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PC Locking Up - Then Bluescreens

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  • 24-09-2015 2:24pm
    #1
    Korvanica
    Registered Users Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭


    Right so i'm losing my mind.

    Computer started locking up about 2 months ago. Then it bluescreens. This happens at random times.

    Initially I though Windows was acting up, so I reinstalled. - Same Issue.

    Then I thought it was my old SSD. So i swapped it out for a regular HDD I had lying around. Ran the computer for over a month on this and concluded it was the SSD that was going. Bought a new SSD, Reinstalled. Same issue

    Maybe its the ram. Took 1 stick out, computer ran fine for a whole evening.
    Checked other stick, computer ran fine for a whole evening.
    Put both sticks in, Issue reoccurs.


    Later tonight I'm going to check the CPU temps as the computer is in use as maybe its overheating.

    Is there anything else I can check?


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    Korvanica wrote: »
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    Then I thought it was my old SSD. So i swapped it out for a regular HDD I had lying around. Ran the computer for over a month on this and concluded it was the SSD that was going. Bought a new SSD, Reinstalled. Same issue

    Maybe its the ram. Took 1 stick out, computer ran fine for a whole evening.
    Checked other stick, computer ran fine for a whole evening.
    Put both sticks in, Issue reoccurs.

    So would that not point to an issue with the SSD or one of your RAM sockets?
    Perhaps it's not the SSD itself but rather an issue with the controller or maybe something needs to be adjusted in the BIOS?


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    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    Are you doing anything in particular when it locks up? Is there a video running? What are the temps like when it locks up?
    Have you looked in the event viewer to see what the BSOD dump says is causing it?


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    With two sticks the ram might be running in a different mode which might be more sensitive to some failure than running just one. Either of the ram, the socket, or something on the motherboard. It doesn't sound like the SSD. Can you test the ram in another machine.


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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,748 ✭✭✭degsie


    Do you get an error code on the blue screen?


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