What can cause a PC to randomly completely freeze?


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#16 Wakers

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Posted 03 May 2012 - 19:35

In my experience freezing is hardware failure almost 100% time. More specifically, it is overheating.

AMD drivers are commonly bad for newly released cards. Stick with one that works and is stable until they've updated it a few times. It could be that the drivers are not controlling the fan / core / memory properly.


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Posted 09 May 2012 - 05:34

bump

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Posted 09 May 2012 - 05:35

View PostBrando212, on 09 May 2012 - 05:34, said:

bump

King Mustard?
I took out my TV tuner a few days ago (not sure why I was suspicious of this) and so far - no freezes. I'll keep you updated!

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Posted 09 May 2012 - 05:38

View PostKing Mustard, on 09 May 2012 - 05:35, said:

I took out my TV tuner a few days ago (not sure why I was suspicious of this) and so far - no freezes. I'll keep you updated!
yeah, I've seen bad TV tuner drivers cause some weird issues before, so I would not be surprised in the least if that's what was causing your issues