[HELP!] Random computer freeze

[lvlaTr1X]

Hi all,

Need some help with diagnosing the problem with my computer.

My rig spec is as below,

Gigabyte Z77X-D3H, i5 3350

Corsair vengence 8gb

MSI GTX 560 TI Twinfrozr

Seasonic 760W

Window 7 64bit

My computer used to have this problem whereby it will just freeze but usually it will recover and the nvidia driver will say that it recovered from a crash caused by the driver but now, it will just freeze and if I have music, it will loop in the background forcing me to hard restart the computer.

There's no symptom of any kind to state if its the graphic card or any other devices.

Hope any bro can recommend some tools or software for me to pinpoint the fault.

 

[fleas1]

does this happens during youtube or surfing via internet explorer?

 

[lvlaTr1X]

does this happens during youtube or surfing via internet explorer?

Hey bro,

I personally don't use internet explorer. I am a firefox fan

It doesn't only happens during YouTube, so far I can't find a pattern to the random freeze but I assume its graphic related because it seems to be usually when I am opening graphic file or view video but there is times when it just hang without me doing anything.

 

[jtjt00]

Run memtest86 to weed out bad memory module.

 

[lvlaTr1X]

Run memtest86 to weed out bad memory module.

Will the test take long?

 

[royfrosty]

Seems like your graphics card setting has been tempered with at the start. Did you try to over clocked your card?

 

[lvlaTr1X]

Seems like your graphics card setting has been tempered with at the start. Did you try to over clocked your card?

I don't remb. over clocking my card but I know MSI ships twin frozr with speed higher than the reference card. Could that be the reason?

 

[lvlaTr1X]

Run memtest86 to weed out bad memory module.

I have ran the test, no error were found.

 

[fleas1]

ahh I see.

I had the exact same model "MSI Twin Frozor 560TI"

sometimes
1) black screen then NVidia driver stop responding
2) freezes(mouse cannot move) and need to restart
3) major lag when using internet explorer

Im not sure if this is related to GPU but I think the 560TI is having problems especially after the new driver updates.

maybe u can try using the old drivers if possible. I heard on forums people having stability issues with the new drivers

Just a solution because right now I using a totally new rig w/ clean installation.

 

[royfrosty]

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I don't remb. over clocking my card but I know MSI ships twin frozr with speed higher than the reference card. Could that be the reason?

Pull out the card and see if it is the same issue.

 

[lvlaTr1X]

ahh I see.

I had the exact same model "MSI Twin Frozor 560TI"

sometimes
1) black screen then NVidia driver stop responding
2) freezes(mouse cannot move) and need to restart
3) major lag when using internet explorer

Im not sure if this is related to GPU but I think the 560TI is having problems especially after the new driver updates.

maybe u can try using the old drivers if possible. I heard on forums people having stability issues with the new drivers

Just a solution because right now I using a totally new rig w/ clean installation.

Wah, maybe really is new driver causing the issue. Guess I have to find older driver then.

Thanks.

 

[MeeHoonGoreng]

I had the same problem as well in the past, and thought it was other components of my rig. But after I gave my friend my the gfx card (exactly the same one you're using), he experienced the same problem and went to RMA. They said card was faulty in the end.

 

[fleas1]

seems like 560ti is a problem card

 

[raylite]

I had the same problem, (Same GPU as you), thought that my sound card died. I did a clean install of the latest driver 327.23 and so far so good. Was using 314.22 before, but from what I know 314.22 is quite stable.

 

[lvlaTr1X]

I just called corbell and they said that if after testing, the RMA process will take about 1 month to 2 month. Is it the norm for RMA to be that long of a procedure?

 

[Trueblue82]

this is a very common problem for gtx560ti cards due to buggy nvidia drivers...the most stable driver is ver. 314.22 for nvidia drivers.

 

[lvlaTr1X]

this is a very common problem for gtx560ti cards due to buggy nvidia drivers...the most stable driver is ver. 314.22 for nvidia drivers.

Hey bro, So theoretically using 314.22 I should not have the problem I am facing right now?