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My specs: (built 24 hours ago)
Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-9590
Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 936MHz (13-13-13-32)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M5A97 R2.0 (Socket 942)
Graphics
SyncMaster (1680x1050@60Hz)
4096MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner)
Storage
55GB KINGSTON SV300S37A60G (SSD)
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-08M2NA0 (SATA)
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My problem:
Whenever I run something strenuous on my computer, it freezes up. Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't respond, mouse cursor doesn't move, and I can't even turn on/off my keyboard's LEDs. First, I was converting videos and surfing the internet at the same time, and it froze. It seemed like an anomaly at first, so I just did a hard reset, and continued with what I was doing, and then it froze again.
Seeing it happen a second time caused me to download a stress tester (Prime95 was the one I used), and I did a test on the RAM. It froze up after a minute of stress testing. When my build restarted I ran my check hardware program (Speccy) to check the RAM. The above Tech Specs are the copy/paste of what the program told me. You can see the frequency in underlined bold. The RAM is advertised for 2133 MHz.
My theory was that I had to manually up the RAM speed in Bios, which I tried. I selected 2133MHz, and saved/reset the computer. After giving me the ASUS screen, it only displayed a black screen instead of the usual log in form. After the next reset, I reverted the RAM speed and then booting was back to normal... but I'm still at risk for freezing.
Question:
Is my RAM the reason why I'm freezing or is it something else that my new build has a flaw in? Ask me any follow up question for more info. Thank you for the help.
Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-9590
Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 936MHz (13-13-13-32)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M5A97 R2.0 (Socket 942)
Graphics
SyncMaster (1680x1050@60Hz)
4096MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner)
Storage
55GB KINGSTON SV300S37A60G (SSD)
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-08M2NA0 (SATA)
____________________________________________________________
My problem:
Whenever I run something strenuous on my computer, it freezes up. Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't respond, mouse cursor doesn't move, and I can't even turn on/off my keyboard's LEDs. First, I was converting videos and surfing the internet at the same time, and it froze. It seemed like an anomaly at first, so I just did a hard reset, and continued with what I was doing, and then it froze again.
Seeing it happen a second time caused me to download a stress tester (Prime95 was the one I used), and I did a test on the RAM. It froze up after a minute of stress testing. When my build restarted I ran my check hardware program (Speccy) to check the RAM. The above Tech Specs are the copy/paste of what the program told me. You can see the frequency in underlined bold. The RAM is advertised for 2133 MHz.
My theory was that I had to manually up the RAM speed in Bios, which I tried. I selected 2133MHz, and saved/reset the computer. After giving me the ASUS screen, it only displayed a black screen instead of the usual log in form. After the next reset, I reverted the RAM speed and then booting was back to normal... but I'm still at risk for freezing.
Question:
Is my RAM the reason why I'm freezing or is it something else that my new build has a flaw in? Ask me any follow up question for more info. Thank you for the help.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- AMD FX 9590 8-core
- Motherboard
- ASUS M5A97 R2.0
- Memory
- 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 2133MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (270x)
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender & EMET