My gaming PC suddenly freezes and restarts itself. Sometimes I get a BSOD.
What is the problem?
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My gaming PC suddenly freezes and restarts itself. Sometimes I get a BSOD. What is the problem?
you need to download more ram
did you listen to those people who told you that you dont need an antivirus?
no and this PC is for gaming only, I don’t use it to browse websites
yyyyyup, its viruses.
it's over
reinstall your OS and reformat your hard drive
I have no idea what the problem is but I always tell people to go clean their fans regardless.
It usually happens when I first boot up the computer and play games a few rounds until it restarts. After the first crash it has no problem throughout the day
does it BSOD or just does a normal restart?
It often BSODs after the restart
does it do this even if you dont run anything?
yeah sometimes when i leave it on without running anything BSOD also happens
Answer this
I've been through random BSODs and some of these were the cause.
Sounds like overheating, what does [current popular temperature probe software] say?
Think hard if you've done anything recently. Did you reinstall Windows recently? Are there any new parts you installed recently? Look at temperatures and try running it without the graphics card if your CPU has a GPU.
These seem like a possible cause because I don't have any temperature check software installed to check my PC temp
Remove OC settings or set to default.
Temp
Failing Hard Drive
Failing RAM
Check in that order.
Did you get memed into buying a 2tb SSD from China for 40$?
check your temps
check if CPU has enough paste on it if its temps are abnormal
What's caused BSODs for me over the past 25 years:
>Bad hard drive
>Bad GPU
>Sketchy software that fricks around with drivers (example: Motioninjoy's PS3 controller software)
>Installing outdated, un-updated Windows off a USB with a new CPU
Your ram is broken and you need to scan it with memetest86+
normalgay moment
Overheating
What's the code on the BSOD?
Have you recently updated your graphics drivers? If yes, the new drivers may be fricking things up, try doing a full DDU uninstall of your drivers and roll back to an older version. If you haven't recently updated drivers, or installed any other sketchy software, you maybe be having a hardware failure and might need to replace RAM or worse, your GPU.
Possible causes
>drivers
>hardware failing
>heat
Backup everything and install a GNU Linux distribution like Ubuntu so you can discard the first possible cause.
it's too late
He just have to remove the hard drive, put it somewhere safe and install de new OS in a new H
hard drive.
There should be an error code, jot it down and google it. My first thought is overheating but it could be something totally different depending on what the error code indicates
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