Sunday, May 31, 2015

Windows 7 random freezes

My Desktop Computer with a Windows 7 64bit System freezes randomly an estimated 1-2 times a day, depending on the usage. The moment it freezes, nothing works anymore. I can´t move the mouse, use CTRL-ALT-DEL or anything similar and have to reboot the computer. As I’m doing my work on it, that is unacceptable.



System Specs:





  • AMD FX 4100 Quad Core

  • Motherboard: ASRock Extreme3 R2.0

  • Windows 7 64 bit (fresh install)

  • DirectX 11

  • 8GB RAM (2x Kingston KVR1333D3N9/4G)

  • NVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti

  • Main Programs installed: SQL Server 2012, Visual Studio 2012, Office 2013, Adobe Acrobat




I´ve been having this problem for over a month now and can´t find the error. What I´ve done up to now:




  • Fresh Windows 7 64bit install

  • Updated BIOS to latest Version

  • Exchanged both RAM-sticks with new DDR3 RAM (2x Micron
    MT8JTF51264AZ-1G6)

  • Changed the BIOS settings for the RAM-sticks to manual, according to
    the settings suggested by motherboard manufacturer

  • Updated the GeForce driver


  • Updated LAN-, USB- and audio-drivers

  • Checked the Windows error-log and found nothing relevant (Event-ID
    41, Category-ID 63 = System rebooted unexpectedly; Event-ID 6008 =
    system was unexpectedly shut down)



I think that was it and I haven’t missed out on anything. My system is still freezing randomly. I bought the computer a year ago and experienced no problems until I reinstalled a fresh copy of Windows 7 on my main partition. All problems have occurred since then.



Have I missed out on anything? I would greatly appreciate any help, as this error is turning out to be very annoying and time consuming.

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