Weird Freeze

[Tralexium]

So today I was working on my gaming pc as normal and out of no-where a freeze has occurred.

It wasn't an ordinary one either, it was so bad that I couldn't even shut down the PC using the power button! (I tried holding it for over 15 seconds) so I was sadly forced to switch off through the power supply switch.

 

So here are my concerns:

- Is there a high possibility that forcing a shut-down through the PSU would damage any of my components?

- What drivers should I update? (already did BIOS, LAN and GPU)

- What other steps should I take?

 

Full System specs:

- Ryzen 1600 CPU

- GTX 1070 MSI GPU

- G.SKILL F4-3200C14D-16GTZR Trident Z RGB Series 16 GB (8 GB x 2) DDR4 3200 MHz

- Samsung 850 EVO 250GB

- WD Black 1TB HDD

- ASUS ROG STRIX B350-F Socket AM4 AMD B350

- EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2, 80+ GOLD 650W

 

Thank you for taking your time to read these problem   -Alex

 

[IO Studios]

I dont think PSU force shutdown does damage, switching off the power like that is kind of like if there is a power outage, your pc does not die if the power goes out.

Has the freeze happened more than once?

[johnukguy]

If you haven't already, check inside the case with the system unplugged and clean out any dust.

[Tralexium]

11 minutes ago, IO Studios said:

I dont think PSU force shutdown does damage, switching off the power like that is kind of like if there is a power outage, your pc does not die if the power goes out.

Has the freeze happened more than once?

Well yes and no, the previous "freezes" were actually blue screens (probably caused by some bad XMP profiles) so after I toned them down to the defaults I saw no issues for like 2-3 weeks until today where it was a complete deadlock. So my keyboard and mouse didn't work and strangely the keyboard didn't power the leds (it works now). Another detail that I can say is that after rebooting the computer I somehow lost my LAN drivers meaning that my ehternet cable didn't anymore so I downloaded new drivers and updated the BIOS after that and it works again now.

 

Really fucked up

[Tralexium]

1 minute ago, johnukguy said:

If you haven't already, check inside the case with the system unplugged and clean out any dust.

It's almost brand new so there's no dust inside

[johnukguy]

A hard shut down like that won't usually damage anything but also consider upping the CPU voltage very slightly and see if it's more stable.

[Tralexium]

26 minutes ago, johnukguy said:

A hard shut down like that won't usually damage anything but also consider upping the CPU voltage very slightly and see if it's more stable.

My current Core voltage is 1.237V, by how much should I bump it up and is that the only thing I should change?

[johnukguy]

Just bump it one step up and yes, only change one thing at a time.