Hello all. New member here. I have had an issue with my PC since I "upgraded" to windows 8.1 earlier this year that is driving me batty. Unfortunately, I upgraded the hardware (motherboard, CPU, and RAM) at the same time, so I can't rule out a hardware issue completely. The issue stuck around despite a total hard disk wipe and reinstall from scratch.
I'm a relative noob as far as this sort of troubleshooting, and I'm really not sure how to proceed. My normal modus operandi has been to simply wipe and start over if I ran into serious enough issues, but that did not work this time. Months of google searches have not really yielded any progress, so I thought it could not hurt to ask here.
So the problem. Basically, the longer the system runs, the more memory it uses. Eventually it freezes up, and itf you let it alone long enough after this starts, it will finally reboot itself. Doing anything intensive hastens the process of memory drain, basically the harder it works, the faster it happens. If I am using the PC hard, it only takes a couple hours to burn through all 1 GB. If I am away for days with nothing but background processes running, it takes a few days, but it eventually crashes and reboots.
The only thing that might be slightly out of the ordinary for most users is the fact that I use the PC as my TV and DVR through Windows Media Center and the use of a Silicondust HD Homerun Prime cablecard tuner. Other than that, it's pretty basic stuff on my PC. I don't do any gaming these days, and usually the hardest workout the machine gets is downloading large files like movies. I will try to attach a few snapshots of task manager etc, as I gather you folks can make more sense of them than I can. If you need anything else, please do not hesitate to ask. I am sick of rebooting my PC all the time to avoid crashes. Any and all help would be sincerely appreciated.
Alan
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I'm a relative noob as far as this sort of troubleshooting, and I'm really not sure how to proceed. My normal modus operandi has been to simply wipe and start over if I ran into serious enough issues, but that did not work this time. Months of google searches have not really yielded any progress, so I thought it could not hurt to ask here.
So the problem. Basically, the longer the system runs, the more memory it uses. Eventually it freezes up, and itf you let it alone long enough after this starts, it will finally reboot itself. Doing anything intensive hastens the process of memory drain, basically the harder it works, the faster it happens. If I am using the PC hard, it only takes a couple hours to burn through all 1 GB. If I am away for days with nothing but background processes running, it takes a few days, but it eventually crashes and reboots.
The only thing that might be slightly out of the ordinary for most users is the fact that I use the PC as my TV and DVR through Windows Media Center and the use of a Silicondust HD Homerun Prime cablecard tuner. Other than that, it's pretty basic stuff on my PC. I don't do any gaming these days, and usually the hardest workout the machine gets is downloading large files like movies. I will try to attach a few snapshots of task manager etc, as I gather you folks can make more sense of them than I can. If you need anything else, please do not hesitate to ask. I am sick of rebooting my PC all the time to avoid crashes. Any and all help would be sincerely appreciated.
Alan
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-4670K
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z97
- Memory
- Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Sapphire HD 7770 GHz Edition
- Sound Card
- Internal Sound
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer H236HL and BenQ W1070 Projector.
- Screen Resolution
- 2x1080P
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 840 EVO (operating system and programs only)
Seagate NAS HDD ST4000VN000 4TB (storage)
WD7500AYYS (storage backup)
- PSU
- 800 Watt
- Cooling
- Corsair H60
- Browser
- Chrome primarily
- Antivirus
- Norton 360 (Comcsast freeware)