Well here goes [be for-warned you gonna need some caffeine or beer cause this gonna be one long post].
I started building my first PC around this time last year and for as long as I can remember it has been plagued with instability. First I thought maybe I just didn't know enough and I had set something up wrong (hardware or software) but as time and my sanity has gotten less and less I am starting to doubt this. Having already tried numerous forums (and now this one :P ) I think I have tried most of the common stuff and double checked that I am doing stuff right I think there is a genuine problem here.
So what have I done to try and eliminate it? Basically built another PC and swapped parts from one to the other to try and narrow it down but I have reached the point where I am down to the new Mobo, Memory Video card and CPU (excepting my case and HDD).
So why not rush out and just buy a new HDD or PSU and be done with it?? Primary reason number one: money I just spent $600 on new gear that didn't fix a thing. But on the plus side I almost got 2 full PC's "smokin:
Anyway the actual problem in a little more detail is much like Skull shots although most of the time my PC wont fully lock-up it will just crash applications and eventually will not even launch them when you run the executables.
If anyone can suggest anything. I mean "ANYTHING" at all or just offer some constructive critisism on what I may actually be doing wrong, dont hesitate to post back.
Many, Many thanks.
I started building my first PC around this time last year and for as long as I can remember it has been plagued with instability. First I thought maybe I just didn't know enough and I had set something up wrong (hardware or software) but as time and my sanity has gotten less and less I am starting to doubt this. Having already tried numerous forums (and now this one :P ) I think I have tried most of the common stuff and double checked that I am doing stuff right I think there is a genuine problem here.
So what have I done to try and eliminate it? Basically built another PC and swapped parts from one to the other to try and narrow it down but I have reached the point where I am down to the new Mobo, Memory Video card and CPU (excepting my case and HDD).
So why not rush out and just buy a new HDD or PSU and be done with it?? Primary reason number one: money I just spent $600 on new gear that didn't fix a thing. But on the plus side I almost got 2 full PC's "smokin:
Anyway the actual problem in a little more detail is much like Skull shots although most of the time my PC wont fully lock-up it will just crash applications and eventually will not even launch them when you run the executables.
If anyone can suggest anything. I mean "ANYTHING" at all or just offer some constructive critisism on what I may actually be doing wrong, dont hesitate to post back.
Many, Many thanks.
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