Computer freezes

[ganons]

My PC build working fine and I noticed it completely freezed when I remove the front panel lid and put it back on again (Thermaltake Core V1). I did a refresh of win 10 to be on safe side. But happened again so I gave a light slap on the right side of the case and it froze again. Its the side with the HDD so I unplugged and replugged again but it still froze. Noticed it happen today.

What is the cause?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Aren't you the guy that wiggled your PCI-E video card with your PC powered on?

Uhh, just a hint, shut down (and unplug) your PC before working on it.

 

[Bubbaleone]

My PC build working fine and I noticed it completely freezed when I remove the front panel lid and put it back on again....a light slap on the right side of the case and it froze again....

What is the cause?

From your description it's most likely an intermittent short at either an improperly seated wire connector/s or (possibly) from a wire that's been "pinched" hard enough to break through the insulation and causing a short when it's "jiggled". Reseat every connector while carefully inspecting the wiring harness and how you have it routed in the case. Pay close attention to the connectors and wiring from the mobo to the front panel. Heed VirtualLarry's advice!

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[ganons]

Aren't you the guy that wiggled your PCI-E video card with your PC powered on?

Uhh, just a hint, shut down (and unplug) your PC before working on it.

Uh, no not me

Some of the excess cables are daisy cables so there are ports that are not used like sata, pcie and floppy. If they touch anythinf metal, would that be a problem?

 

[Ketchup]

For future reference, do not take a computer apart while it is running. Is there actually an issue when the computer is left fully assembled?

 

[SERT Data Recov]

Computer freezing can be caused by a failing hard drive. Either bad sectors or weak heads or both.

But happened again so I gave a light slap on the right side of the case and it froze again.
What is the cause?

This can cause a catastrophic head crash to a hard drive. Even "lightly hitting" a laptop, desktop, or external hard drive is NEVER a good idea.

 

[corkyg]

Freezing can also be the result of a data collision, commonly called a "crash." Your freeze has the earmarks of a loose connection or cracked solder joint.

 

[redzo]

My PC build working fine and I noticed it completely freezed when I remove the front panel lid and put it back on again (Thermaltake Core V1). I did a refresh of win 10 to be on safe side. But happened again so I gave a light slap on the right side of the case and it froze again. Its the side with the HDD so I unplugged and replugged again but it still froze. Noticed it happen today.

What is the cause?

Are you joking? If not, you should contact your local pc repair shop.
Your chances of figuring this out by yourself after starting a thread this way are basically ZERO.
A few more slaps like that and you can say: bye bye, hdd!

 

[denis280]

My PC build working fine and I noticed it completely freezed when I remove the front panel lid and put it back on again

for the love of god plz. don't do this

 

[MongGrel]

Aren't you the guy that wiggled your PCI-E video card with your PC powered on?

Uhh, just a hint, shut down (and unplug) your PC before working on it.

An ESD band, in reality is usually a good idea, even when powered off.

http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Anti...id=1442885784&sr=8-1&keywords=esd+wrist+strap

 

[SERT Data Recov]

A few more slaps like that and you can say: bye bye, hdd!

Even the first one, and potentially the second one... Someone once brought me a hard drive to recover, and after a little bit of due diligence I found out someone told him to take a screw driver and tap it on it's side and that might fix his problem, so he did.....

 

[VirtualLarry]

I built a PC for someone a long time ago, it was made out of ancient parts (but for free).

The twin 1GB HDDs suffered from "sticktion". You needed to power up the box, then hit the HDDs to get them unstuck, and to spin up. Yeah, probably not advised with modern drives. But those drives were tanks.