH D15. 850 EVO 250GB AX 860
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