Windows 10 Desktop Freezing Up

[Supersahen]

Hi, recently my computer started crashing for what appears to be no reason, sometimes it crashes as often as once every 5 or 10 minutes and sometimes its as often as once a week (it crashed 3 times while writing this post). With no warning a single static pop noise is played through the sound and the computer hangs and needs to be hard shut down. After it starts back up it takes about 3-4 minutes for windows to startup (it stays on a black screen just before the windows login screen). I ran a memtest for 19 hours with no fails before i lost power :S. I've run CPU, GPU, Hard Drive, Ram and network stress tests to try and cause it to crash but to no avail. It crashes while sitting on the desktop and it crashes while gaming or browsing. I don't have any other computers and limited money so its kind of hard to test parts individually and I'm out of ideas.

 

Specs:
Windows 10 Home 64 bit
ASUS M5A99FX Pro R2.0 (BIOS version 2501, latest)
AMD FX-8350 (Not Overclocked)
2x8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM (1600MHz)
MSI Gaming GTX 970 (Not Overclocked)
3x 7200rpm WD Caviar blue 1TB storage drive

TP-LINK TL-WDN4800
Thermaltake Litepower 700W (Sticker says 700w, they only sell a 750w on the site?)

 

The forum upload kept failing so heres a dropbox link to a perfmon report and a Sysnative zip

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wl67qlzh9zog3mg/AABbiuQ7ofPz0-B1UkiDxZl9a?dl=0

[Nord]

If your system managed to withstand all of these torture tests its probably just a faulty windows installation. Maybe a too invasive antivirus system or maybe even a virus or just a faulty driver somewhere ...

 

 I'd start with doing a fresh windows install and see if that fixes it.

If it still persits I'd probably look at the powersupply, even though I suppose its unlikly, but as you said: " (Sticker says 700w, they only sell a 750w on the site?) " - I mean it could be they just dont produce your unit anymore but might aswell rule it out.

 

 

Ofc you should always check if nothing overheats, if all fans are working properly, all the cables are connected properly, if the components are seated in properly etc.

Dusting out the PC cant hurt either, maybe even if unlikely, some dust or so built up somewhere and causes interferance with something.

 

I've seen & did hear storys from ppl I trust, that basically includes everything from "PC shuts down randomly", turns out the cable to the PSU was slightly loose and when there was vibration on the table or such, the electricity to the PC cuts out.

PC reboots when somebody touches the case while its running, turns out some components havent been seated properly.

Up to PC hangs itself randomly with "brzzzzzzzzz" noise untill hardrebootet, turns out Daemon tools CD/DVD emulator was the cause...

 

 

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to clarify: " ran a memtest for 19 hours with no fails before i lost power " - means the entire house / room w/e lost power, or just the PC?

If its the latter, it might actually be your RAM.

 

[Supersahen]

8 minutes ago, Nord said:

to clarify: " ran a memtest for 19 hours with no fails before i lost power " - means the entire house / room w/e lost power, or just the PC?

 

House lost power and i can't be bothered to leave my computer on for another 19 hours.

 

Thanks for the tips, I'll check all those things and post back if its still crashing.

[Supersahen]

This turned out to be a faulty power supply >.>