Freezing: Ram, or Graphics card/driver

[Grantapus]

Hello! my computer randomly freezes! sometimes in the bios, sometimes in the os!(Its froze in various linux distros, and windows.)

sometimes it locks after a hour of use, sometimes 5 min!

I think it could be the ram, or the graphics card driver.

(or maybe the video card itself! any ideas)

 

[johnb35]

Look in event viewer to see if anything stands out. Could also be a bad hard drive.

 

[Grantapus]

Look in event viewer to see if anything stands out. Could also be a bad hard drive.

kk

 

[beers]

Hi buddy

Usually you can start isolating parts with testing tools. A good starting point would be running something like memtest86+ for a couple passes. If you see any errors at all then there's an issue with your RAM.

I don't think it would be video related but if your CPU has integrated graphics you can always try removing your dedicated card and see if anything changes.

 

[Geoff]

Since it happens in both Windows and Linux, it's likely not a driver issue, but a hardware issue. Could be temps, memory, or a wide variety of different things. Since you are an uber computer guru, I think you'll figure it out

 

[spirit]

Try removing a stick of RAM or your graphics card to start with. Remove one thing at a time until eventually it works.

A graphics card powered by a poor PSU could be the cause of this. What power supply and graphics card do you have?

 

[Okedokey]

Check you have the latest BIOS and that the bios settings are correct.