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Repeated Crashes, Hardware Fried?

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LxRogue
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States1415 Posts
June 03 2012 07:14 GMT
#1
Some general info about my desktop:

About 2.5 years old
AMD Phenom II X2 500
ATI Radeon 4870
500GB HD (about 50-60% full)

The processor I had overclocked a bit (since it's the unlocked version) but turned it back down to normal maybe a year ago.

I've been having some pretty bad crashes as of recently, and I'm wondering what the most likely cause is. No bluescreen, no error messages, just the screen and computer totally locking up, or alternatively the computer shutting itself off. Also, it tends to crash a few times in a row before again running stable for a few days. Tends to happen when doing more resource-intensive things.

Just thinking logically, it seems like some kind of hardware failure? Could it be as simple as my processor just taking a crap?
jaj22
Profile Joined September 2009
United Kingdom1376 Posts
June 03 2012 16:26 GMT
#2
PSU failure is probably the most likely fault. Get HWMonitor, run a game for a bit and, then post a screenshot.

LxRogue
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States1415 Posts
June 03 2012 18:49 GMT
#3
[image loading]

Well that doesn't look good.
iTzSnypah
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1738 Posts
June 03 2012 18:52 GMT
#4
It looks like your CPU and your GPU wants to boil over. Blow out the dust. Reseat the CPU cooler/ Repaste it.
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