Venus Project
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Hello, about a month after constructing my new pc I started getting a lot of freezes (about once every 2 days) and 2 BSODs in a span of 2 months. I'm not sure if the BSOD related forum is the right place to post, but I did have those 2 BSODs which may contain some useful information. I have a feeling it's a hardware related issue because my pc still freezes even in Ubuntu.
Here's what I've done trying to figure out why it freezes:
System specs:
So we're left with OS, PSU, GPU, HDDs being crossed out. I suspect it's the mobo or the cpu, or something extremely unlucky like a piece of dust or something somewhere shorting everything out from time to time. (unlikely since the system was only 1 month old back then)
Here's what I've done trying to figure out why it freezes:
- Ran stress tests for GPU, CPU on both Ubuntu and Windows 8.1 (survived them), memtest86 on ubuntu for 8+ hours, survived as well;
- Bought a new PSU replacing my 1 month old one (Enermax Revolution XT 730W replaced into Corsair RMx 550W);
- Used Ubuntu instead of Windows;
- Used iGPU instead of main GPU (crash on both).
- Ran SpeedFan tests on all HDDs; no errors.
System specs:
- MSI Z170A Tomahawk;
- MSI R9 390;
- i5 6600k with be quiet! Shadow Rock LP cooler;
- Corsair RMx 550W;
- DDR4 Crucial 8GB 2133MHz.
So we're left with OS, PSU, GPU, HDDs being crossed out. I suspect it's the mobo or the cpu, or something extremely unlucky like a piece of dust or something somewhere shorting everything out from time to time. (unlikely since the system was only 1 month old back then)