Hello, I built a machine for a family member about a year ago, and it's been freezing every week or so requiring a reset. It seems that the windows on screen will "multiply and leave tracers" and then the machine freezes. It happens completely randomly, often when the machine is just idling overnight.
Core i5 2500k with Coolermaster Hyper 212+
Asus P8z77-lx
2x2 gb Corsair Vengeance ddr3-1600
Corsair 550m TX
Crucial M4 128 gb SSD
2 TB Western Digital Green
Nothing is oc'ed, and I updated the mobo bios to the newest version. I updated all drivers available from asus website. I also clocked the ram down to 1333 with very loose timings at 1.5v. The cpu voltage is on auto.
Now the weird thing is, I can run Prime95, Aida64, MEMTEST 86+, SSD benchmarks, and no errors or crashes ever occur and cpu temperatures don't break 62c. The machine appears to run flawlessly..... until the crash occurs when just sitting at the desktop or looking at the internet. I tried looking at event viewer but am having troubles really interpreting the info. I did notice a lot of SATA errors in the log, and the only time I actually witnessed the crash I had a HDD info program open, and it showed the smart data flashing to "failed" for a quick second as the computer crashed.
I'm really hoping to get some ideas from you folks, I'm going to get the computer from them at some point and need things to try\diagnostics to run. Thanks in advance for any help.
Core i5 2500k with Coolermaster Hyper 212+
Asus P8z77-lx
2x2 gb Corsair Vengeance ddr3-1600
Corsair 550m TX
Crucial M4 128 gb SSD
2 TB Western Digital Green
Nothing is oc'ed, and I updated the mobo bios to the newest version. I updated all drivers available from asus website. I also clocked the ram down to 1333 with very loose timings at 1.5v. The cpu voltage is on auto.
Now the weird thing is, I can run Prime95, Aida64, MEMTEST 86+, SSD benchmarks, and no errors or crashes ever occur and cpu temperatures don't break 62c. The machine appears to run flawlessly..... until the crash occurs when just sitting at the desktop or looking at the internet. I tried looking at event viewer but am having troubles really interpreting the info. I did notice a lot of SATA errors in the log, and the only time I actually witnessed the crash I had a HDD info program open, and it showed the smart data flashing to "failed" for a quick second as the computer crashed.
I'm really hoping to get some ideas from you folks, I'm going to get the computer from them at some point and need things to try\diagnostics to run. Thanks in advance for any help.