Dear forum users,
For many months, maybe even since purchase (2,5 years ago), I've been experiencing two issues with my PC:
Perhaps once in every 2 to 3 hours of use, the PC will randomly freeze. The PC suddenly becomes unresponsive, screen fixes at last frame, sound freezes as well, often becoming a constant buzzing sound. The only fix is then hard-resetting the PC through the power button.
This usually happens during games, most often, but not always, during saving. It also happens during playing Youtube or other streaming sites, videos, and sometimes at other random points.
Also, sometimes (maybe 1 in 4 times) at startup, the monitor will give "No signal" while the PC seems to start correctly. This can be solved by pressing the powerbutton and restarting the PC again. (Very rarely, the problem can only be solved by unplugging the machine for 30 seconds after several tries.)
This is by far not the biggest issue here, I'm just wondering if it might have something to do with the freezes.
So far I've tried following the steps on this site: https://appuals.com/fix-windows-10-freezes-randomly/
I've also done some virus/malware scans, checked the temperatures, reinstalled Windows and ran a memory check during startup with MemTest86, nothing seems to work. My BIOS is at the latest version.
I’m starting to think this might be a hardware (probably graphics card) issue, but how can I find out if this is indeed the case, before buying a new one?
My specs (Speccy) are as follows:
OS: Windows 10 Home 64 bit
CPU: AMD A10-7850K (Kaveri 28nm Technology)
RAM: 8 GB Dual-Channel DD3 @ 931MHz (11-11-11-32)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+ (CPUSocket)
Graphics: 2048MB ATI Radeon RX 460 Graphics (Sapphire/PCPartner)
Storage: 931GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 (SATA)
Optical Drives: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSD1 ATA Device
Audio: AMD High Definition Audio Device
I would gladly receive some advice on what to try next. Thank you very much for your time.
Kind regards,
Tom (The Netherlands)
For many months, maybe even since purchase (2,5 years ago), I've been experiencing two issues with my PC:
Perhaps once in every 2 to 3 hours of use, the PC will randomly freeze. The PC suddenly becomes unresponsive, screen fixes at last frame, sound freezes as well, often becoming a constant buzzing sound. The only fix is then hard-resetting the PC through the power button.
This usually happens during games, most often, but not always, during saving. It also happens during playing Youtube or other streaming sites, videos, and sometimes at other random points.
Also, sometimes (maybe 1 in 4 times) at startup, the monitor will give "No signal" while the PC seems to start correctly. This can be solved by pressing the powerbutton and restarting the PC again. (Very rarely, the problem can only be solved by unplugging the machine for 30 seconds after several tries.)
This is by far not the biggest issue here, I'm just wondering if it might have something to do with the freezes.
So far I've tried following the steps on this site: https://appuals.com/fix-windows-10-freezes-randomly/
I've also done some virus/malware scans, checked the temperatures, reinstalled Windows and ran a memory check during startup with MemTest86, nothing seems to work. My BIOS is at the latest version.
I’m starting to think this might be a hardware (probably graphics card) issue, but how can I find out if this is indeed the case, before buying a new one?
My specs (Speccy) are as follows:
OS: Windows 10 Home 64 bit
CPU: AMD A10-7850K (Kaveri 28nm Technology)
RAM: 8 GB Dual-Channel DD3 @ 931MHz (11-11-11-32)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+ (CPUSocket)
Graphics: 2048MB ATI Radeon RX 460 Graphics (Sapphire/PCPartner)
Storage: 931GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 (SATA)
Optical Drives: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSD1 ATA Device
Audio: AMD High Definition Audio Device
I would gladly receive some advice on what to try next. Thank you very much for your time.
Kind regards,
Tom (The Netherlands)